Soviet Bloc
02-08-2004, 04:52
F-57C "Molniya" Advanced Air Superiority Fighter
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The F-57C was designed and developed from the guidelines and requisites set forth by the New Air Force Management and Future Air Force Plan set up a year ago at the last central meeting of the ARSB's Parliament. This aircraft was more acurately designed to replace every other interceptor/fighter in the Soviet Bloc Air Force (as was also said in the NAFM/FAFP agreement). The Future Air Force fleet of the future will consist of the following aircraft: F-52A Advanced Fighter, DP-02A Advanced Multi-Role Aircraft, F-57C Advanced Air Superiority Fighter, F-225A Advanced Steatlh Precision Strike Bomber, B-65A Advanced Medium Stealth Bomber and the F-55A UCAV Advanced Fighter.
The F-57C was designed with three things in mind: superior weapons capability, superior tracking and targetting systems, and superior maneuverability and speed. The F-57C excels beyond each point stated in the FAFP part of the agreement and makes this the most technologically advanced and superior aircraft in the New Future ARSB Air Force. Its name reflects its sheer power and speed, 'Molniya' mean 'lightning'. This aircraft was meant to kick ass.
The F-57C is a modified F-57A Molniya. The F-57C carries better avionics and a slighly different body than the original F-57A. Another difference is the fact the F-57C has only one crewmember. Advances in technology have reduced the work load and made the position of weapons services officer obsolete for this aircraft.
Engines
The F-57C utilizes twin ARSB-developed advanced SB-APDE-ATF-375XA pulse-detonation/turbofan hybrid engines which give the F-57C unmatched speed and maneuverability. The massive engines, coupled with the ARSB's advanced turbine system and the ARSB's Advanced Three-Dimensional AQT-80 Vectored Thrust system which can vector the engine's massive amount of thrust at angles up to 80 degrees and using enough speed to complete a full 160 degree conversion in about three seconds, meaning this aircraft can do full S-maneuvers without losing speed, control, or stability. Each engine can put out an amazing 44,000 pounds of thrust which can propel this aircraft to speeds of Mach 3.2 although the normal cruising speed is Mach 2.7.
Design
The F-57C was designed with three factors in mind: intimidation, aerodynamics, and weapons payloadability. It succeeded in all areas. This aircraft was designed to provide optimal control surfaces (note the multiple canards) while still providing a highly aerodynamic frame and body to withstand the stress and heat associated with high-speed flying and maneuvering. Note the seperated engine 'bays', this was a design feature that increased air flow underneat the aircraft, which increases pressure which creates more lift and therefore provides more maneuverability to the aircraft. Each engine compartment was designed to provide optimal air flow and dynamics for increased maneuverability and speed options.
The F-57C also has slightly redesigned wings with a larger surface area (nearly 870 sq. feet), meaning better maneuverability at higher speeds. The F-57C also has leading edge flaps (on the wing) to create an angle of attack that can exceed 70 degrees.
Weaponry
Being chiefly designed to fulfill the air combat and interceptor capabilities of the Future Air Force, the F-57A was primarily developed to maintain and use air to air munitions of medium to close range type. It has numerous hardpoints for weapons to be mounted on including wingtips, four hardpoints underneath each wing, and three hardpoints underneath the fuselage.
The F-57A also maintains a single 30mm advanced chain gun which uses a small ALMRS/TTAC-03Mk II firing solution computer to track targets in a small cone in front of the weapon. This cannon system, the ACST-30 System, uses the computer to utilize information from the aircraft's radar and other sensors to track an aircraft in front of the F-57A in a small cone that radiates outwards. The ACST-30 is mounted in a semi-sealed 'bubble' underneath the aircraft and can maneuver inside this bubble to fire on enemy aircraft. This means that the F-57 only has to point its nose in a general direction while its cannon moves and locks onto the aircraft then opens fire either on its own or by the pilot's control.
