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Welcome to Draco Advanced Arms Corporation (DAAC)
For all your weapons needs, come to us! DAAC is based in Lishtan, but has the whole might of the region of Merthnonn behind it (for those of you who may say Lishtan is to small to have this sort of production).

Feedback accepted and apreciated and requested.



Aircraft
DAAC-113 Pegasus
V/STOL jet fighter/attack aircraft
Blueprint (http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y267/Lishtan/DAAC-113.jpg)

Designed by the aircraft division of DAAC, the Pegasus shares a similar design to the Harrier. It is capable of true vertical take off, and designed for use with DAAC's LS-32.B RACI system. The Orion 32J DE engine uses DAAC's patented Double Efficient(tm) fuel system, so the fuel costs for this aircraft can be half that most conventional aircraft.

First five custommers get all jets painted in their colors with whatever camo desired, plus 20% on the first 10 planes of their order.
10% discount per plane if ordered with LS-32.B Free delivery!

Specs:
Powerplant: Orion 32J DE engine, 23,400 lb thrust (106-kN)
Performance: Maximum speed (sea level) 692 mph (1114 km/h); mach .95 at altitude; Combat radius with full armament and external drop tanks 1300 miles (2100 km)
Weights: Empty 13502 lbs (6137 kg); Maximum external warload 13,523 lbs (6085 kg); maximum take-off 32000 lbs (14400 kg); maximum vertical take-off 25000 lbs (11250 kg)
Dimensions: Span 31 ft 2 in (9.45m); Length 50 ft 3 in (15.24m); height 11ft 8 in (3.5m)
Armament: Two 25mm cannons at 400 rpm; wing points for sidewinder-9 (or equivalent) AAM;
8 weapons stations mounted under wings.

Cost: $30,000,000 per plane


Missiles

Gorgon AAMs

Medusa GGN-2K (equivalent to AIM-9 Sidewinder)
short- to medium-range missile
blueprint (http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y267/Lishtan/GGN-2K.jpg)

Wingspan : 0.68 m
Length : 3.2 m
Diameter: 0.13 m
Launch weight : 95 kg
Max. speed: 2850 km/h
Maximum range : 10 km
Propulsion: DAE Mark 3 single stage solid propellant rocket motor
Guidance: passive enhanced infra-red homing
Warhead: proximity-fuzed high-explosive continuous rod or annular blast fragmentation, 11 kg

Cost $250,000

Euryale GGN-4C (equivalent to AIM-7 Sparrow)
all-weather medium-range missile

Wingspan: 1.2 m
Length: 3.8 m
Diameter: 0.2 m
Launch weight: 232 kg
Max. speed: 2950 km/h
Maximum range: 106 km
Propulsion: DAE Mark 15 solid propellant rocket motor
Guidance: semi-active dualpulse radar homing
Warhead: proximity- and impact-fuzed high-explosive continuous rod blast fragmentation, 41 kg

Cost $1,050,000

Stheno GGN-5B (equivalent to AIM-54 Phoenix)
all-weather long-range missile

Wingspan: 0.95 m
Length: 3.9 m
Diameter: 0.38 m
Launch weight: 481 kg
Max. speed: 6100 km/h
Ceiling: 32000 m
Maximum range: 240 km
Propulsion: DAE Mark 12 solid propellant rocket motor
Guidance: active pulse Doppler radar homing
Warhead: proximity- and impact-fuzed annular blast fragmentation or continuous rod, 63 kg

Cost $2,100,000

Speciallized systems

LS-32.B Remote Aircraft Control Interface

The LS-32.B Remote Aircraft Control Interface allows pilots to control aircraft from a safe location. No more losing veteran pilots to chance hits. Also allows for a much quicker deploy time of your air force, as the planes can be launched while the pilots are preparing.

The LS-32.B consists of a central processing/brodcast unit, to which the pilot control pods are added. The pods are designed much like plane cockpits, with all around LCD projection screens allowing the pilot to gain a clear view of the fight. One can also give control of a whole wing of aircaft to a single pilot, if desired.

