Pushka
23-09-2005, 20:10
OOC: This project is created by me and Space Union.
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Type: Advanced Multirole Fighter
Length: 25 m
Height: 5 m
Wingspan: 18 m
Power plant: 2 Union-174-2005 Pulse-Detonation Engines rated at 65,000 lbs of thrust each
Empty Weight: 15,000 kg
Full Weight: 26,500 kg
Maximum Weight: 38,500 kg
Maximum Payload: 18,200 kg
Cruising Speed: Mach 1.7
Maximum Speed: Mach 3.8
Operational Altitude: 85,000 ft
Maximum Altitude: 95,000+ ft
Arnament w/o Hard points: 1x PD-17 20mm machine gun, 8 missiles (each is or under 400 kg), and 4 Bombs (each is or under 600 kgs)
Hard points: 4 (Each can carry 2,000 kgs worth of weapons); 2 on each wing;
Crew: 2
Combat Range: 1,600 miles; with refueling: unlimited
Price: $130 million
Introduction:
Mish-11 Arhangel was created by two entities, the government owned Pushkan Bureau of Cooperative Aircraft Design and Space Union’s United Aerospace Corporation (UAC). While the process had a few bumps the end result changed everything. Mish-11 is an aircraft that has no equal, fast, maneuverable, with an avionics package that will from now on be definition of perfection; Mish-11 Arhangel is the aircraft that will rule the aerospace for years to come.
Airframe:
The Mish 11's most formidable goals to achieve its reputation is stealth and maneuverability. These characteristics, though, are counter's to each other as stealth features tend to make the aircraft less maneuverable while maneuverable features tend to make an aircraft become a mountain on radar. So research was done into assuring that only characteristics that reflected both and work to advantage of both would be implemented on this aircraft.
The most notable feature on the airframe is it is made out of lightweight composite material (called reinforced carbon-fiber). The use of composite material has made the aircraft considerably more lightweight while making it much more durable compared to the use of metal. Not only that but the use of composite material has significantly reduced the RCS of the aircraft. Unlike metal, composite materials tend not to reflect radar waves. This makes it perfect for a use on a stealth aircraft. Not only this but the aircraft has been made to ensure there are no right angles. Without right angles, the aircraft is much more stealthy. But composite materials don't just help the stealth characteristics they also help maneuverability. By using composite materials instead of heavyweight metals, the aircrafts weight has been dramatically cut compared to other aircraft. This allows it to be much more maneuverable compared to heavier-weight aircrafts. You'll literally see this aircraft own dogfights.
It will match any environment with lethality that will make other fighter pilots run before they become engaged, yet that won't even save them from the wrath of the Arhangel.
Another feature of the aircraft is that it features two canards at the front. These serve the purpose of adding much more lift to the entire body. Not only that it also makes the aircraft more maneuverable. But even more important feature was using the compression lift technique, formulated on the XB-70 in the 1960s. Compression lift works by lowering the edge of the wings down. When an aircraft is flying. When an aircraft is moving fast, it produces shock waves that move outward from the side of the aircraft. Having the wing tip's lowered, allows the aircraft to take advantage of this. Now the compression lift waves are trapped. As the shock waves try to escape, they push the aircraft up, thus creating more lift. This not only serves the purpose of increasing the thrust, it also gives the aircraft one of the highest lift-to-drag ratio on any aircraft.
Although the aircraft is already quite maneuverable and stealthy, designers have added new technologies to the aircraft. The most important is the use of wing warping on the wings and tail blade. Wing warping is the act of bending the wing in a way to allow for the aircraft to be maneuverable. Wing warping allows the aircraft to do feats that will dazzle the enemy into thinking that the Arhangel doesn't have to even follow the laws of physics. Not only is wing warping used on the wings but also on the tail blade (or the horizontal stabilizer). This adds to the already daunting maneuverability ensured by the aircraft. Of course, all the warping is controlled by an onboard computer that uses calculations made every second.
One of the most interesting technologies employed on the Mish-11 is the use of FOLED or Flexible Organic Light Emitting Diode. FOLED is a thin light-emitting diode that uses organic compound to emit lights. FOLED is used by the Mish-11 to form a cloak over the aircraft. A series of sensors on the aircraft body detect the surrounding environment and then display it on the FOLED sheet on top of the airframe using a mini-supercomputer. It allows for active camouflage from the naked eye of enemy pilots or ground crews no matter the environment. It's very useful because unlike other LCD displays, it doesn't use as much energy allowing for a tiny fraction of energy to power it. The only downside is it has to be replaced every 11.5 years before the lifetime of the OLED expires.