Systems (Avionics and Weapons)
The ARC/MSR-57 is the central targetting, tracking, and firing solution computer and branches out into the following other subsystems:
SB-AIRCST-15S which is the ARSB-developed Infrared Search and Track system. This system scans the entire area and at ranges up to 120 km for any heat signature. When a signature is found, the system tracks the target and provides the weapons computer a firing solution, then a missile can be fired and that missile's own guidance system can take over and steer the missile to its target or it can receive updates from the aircraft's computer.
SB-AMRQ/R72 This system is the F-57C's advanced medium range radar (main system located in front, auxilary systems (three) located in fuselage and rear end [the thing at the end of the fuselage]; allows for all around radar sight [except along sides, where range is shorter]).
SB-MMRQ/R90 This system is the F-57C's millimetric radar (systems in front of aircraft).
ARC-57 computer system is the F-57C's tracking portion of the ARC/MSR-57 computer package. Using the IRST and the AMRQ/R72 radar, this system can track nearly three-hundred (300) targets at ranges of nearly 350 km. This powerful system can also bring firing solutions on up to 50 targets in a 100km range depending on the range of the missile and can also identify up to 20 of those targets. The ARC-57 can also identify target headings and trajectories at the farthest range and display them inside the pilot's helmet or on the advanced deep HUD.
MSR-57: This portion of the package is the main targetting computer. It can actively target nearly one hundred of the tracked objects that the ARC-57 is tracking and can bring up firing solutions on 60 of them at once and fire on up to six simultaneously. This system also relies on the IRST and the radar to provide up to date target information for it to process and turn into firing solutions.
AHVDS- The Advanced Helmet-mounted Visual Display system is a three-visor system mounted on the pilot and weapon officer's helmets. One visor folds over the left eye and displays target information as well has current speed, heading, weapons selected, a small forward-facing radar screen cut, and altitude. The second visor folds over the right eye and displays weapon information, fuel, ammunition, lock-on variables, displays arrows to show where enemy fighters are and display a chevron over an enemy fighter when its locked on. The third visor covers the entire face and can track targets across the visor, it displays other information the two smaller visors don't. A fourth visor is the basic sun-visor. But, when the sun-visor is down, the three information-displaing visors change brightness to where the information is easy to read in the darker conditions. Any of these visors can be changed to show different information by using voice commands. To enter the command, just say 'Command' then say what you want on the different screens. Or it can be manually cycled using two buttons and a scrolling-type wheel on the side of the joystick.
ACST-30 uses the computer to utilize information from the aircraft's radar and other sensors to track an aircraft in front of the F-57 in a small cone that radiates outwards. The ACST-30 is mounted in a semi-sealed 'bubble' underneath the aircraft and can maneuver inside this bubble to fire on enemy aircraft. This means that the F-57 only has to point its nose in a general direction while its cannon moves and locks onto the aircraft then opens fire either on its own or by the pilot's control. the firing solution computer for the ACST-30 is a small version of the ALMRS/TTAC-03Mk II.
AMS/MC-MS3: This system links together the motor controls in the wings, aileroins, tail, canards, and the thrust vectoring into one system. Combined, these control surfaces make the F-57C so maneuverable it's almost hard to believe. This system also links them with fiber optic cable technology and advanced servo systems to provide smooth, precise handling and quick response to commands, making this fighter so smooth and agile to operate, a trainee who's flown a trainer jet could hop in one of these and seem like he's been flying it for years.
Crew Survivability
The aircraft maintains a single SB-ASEV-41A ejection seat that meets all ARSB standards for safe operation and has three activation points: between the crewmember's legs, just under the seat; one to the right of the crewmember, next to the seat; and two located behind the crewmember's head.
The cockpit area is armor protected and strengthened. The pilot is given the AHAAN protective aerial suit, which is self sealed and has a small back-pack device that contains nearly two hours of oxygen. When the crewmember is sitting in the aircraft's seat, a small nozzle is locked into a reciever unit and oxygen from tanks on the aircraft are diverted into the suit. These suits will protect the crew from NBC threats and are pressurized, also doubling as G-suits. The entire cockpit is also sealed and pressurized, with heated, breathable air running freely from onboard air tanks. The aircraft can recycle its own air and carries an onboard supply of fourteen hours.