Each system is capable of handling 100+ planes simultaniously, and can be intalled on most aircraft carriers. The transmission of information between plane an control is encrypted electronically and with a D-type algorithm, using a constantly modulating radio/microwave frequency, so no need to worry about pesky hacking or jamming of the signal.

cost per system :$80,000,000 + $1,000,000 per pilot +$400,000 per plane

If a price doesn't seem right to you, please tell me. This is mostly educated guessing when it comes to pricing

Someone say something, please!

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Good Day,

It has come to our (The Grand Nation of Drir-Yui) attention that you are offering fairly decent equipment at again, fairly decent prices. As an extension of our friendship towards you, the DAAC and Lishtan as a whole, we desire 32 Pegasus craft to be created immediately.

Camouflage is desired, 16 Naval Colours Standard Camo., 10 Standard Armed Forces Camo., 4 "White Knight" Pure White, and two "Black Knight" aircraft.

For our "Black Knight" craft, we are willing to pay an excess of up to 20,000,000 Heads per craft for extensions and upgrades to speed, armour, size, and payload capacity.

1)We Are Not Taking New Underground Krash Entry Systems.
2)neW tAke oN thoughTs of uNprecedented Uniform bacK ExpanSions.

1=2

?REHPIC ELPMIS?

It is always a pleasure doing business with your nation and its flagship corporation, Good Day.

Drir-Out.

Drir-Yui, your order is ready and will be delivered upon receipt of payment
(1 billion dollars). The two "Black Knight" aircraft include more advance sensors, a greater weapons payload, but a somewhat shorter range.

OOC: I find it hard to believe that you could possibly double the fuel economy over modern aircraft, especially with a VTOL unit. And since that's the only way to cut fuel costs in half, I don't really think that little addition quite cuts it, not without some serious explaining. With that in mind, you should probably cut the combat radius by about 40-50%. 2000+ km would indicate a medium bomber rather than a VTOL aircraft, the latter of which doesn't need as much range.

The remote control interface is a potentially acceptable system, however, that's going to be pretty much crap in combat, as it lacks any real situational awareness. One would have to heavily modify an aircraft to specifically take this system to give even half the capability of a human pilot in the plane. And there's also the problem that only an aircraft designed to operate remotely is capable of utilizing it. The only RL fighter with anything approaching that is the F/A-18, which has an automatic landing system. All other RL remote-controlled aircraft are actually purpose-built UAVs.
Therefore, the system only works with aircraft that you design from the ground up to work with it. That, and the superiority of a human pilot on the scene, is why this hasn't been seriously done yet, even though we have the technology.


As for the missiles, they're definately overpriced. You could get away with a 50% reduction in cost for all of them, depending on actual equivalent. However, some bits of advice:
"Sparrow equivalent" is not a good thing. The AIM-7 Sparrow is a good example of a "we kept it for lack of anything better" system. The AIM-7 was crap when it first came out, was crap throughout the Vietnam War (9% hit rate!), and, even at its best, in Desert Storm, was crap, as could only make about a 36% success rate. The newer AMRAAM, on the other hand, has, to my knowledge, yet to miss a target in combat. The Phoenix and Sidewinder also have solid records, the former only in tests though.

Thanks for the feedback, critical is good. Firstly, "Double Efficient" is an advertising gimmic, not entirely literal. The range will be reduced, however, by 33% or so, making it 50% more efficient, which is somewhat more plausible. The range is needed, actually, since these are one of the few aircraft which my airforce opperates. Thank you, point taken.
Secondly, the remote control set-up is specifically designed to allow for great situational awareness— all around live video feed, full cockpit mock-up command units with movement simmulation, &c. It is also designed to be easily intergrated with existing planes, and since most of today's aircraft require a computer just to stay in the air, this seems quite possible. This will be indicated once I have time to actually update the lists.
Thirdly, the costs for the missiles are very close to the actually prices for the equivalents, from what I can find. If you have different information, please tell me where to find it.
Fourthly, "equivalent to the AIM-7 sparrow" is not intended to mean they share similar performances; it means that they can be mounted on any hardpoint intended for the AIM-7. This was not, however, clearly indicated, and thank you for pointing it out.

Thank you so much for actually posting something!