To add more stealth to the airframe, it is coated all-over with a RAM paint-job to further reduce the already small IRS.
One of the newest technologies ever devised by the Pushkan and Space Unionist scientist was The Center of Gravity Manipulation System (CGMS). CGMS works by having 5 separate tanks in the body of the aircraft. All the tanks are connected by pipes, similar to the ones that are used in home plumbing except these are made out of composite material similar to the one that makes up the airframe. They are thus made to withstand great amounts of pressure. It uses a heavy liquid called LST, the liquid starts out at the middle tank in the center of the aircraft, this is the standard position, in it the aircraft is stable. But during flight, the pilot is capable of moving the center of gravity forward, backwards, left or right by moving the secondary control stick while in SRP mode. With a shift of a control stick a valve opens up and a gas system powered by the engine, pumps the liquid into another tank. This shifts the center of the gravity, greatly increasing the aircraft's ability to make sharp turns, flips and dives. This results in a fighter that can out do any other aircraft in dogfights.
Avionics:
Mish-11 Arhangel features an advanced avionics system. That avionics system is centered around a technology featured in all recent Pushkan military projects; VRPB.
VRPB is a digitalized model of the battlefield on which every friendly unit and every enemy unit detected by any friendly unit is shown. VRPB is a giant model of the globe divided into sectors.
There are three major sectors: ground, air and space. Each one of those sectors is further divided into sub-sectors each one with an assigned number. Ground sector is anything below an altitude of 500 meters, air sector is anything above 500 meters and below 60 kilometers, and space sector is everything above 60 kilometers. Each sector has 512100 sub-sectors about 1000 square kilometers each. Each sub-sector is further divided in a 100 sections, 10 square kilometers each. The system also offers depth; every unit represented on VRPB is represented in a 3 dimensional space allowing the computer systems using VRPB for navigation and targeting to go far beyond what they could do with a 2 dimensional system.
IL or information link allows VRPB to be updated in real-time without any lags.
As said before VRPB lets the plane’s pilot see far beyond sensors available his plane. That revolutionizes the concept of see before seen shots. Any enemy unit registers by sensors of any friendly unit is represented on VRPB to which the targeting system is linked. The targeting is initiated via an LCD screen. The pilot has access to the full VRPB system meaning that he can zoom in on any sector, sub-sector and section on earth and if there are registered enemy units there he can target them by touching their icons and putting a traceable marker on the target that will update in real-time.
The missile has its own IL thus once it leaves the plane it will be able to track the target on its own receiving no signals from the plane. As long as the target remains registered the missile will track it even if the plane that carried it was shot down. The pilot can also punch in a command on his numerical keyboard to show the best interception sequence, in this case VRPB will show the pilot the predicted path of the enemy plane and the best point at which to place the marker in order to intercept, the pilot can touch the interception point icon and press the firing button on his control stick, The computer will do all the rest, it will fire the missile at the precise time for hitting the interception point while the enemy target is located on it. Even if the missile didn’t hit the computer will automatically place a marker on the target that was supposed to be intercepted and the missile that missed will attempt to track it unless another target for it is selected. The pilot can not target any friendly unit unless a code is provided to him by his commander that unlocks the pilot’s option to do so.
The plane also has its own radar; RMD-143. It can track up to 30 targets in a 400-kilometers all around. It is a bi-static phased array RADAR system, with two radar sensors one in the nose and one in the tail, it can see through 5th generation stealth and provides the pilot a 360-degree radar sweep. Its readings are transferred to the VRPB via the IL located on the plane, the pilot can view the readings of his own radar but since VRPB is the primary navigation device the radar is secondary although its readings are represented on VRPB.
There is a system to prevent the pilot from passing out from the G-forces. The flight control is linked to VRPB; using the VRPB data the computer can instantly calculate the G-forces resulting from a maneuver initiated by the pilot and prevent the plane from going into uncontrollable spin or pilot loosing his consciousness. This can be turned off.