Aircraft Survivability
The two engine 'bays', which are seperated, was a survivability function for the aircraft. If one engine is hit, it won't harm the second engine, therefore ensuring the aircraft survives.
The fuel tanks are filled with a foam that prevents the fuel from igniting.
Engines are connected to a freon fire extinguishing network to quickly put out any fires.
Stealth Features
Visual
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The F-57C was designed in such away that, when combined with a wavy-type paint that somewhat matches the surrounding sky, is hard to see. This is accomplished by designing the aircraft to defeat the human eye. The human eye (and brain) tends to focus on the center of objects. This was 'flaw' was used and the aircraft was built in such away that it is hard for the eye/brain to notice it, let alone focus on it. To further confuse the brain, if used, a wavy pattern can cause the brain to only notice the area around it.
Radar
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The F-57C was designed to be stealthy from the front, top, and bottom, in order to negate any enemy aircraft radar. From the sides and rear it is only marginally stealthy, yet stealthier than many conventional fighters. Added to this is the fact it is covered in radar absorbant materials and the main skin is a ferrous/carbon composite, which absorbs even more radar waves.
Heat
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Another stealth feature of the F-57, is reducing its heat signature. The F-57 uses an advanced heat dampening system to reduce the heat signature of its twin engines and the actual jet exhaust ports are located farther into the fuselage, making it 'invisible' to infrared detectors. Friction is reduced in all moving parts by using an advanced lubricant. The leading edges of the wings and fuselage are composed of a material that actually dissipates heat across a larger part of the wing and has small tubes inside that pump coolant across the leading edge, significantly reducing its heat signature to fool the higher end, advanced infrared systems. With these heat dampening systems it makes it nearly impossible for ADVANCED (not low quality or vehicle-based receivers) mid-infrared receivers to locate the aircraft at ranges over 50 km and high-infrared receivers at 12 km. Of course a heat-seeking missile can still lock onto the F-57 (well, either advanced ground launched ones or ones launched at close proximity) but they won't be able to hold that lock because the total heat output of the entire aircraft is slightly mor than that of a car's engine (some 150 or so degrees). It'll also be much, much more easier to distract the missile with flares, as flares heat up a nearly 20 square foot area to temperatures approacing 600 degrees if not higher (some may reach 1500), depending on contents, creating such a 'juicy' target for the heat seeker.
Turbulence
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A third feature, again, the way it was designed. With its wings set like they are, its entire body built this way, it reduces wake left by the aircraft. Meaning doppler-type radar will not pick up the wake/turbulence left by the aircraft unless the F-57 is within 15 km of the doppler radar station. This type of 'stealth' is acheived by designing the wings in a way that air, after passing over the wings (creating pressure imbalances, bla, bla, bla, etc. how aircraft fly) and converging with the air from the underside, combine effortlessly in such a way that turbulence/wake is hardly detected unless the doppler radar is at close range or of extremely high power.
Visual
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The aircraft's engines and exhaust 'ports' are constructed in such a way that no light or illumination is emitted from them. No active lights are on the exterior of the aircraft. The aircraft's paint is of a dark blue with a wavy pattern that makes it impossible to see at night and significantly reduces vision in daylight. It also has no reflective surfaces.
Electromagnetic
------------
The F-57 has a system on it that prevents the detection of the change of electromagnetic radiation when an aircraft passes through varying areas of electromagnetic radiation. This system would fool a detection system that knows the electromagnetic radiation gradient of a certain area and can detect the change or disturbance of it when metal or an aircraft travels through it. The F-57 also has a continuously changing electromagnetic jammer, which prevents it from being detected in this way as well.
Countermeasures
The F-57C maintains a single electronic countermeasures system (the AFFC/SIRR-12) which uses a small radar dome underneath the aircraft to locate the incoming radar pulses of a radar-guided missile, it then fires its own radar pulses at a set frequency and size (determined from the missile's radar pulses). This confuses the enemy radar and usually causes it to believe that the target has disappeared (due to limitations in radar technology) and therefore the missile either detonates or continues on, not tracking the F-57C... The secondary portion of this countermeasures suite is its medium range (40km for this jamming) computer jamming system which can jam radars at their computer core and infrared systems. This usually proves very effective.
The F-57C has three types of disposable countermeasures, numbers listed in ( ) :
Flares- infrared countermeasure (26)
Chaff pods- radar countermeasure (22)
Electrical Disturbance pods- creates a surge of electricity in an area and can mess up a missile's computer (4)
Other
This aircraft has an air-refueling nozzle for boom-type refueling.
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Specifications
Role: Advanced Air Superiority Fighter
Crew: One
Length: 59.50 ft.
Wingspan: 41.00 ft.
Height: 15.23 ft.
Wing Area: 867 square feet
Empty Weight: 41,000 lb.
Maximum Weight: 63,000 lb.
Fuel Weight: 10,200 lb.
Armament Weight: 11,800 lb.
Powerplant: 2x SB-APDE-ATF-375XA pulse-detonation/turbofan hybrid engine
Maximum Thrust: 44,117 lbs per engine
Maximum Speed: Mach 3.5 Super-Cruise speed: Mach 2.7
Initial Climb Rate: 44,000 ft/min
Service Ceiling: 86,650 ft.
Range: 1,670nm (combat); 3,100nm (ferry)
G-Limits: -7 / +11
Weapons: Two wingtip hardpoints, four hardpoints underneath each wing, three fuselage hardpoints TOTAL HARDPOINTS= 13
1x SB-AGX-30 30mm Six-barreled cannon with 250 rounds of ammunition
Total armament weight that can be carried: 11,800 pounds
Cost-
$80 Million USD
Naval Version (Strengthened frame, strengthened landing gear, slightly more fuel load, treated skin and frame, salt/humidity-proof equipment) Cost:
$82 Million USD
Production rights will not be sold
---------
10% discount to region members
20% discount to allies
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The F-57C was designed and developed from the guidelines and requisites set forth by the New Air Force Management and Future Air Force Plan set up a year ago at the last central meeting of the ARSB's Parliament. This aircraft was more acurately designed to replace every other interceptor/fighter in the Soviet Bloc Air Force (as was also said in the NAFM/FAFP agreement). The Future Air Force fleet of the future will consist of the following aircraft: F-52A Advanced Fighter, DP-02A Advanced Multi-Role Aircraft, F-57C Advanced Air Superiority Fighter, F-225A Advanced Steatlh Precision Strike Bomber, B-65A Advanced Medium Stealth Bomber and the F-55A UCAV Advanced Fighter.
The F-57C was designed with three things in mind: superior weapons capability, superior tracking and targetting systems, and superior maneuverability and speed. The F-57C excels beyond each point stated in the FAFP part of the agreement and makes this the most technologically advanced and superior aircraft in the New Future ARSB Air Force. Its name reflects its sheer power and speed, 'Molniya' mean 'lightning'. This aircraft was meant to kick ass.
The F-57C is a modified F-57A Molniya. The F-57C carries better avionics and a slighly different body than the original F-57A. Another difference is the fact the F-57C has only one crewmember. Advances in technology have reduced the work load and made the position of weapons services officer obsolete for this aircraft.
Engines
The F-57C utilizes twin ARSB-developed advanced SB-APDE-ATF-375XA pulse-detonation/turbofan hybrid engines which give the F-57C unmatched speed and maneuverability. The massive engines, coupled with the ARSB's advanced turbine system and the ARSB's Advanced Three-Dimensional AQT-80 Vectored Thrust system which can vector the engine's massive amount of thrust at angles up to 80 degrees and using enough speed to complete a full 160 degree conversion in about three seconds, meaning this aircraft can do full S-maneuvers without losing speed, control, or stability. Each engine can put out an amazing 44,000 pounds of thrust which can propel this aircraft to speeds of Mach 3.2 although the normal cruising speed is Mach 2.7.