To maneuver the plane the pilot uses two control sticks. One of them is for flying in what is called a Normalnie Rejim Polieta (Normal Flight Mode), which is how most fighters fly, the control stick tilts the horizontal tail blades and maneuvers the plane. The first control stick has buttons for firing missiles, the machine gun, for turning on the after burners, for accelerating and decelerating and for initiating the Svobodnie Rejim Polieta (Free Flight Mode) that allows the pilot to take advantage of the maneuverability provided by the vector thrusters, wing warping and the shifting center of gravity. Using the two controls the pilot can rotate his plane however he wants, he can make almost instant 180-degree turnarounds, flips, and so on The second stick is for shifting the center of gravity, the stick moves forward and so does the point of gravity, it moves backwards and the point of gravity follows, it can also move right and left. The second stick also has a set of 6 arrow keys for changing the angle of the vector thrust. Special sensors are placed on the wings that allow the computer to know then to warp wings and safely navigate the plane through its maneuvers and to make those maneuvers possible. While in SRP the pilot’s hands are busy, he cannot reach the LCD screen to select the target, and for that reason then in SRP the computer automatically locks on the closest possible target. Each plane has sensors that, unless specified over wise, prevent two missiles from locking onto the same target. The pilot still has control of releasing the missile, also then in the SRP, the machine gun turret locks in the position looking in the same direction as the nose of the aircraft, the pilot fires it like always by the button on the first stick.
SRP is supposed to be used for dogfights while NRP is supposed to be used for long range targeting and so on.
The pilot also has another option, he can initiate the non-spin mode there the aircraft will not loose altitude or start spinning unless the controls are touched. It will fly straight allowing the pilot to rest while flying through a friendly aerospace.
Propulsion:
The monster Mish-11A Arhangel is powered by a pair of heavy-duty jet engines to get the job of a god done. Meet the Union-174-2005 Pulse-Detonation Engines. These babies are the most powerful fighter engines put out from Union Engine Corporations. They make an outstanding 65,000 lbs per thrust each. That is a whopping 130,000 lbs of thrust. This greatly exceeds the maximum take-off weight, insuring for maximum efficiency compared to other aircrafts.
The Union-174-2005s are made from a super alloy called Inconel. It is mostly nickel combined with titanium and chrome. Inconel has specific properties of being mechanically strong, durable, very corrosive-resistant, and very heat-resistant. This makes it the perfect alloy to use in engine construction, especially engines with high thrust and high temperatures where normal alloys such as aluminum, start to corrode and weaken very rapidly.
Pulse-Detonation Engines, known as PDE, works by creating a detonation instead of the normal deflagration that occurs in normal jet engines. Instead the air rushes inside the engine, comes at supersonic speeds instead of subsonic and causes a detonation upon igniting of the air instead of deflagration. To make sure that the air exits to the back, the engine uses shockwaves generated by the ignition to act as shudders/valves. When the shock wave reaches the rear of the engine and exits the combustion products are ejected in "one go", the pressure inside the engine suddenly drops, and air is pulled in the front of the engine to start the next cycle.
The use of the Pulse-Detonation engine instead of a regular engine has increased the efficiency of the entire aircraft. Normal engines have an efficiency of 30% while the Union-174-2005 has a fuel efficiency of 50%. This means that the aircraft will be considerably less fuel hungry and have much bigger range and higher speed. In fact the pulse-detonation engine allows the aircraft to go to speeds of Mach 3.4 although it cruises at Mach 1.7 to avoid the structural problem associated at Mach 3+ and the effects it has on the RAM painting.
One problem in the design has been the loud noise caused by the pulse-detonation. To solve this the engine has been surrounded by open-celled foam. The open-celled foam dampens the sound while still being lightweight and not adding much weight to the engine. Another mechanism used is the fan in the front of the engine. The fan sucks in much air, sending most of it as bypass air. This bypass air helps dampen the sound too, the same effect used in turbofan engines. But to really quiet the engine down, Quiet Craft has been applied to the outside of the engine. It decreases the sound intensity by 75%.
Both engines also feature thrust vectoring in an entirely new way. Engineers at Tylon Aerospace Industries have perfected the new technology called fluid thrust vectoring. Tests have shown that air forced into the exhaust stream can affect deflected thrust. Fluidic nozzles are desirable for their lower weight, mechanical simplicity (no moving surfaces) and lower radar cross section compared to older mechanical thrust vectoring. The fluid thrust vectoring method allows for the same benefits of the old thrust vectoring method, yet is much cheaper, much more maintenance-friendly, and overall more stealthy to fit with the new image for the Mish-11.