Design
The F-57C was designed with three factors in mind: intimidation, aerodynamics, and weapons payloadability. It succeeded in all areas. This aircraft was designed to provide optimal control surfaces (note the multiple canards) while still providing a highly aerodynamic frame and body to withstand the stress and heat associated with high-speed flying and maneuvering. Note the seperated engine 'bays', this was a design feature that increased air flow underneat the aircraft, which increases pressure which creates more lift and therefore provides more maneuverability to the aircraft. Each engine compartment was designed to provide optimal air flow and dynamics for increased maneuverability and speed options.
The F-57C also has slightly redesigned wings with a larger surface area (nearly 870 sq. feet), meaning better maneuverability at higher speeds. The F-57C also has leading edge flaps (on the wing) to create an angle of attack that can exceed 70 degrees.
Weaponry
Being chiefly designed to fulfill the air combat and interceptor capabilities of the Future Air Force, the F-57A was primarily developed to maintain and use air to air munitions of medium to close range type. It has numerous hardpoints for weapons to be mounted on including wingtips, four hardpoints underneath each wing, and three hardpoints underneath the fuselage.
The F-57A also maintains a single 30mm advanced chain gun which uses a small ALMRS/TTAC-03Mk II firing solution computer to track targets in a small cone in front of the weapon. This cannon system, the ACST-30 System, uses the computer to utilize information from the aircraft's radar and other sensors to track an aircraft in front of the F-57A in a small cone that radiates outwards. The ACST-30 is mounted in a semi-sealed 'bubble' underneath the aircraft and can maneuver inside this bubble to fire on enemy aircraft. This means that the F-57 only has to point its nose in a general direction while its cannon moves and locks onto the aircraft then opens fire either on its own or by the pilot's control.
Systems (Avionics and Weapons)
The ARC/MSR-57 is the central targetting, tracking, and firing solution computer and branches out into the following other subsystems:
SB-AIRCST-15S which is the ARSB-developed Infrared Search and Track system. This system scans the entire area and at ranges up to 120 km for any heat signature. When a signature is found, the system tracks the target and provides the weapons computer a firing solution, then a missile can be fired and that missile's own guidance system can take over and steer the missile to its target or it can receive updates from the aircraft's computer.
SB-AMRQ/R72 This system is the F-57C's advanced medium range radar (main system located in front, auxilary systems (three) located in fuselage and rear end [the thing at the end of the fuselage]; allows for all around radar sight [except along sides, where range is shorter]).
SB-MMRQ/R90 This system is the F-57C's millimetric radar (systems in front of aircraft).
ARC-57 computer system is the F-57C's tracking portion of the ARC/MSR-57 computer package. Using the IRST and the AMRQ/R72 radar, this system can track nearly three-hundred (300) targets at ranges of nearly 350 km. This powerful system can also bring firing solutions on up to 50 targets in a 100km range depending on the range of the missile and can also identify up to 20 of those targets. The ARC-57 can also identify target headings and trajectories at the farthest range and display them inside the pilot's helmet or on the advanced deep HUD.
MSR-57: This portion of the package is the main targetting computer. It can actively target nearly one hundred of the tracked objects that the ARC-57 is tracking and can bring up firing solutions on 60 of them at once and fire on up to six simultaneously. This system also relies on the IRST and the radar to provide up to date target information for it to process and turn into firing solutions.
AHVDS- The Advanced Helmet-mounted Visual Display system is a three-visor system mounted on the pilot and weapon officer's helmets. One visor folds over the left eye and displays target information as well has current speed, heading, weapons selected, a small forward-facing radar screen cut, and altitude. The second visor folds over the right eye and displays weapon information, fuel, ammunition, lock-on variables, displays arrows to show where enemy fighters are and display a chevron over an enemy fighter when its locked on. The third visor covers the entire face and can track targets across the visor, it displays other information the two smaller visors don't. A fourth visor is the basic sun-visor. But, when the sun-visor is down, the three information-displaing visors change brightness to where the information is easy to read in the darker conditions. Any of these visors can be changed to show different information by using voice commands. To enter the command, just say 'Command' then say what you want on the different screens. Or it can be manually cycled using two buttons and a scrolling-type wheel on the side of the joystick.