The thrust vectoring capability also adds the capability of the aircraft to take-off and land vertically. This greatly improves its mobility without adding costly secondary engines. One final thing in the engine is its ability to super cruise past Mach 2. Although the speed limit is undisclosed.
To make sure the engines fit in the stealth profile of the aircraft, the engines have mufflers that mix cold air with the exhaust to cut the Infrared signature (IRS) of the aircraft. Not only that the engines are buried inside the aircraft so that the immediate exhaust isn't directly seen by IRS screening devices.
Arnament:
The plane has a PD-17 30mm machine gun. It is housed in a protective capsule underneath the cockpit. The capsule can rotate 360 degrees and since the capsule is smooth and is pressed very close to the aircraft it will not be torn off by friction even at supersonic speeds. The rotation is manually controlled by the arrow keys on pilot’s keyboard once he switches to machine gun mode. The firing is initiated by the button on the side of the control stick. Of course the machine gun can also be fired with the help of VRPB, it can be locked on to a target (missile or plane) or fire multiple shots in a preset rotation sequence.
The plane has 3 weapons bays, all of them are internal and all are located on the craft’s belly: 2 in front, 1 in the back.
The front 2 are for launching missiles. Those can be launched simultaneously. Each of these bays can carry 4 missiles; weight limit per missile is 400 kg.
The missiles are stored like this:
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The other bay can carry up to 4 bombs, 600 kg each. The mechanism works like this:
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There are also 4 additional hard points on the wings, 2 for each wing. Weight restriction here is 800 kg per hard point, the pylons can be adjusted to fit any type of missile or bomb, including cruise missiles.
The plane can carry following munitions:
RKD-12 Short Range AA Missile:
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Length: 2.6 meters
Guidance: VRPB/IL
Range: 42 kilometers
Speed: Mach 2.7
Propulsion: RM-2 solid propellant rocket motor
Warhead: 6.9 kg HE expanding rod warhead
Diameter: 170 mm
Description: The design of the missile allows for something never seen before, it allows the pilot to lock on and hit his target without facing his target. Once the target is locked and the missile is released it is no longer a part of the plane, the plane sends absolutely no signals to it. The missile has its own IL and a microprocessor system that uses VRPB for guidance. The missile is astonishingly maneuverable; it has outlets close to its nose that can release pressurized air allowing the missile to turn around instantaneously before initiating the ignition of its RM-2 rocket motor. For example the enemy plane is behind the Mish-11, the missile is released, the pressurized air is released from one side in order to turn the missile 180 degrees so it would be able to hit the approaching enemy. The ignition sequence begins and the missile flies, fins located on its nose and near the thruster guide it, but it can also release the access of the pressurized air to make sharp turns. The enemy pilot thinks that his position is comfortable, he is on Mish-11’s tail and there is nothing that can touch him, suddenly out of nowhere everything changes, the missile released from Mish-11 hits the unsuspecting enemy.
RDD-18 Long Range AA missile:
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Length: 4.15 meters
Guidance: VRPB/IL
Range: 297 kilometers
Speed: Mach 3.7
Propulsion: RM-11 solid propellant rocket motor
Warhead: 50 kg
Diameter: 370 mm
Description: RDD-18 is guided the same way RKD-12 is, it also has its own microprocessor and pressurized air outlets.
RSD-7 Medium Range AA Missile:
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Length: 3.50 meters
Guidance: VRPB/IL
Range: 92 kilometers
Speed: Mach 3.2
Propulsion: RM-10 solid propellant rocket motor
Warhead: 30 kg HE fragmentation
Diameter: 210 mm
Description: RSD-7 is guided the same way RKD-12 is, it also has its own microprocessor and pressurized air outlets. However the placement of fins is different as seen on the picture.
In addition to these air-to-air missiles, the plane can also carry air-to-ground missiles of various kinds, including cruise missiles, and any kind of light ordnance, they can be hooked up to the adjustable pylons located on the wings of the aircraft.
ECMs (Electronic Counter Measures):
Mish-11 Arhangel features a number of systems that help defend it against its enemies. The most advanced of these is its Active Radar Canceling System. It works by having multiple sensors on the skin that pick up incoming radar signals. The computer then studies the signals and outputs a signal that makes the receiving computer misjudge the location of the aircraft. This is mostly used against missiles although this is being deployed against aircrafts during dogfights.
The simpler ECMs that the Mish-11 has are a set of 10 flares in the side of the aircraft. They can be shot out of the side-panels automatically by the computer, if the pilot has the feature on, or manually by the pilot.