ACST-30 uses the computer to utilize information from the aircraft's radar and other sensors to track an aircraft in front of the F-57 in a small cone that radiates outwards. The ACST-30 is mounted in a semi-sealed 'bubble' underneath the aircraft and can maneuver inside this bubble to fire on enemy aircraft. This means that the F-57 only has to point its nose in a general direction while its cannon moves and locks onto the aircraft then opens fire either on its own or by the pilot's control. the firing solution computer for the ACST-30 is a small version of the ALMRS/TTAC-03Mk II.
AMS/MC-MS3: This system links together the motor controls in the wings, aileroins, tail, canards, and the thrust vectoring into one system. Combined, these control surfaces make the F-57C so maneuverable it's almost hard to believe. This system also links them with fiber optic cable technology and advanced servo systems to provide smooth, precise handling and quick response to commands, making this fighter so smooth and agile to operate, a trainee who's flown a trainer jet could hop in one of these and seem like he's been flying it for years.
Crew Survivability
The aircraft maintains a single SB-ASEV-41A ejection seat that meets all ARSB standards for safe operation and has three activation points: between the crewmember's legs, just under the seat; one to the right of the crewmember, next to the seat; and two located behind the crewmember's head.
The cockpit area is armor protected and strengthened. The pilot is given the AHAAN protective aerial suit, which is self sealed and has a small back-pack device that contains nearly two hours of oxygen. When the crewmember is sitting in the aircraft's seat, a small nozzle is locked into a reciever unit and oxygen from tanks on the aircraft are diverted into the suit. These suits will protect the crew from NBC threats and are pressurized, also doubling as G-suits. The entire cockpit is also sealed and pressurized, with heated, breathable air running freely from onboard air tanks. The aircraft can recycle its own air and carries an onboard supply of fourteen hours.
Aircraft Survivability
The two engine 'bays', which are seperated, was a survivability function for the aircraft. If one engine is hit, it won't harm the second engine, therefore ensuring the aircraft survives.
The fuel tanks are filled with a foam that prevents the fuel from igniting.
Engines are connected to a freon fire extinguishing network to quickly put out any fires.
Stealth Features
Visual
----------
The F-57C was designed in such away that, when combined with a wavy-type paint that somewhat matches the surrounding sky, is hard to see. This is accomplished by designing the aircraft to defeat the human eye. The human eye (and brain) tends to focus on the center of objects. This was 'flaw' was used and the aircraft was built in such away that it is hard for the eye/brain to notice it, let alone focus on it. To further confuse the brain, if used, a wavy pattern can cause the brain to only notice the area around it.
Radar
----------
The F-57C was designed to be stealthy from the front, top, and bottom, in order to negate any enemy aircraft radar. From the sides and rear it is only marginally stealthy, yet stealthier than many conventional fighters. Added to this is the fact it is covered in radar absorbant materials and the main skin is a ferrous/carbon composite, which absorbs even more radar waves.
Heat
----------
Another stealth feature of the F-57, is reducing its heat signature. The F-57 uses an advanced heat dampening system to reduce the heat signature of its twin engines and the actual jet exhaust ports are located farther into the fuselage, making it 'invisible' to infrared detectors. Friction is reduced in all moving parts by using an advanced lubricant. The leading edges of the wings and fuselage are composed of a material that actually dissipates heat across a larger part of the wing and has small tubes inside that pump coolant across the leading edge, significantly reducing its heat signature to fool the higher end, advanced infrared systems. With these heat dampening systems it makes it nearly impossible for ADVANCED (not low quality or vehicle-based receivers) mid-infrared receivers to locate the aircraft at ranges over 50 km and high-infrared receivers at 12 km. Of course a heat-seeking missile can still lock onto the F-57 (well, either advanced ground launched ones or ones launched at close proximity) but they won't be able to hold that lock because the total heat output of the entire aircraft is slightly mor than that of a car's engine (some 150 or so degrees). It'll also be much, much more easier to distract the missile with flares, as flares heat up a nearly 20 square foot area to temperatures approacing 600 degrees if not higher (some may reach 1500), depending on contents, creating such a 'juicy' target for the heat seeker.
Turbulence
-----------
A third feature, again, the way it was designed. With its wings set like they are, its entire body built this way, it reduces wake left by the aircraft. Meaning doppler-type radar will not pick up the wake/turbulence left by the aircraft unless the F-57 is within 15 km of the doppler radar station. This type of 'stealth' is acheived by designing the wings in a way that air, after passing over the wings (creating pressure imbalances, bla, bla, bla, etc. how aircraft fly) and converging with the air from the underside, combine effortlessly in such a way that turbulence/wake is hardly detected unless the doppler radar is at close range or of extremely high power.
Visual
------------
The aircraft's engines and exhaust 'ports' are constructed in such a way that no light or illumination is emitted from them. No active lights are on the exterior of the aircraft. The aircraft's paint is of a dark blue with a wavy pattern that makes it impossible to see at night and significantly reduces vision in daylight. It also has no reflective surfaces.
Electromagnetic
------------
The F-57 has a system on it that prevents the detection of the change of electromagnetic radiation when an aircraft passes through varying areas of electromagnetic radiation. This system would fool a detection system that knows the electromagnetic radiation gradient of a certain area and can detect the change or disturbance of it when metal or an aircraft travels through it. The F-57 also has a continuously changing electromagnetic jammer, which prevents it from being detected in this way as well.
Countermeasures
The F-57C maintains a single electronic countermeasures system (the AFFC/SIRR-12) which uses a small radar dome underneath the aircraft to locate the incoming radar pulses of a radar-guided missile, it then fires its own radar pulses at a set frequency and size (determined from the missile's radar pulses). This confuses the enemy radar and usually causes it to believe that the target has disappeared (due to limitations in radar technology) and therefore the missile either detonates or continues on, not tracking the F-57C... The secondary portion of this countermeasures suite is its medium range (40km for this jamming) computer jamming system which can jam radars at their computer core and infrared systems. This usually proves very effective.
The F-57C has three types of disposable countermeasures, numbers listed in ( ) :
Flares- infrared countermeasure (26)
Chaff pods- radar countermeasure (22)
Electrical Disturbance pods- creates a surge of electricity in an area and can mess up a missile's computer (4)
Other
This aircraft has an air-refueling nozzle for boom-type refueling.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v63/Chlevenkov/F-57D.bmp
Specifications
Role: Advanced Air Superiority Fighter
Crew: One
Length: 59.50 ft.
Wingspan: 41.00 ft.
Height: 15.23 ft.
Wing Area: 867 square feet
Empty Weight: 41,000 lb.
Maximum Weight: 63,000 lb.
Fuel Weight: 10,200 lb.
Armament Weight: 11,800 lb.
Powerplant: 2x SB-APDE-ATF-375XA pulse-detonation/turbofan hybrid engine
Maximum Thrust: 44,117 lbs per engine
Maximum Speed: Mach 3.5 Super-Cruise speed: Mach 2.7
Initial Climb Rate: 44,000 ft/min
Service Ceiling: 86,650 ft.
Range: 1,670nm (combat); 3,100nm (ferry)
G-Limits: -7 / +11
Weapons: Two wingtip hardpoints, four hardpoints underneath each wing, three fuselage hardpoints TOTAL HARDPOINTS= 13
1x SB-AGX-30 30mm Six-barreled cannon with 250 rounds of ammunition
Total armament weight that can be carried: 11,800 pounds
Cost-
$80 Million USD
Naval Version (Strengthened frame, strengthened landing gear, slightly more fuel load, treated skin and frame, salt/humidity-proof equipment) Cost:
$82 Million USD
Production rights will not be sold
---------
10% discount to region members
20% discount to allies