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Type: Advanced Multirole Fighter
Length: 25 m
Height: 5 m
Wingspan: 18 m
Power plant: 2 Union-174-2005 Pulse-Detonation Engines rated at 65,000 lbs of thrust each
Empty Weight: 15,000 kg
Full Weight: 26,500 kg
Maximum Weight: 38,500 kg
Maximum Payload: 18,200 kg
Cruising Speed: Mach 1.7
Maximum Speed: Mach 3.8
Operational Altitude: 85,000 ft
Maximum Altitude: 95,000+ ft
Arnament w/o Hard points: 1x PD-17 20mm machine gun, 8 missiles (each is or under 400 kg), and 4 Bombs (each is or under 600 kgs)
Hard points: 4 (Each can carry 2,000 kgs worth of weapons); 2 on each wing;
Crew: 2
Combat Range: 1,600 miles; with refueling: unlimited
Price: $130 million
Introduction:
Mish-11 Arhangel was created by two entities, the government owned Pushkan Bureau of Cooperative Aircraft Design and Space Union’s United Aerospace Corporation (UAC). While the process had a few bumps the end result changed everything. Mish-11 is an aircraft that has no equal, fast, maneuverable, with an avionics package that will from now on be definition of perfection; Mish-11 Arhangel is the aircraft that will rule the aerospace for years to come.
Airframe:
The Mish 11's most formidable goals to achieve its reputation is stealth and maneuverability. These characteristics, though, are counter's to each other as stealth features tend to make the aircraft less maneuverable while maneuverable features tend to make an aircraft become a mountain on radar. So research was done into assuring that only characteristics that reflected both and work to advantage of both would be implemented on this aircraft.
The most notable feature on the airframe is it is made out of lightweight composite material (called reinforced carbon-fiber). The use of composite material has made the aircraft considerably more lightweight while making it much more durable compared to the use of metal. Not only that but the use of composite material has significantly reduced the RCS of the aircraft. Unlike metal, composite materials tend not to reflect radar waves. This makes it perfect for a use on a stealth aircraft. Not only this but the aircraft has been made to ensure there are no right angles. Without right angles, the aircraft is much more stealthy. But composite materials don't just help the stealth characteristics they also help maneuverability. By using composite materials instead of heavyweight metals, the aircrafts weight has been dramatically cut compared to other aircraft. This allows it to be much more maneuverable compared to heavier-weight aircrafts. You'll literally see this aircraft own dogfights.
It will match any environment with lethality that will make other fighter pilots run before they become engaged, yet that won't even save them from the wrath of the Arhangel.
Another feature of the aircraft is that it features two canards at the front. These serve the purpose of adding much more lift to the entire body. Not only that it also makes the aircraft more maneuverable. But even more important feature was using the compression lift technique, formulated on the XB-70 in the 1960s. Compression lift works by lowering the edge of the wings down. When an aircraft is flying. When an aircraft is moving fast, it produces shock waves that move outward from the side of the aircraft. Having the wing tip's lowered, allows the aircraft to take advantage of this. Now the compression lift waves are trapped. As the shock waves try to escape, they push the aircraft up, thus creating more lift. This not only serves the purpose of increasing the thrust, it also gives the aircraft one of the highest lift-to-drag ratio on any aircraft.
Although the aircraft is already quite maneuverable and stealthy, designers have added new technologies to the aircraft. The most important is the use of wing warping on the wings and tail blade. Wing warping is the act of bending the wing in a way to allow for the aircraft to be maneuverable. Wing warping allows the aircraft to do feats that will dazzle the enemy into thinking that the Arhangel doesn't have to even follow the laws of physics. Not only is wing warping used on the wings but also on the tail blade (or the horizontal stabilizer). This adds to the already daunting maneuverability ensured by the aircraft. Of course, all the warping is controlled by an onboard computer that uses calculations made every second.
One of the most interesting technologies employed on the Mish-11 is the use of FOLED or Flexible Organic Light Emitting Diode. FOLED is a thin light-emitting diode that uses organic compound to emit lights. FOLED is used by the Mish-11 to form a cloak over the aircraft. A series of sensors on the aircraft body detect the surrounding environment and then display it on the FOLED sheet on top of the airframe using a mini-supercomputer. It allows for active camouflage from the naked eye of enemy pilots or ground crews no matter the environment. It's very useful because unlike other LCD displays, it doesn't use as much energy allowing for a tiny fraction of energy to power it. The only downside is it has to be replaced every 11.5 years before the lifetime of the OLED expires.
To add more stealth to the airframe, it is coated all-over with a RAM paint-job to further reduce the already small IRS.
One of the newest technologies ever devised by the Pushkan and Space Unionist scientist was The Center of Gravity Manipulation System (CGMS). CGMS works by having 5 separate tanks in the body of the aircraft. All the tanks are connected by pipes, similar to the ones that are used in home plumbing except these are made out of composite material similar to the one that makes up the airframe. They are thus made to withstand great amounts of pressure. It uses a heavy liquid called LST, the liquid starts out at the middle tank in the center of the aircraft, this is the standard position, in it the aircraft is stable. But during flight, the pilot is capable of moving the center of gravity forward, backwards, left or right by moving the secondary control stick while in SRP mode. With a shift of a control stick a valve opens up and a gas system powered by the engine, pumps the liquid into another tank. This shifts the center of the gravity, greatly increasing the aircraft's ability to make sharp turns, flips and dives. This results in a fighter that can out do any other aircraft in dogfights.
Avionics:
Mish-11 Arhangel features an advanced avionics system. That avionics system is centered around a technology featured in all recent Pushkan military projects; VRPB.
VRPB is a digitalized model of the battlefield on which every friendly unit and every enemy unit detected by any friendly unit is shown. VRPB is a giant model of the globe divided into sectors.
There are three major sectors: ground, air and space. Each one of those sectors is further divided into sub-sectors each one with an assigned number. Ground sector is anything below an altitude of 500 meters, air sector is anything above 500 meters and below 60 kilometers, and space sector is everything above 60 kilometers. Each sector has 512100 sub-sectors about 1000 square kilometers each. Each sub-sector is further divided in a 100 sections, 10 square kilometers each. The system also offers depth; every unit represented on VRPB is represented in a 3 dimensional space allowing the computer systems using VRPB for navigation and targeting to go far beyond what they could do with a 2 dimensional system.
IL or information link allows VRPB to be updated in real-time without any lags.
As said before VRPB lets the plane’s pilot see far beyond sensors available his plane. That revolutionizes the concept of see before seen shots. Any enemy unit registers by sensors of any friendly unit is represented on VRPB to which the targeting system is linked. The targeting is initiated via an LCD screen. The pilot has access to the full VRPB system meaning that he can zoom in on any sector, sub-sector and section on earth and if there are registered enemy units there he can target them by touching their icons and putting a traceable marker on the target that will update in real-time.
The missile has its own IL thus once it leaves the plane it will be able to track the target on its own receiving no signals from the plane. As long as the target remains registered the missile will track it even if the plane that carried it was shot down. The pilot can also punch in a command on his numerical keyboard to show the best interception sequence, in this case VRPB will show the pilot the predicted path of the enemy plane and the best point at which to place the marker in order to intercept, the pilot can touch the interception point icon and press the firing button on his control stick, The computer will do all the rest, it will fire the missile at the precise time for hitting the interception point while the enemy target is located on it. Even if the missile didn’t hit the computer will automatically place a marker on the target that was supposed to be intercepted and the missile that missed will attempt to track it unless another target for it is selected. The pilot can not target any friendly unit unless a code is provided to him by his commander that unlocks the pilot’s option to do so.
The plane also has its own radar; RMD-143. It can track up to 30 targets in a 400-kilometers all around. It is a bi-static phased array RADAR system, with two radar sensors one in the nose and one in the tail, it can see through 5th generation stealth and provides the pilot a 360-degree radar sweep. Its readings are transferred to the VRPB via the IL located on the plane, the pilot can view the readings of his own radar but since VRPB is the primary navigation device the radar is secondary although its readings are represented on VRPB.
There is a system to prevent the pilot from passing out from the G-forces. The flight control is linked to VRPB; using the VRPB data the computer can instantly calculate the G-forces resulting from a maneuver initiated by the pilot and prevent the plane from going into uncontrollable spin or pilot loosing his consciousness. This can be turned off.
To maneuver the plane the pilot uses two control sticks. One of them is for flying in what is called a Normalnie Rejim Polieta (Normal Flight Mode), which is how most fighters fly, the control stick tilts the horizontal tail blades and maneuvers the plane. The first control stick has buttons for firing missiles, the machine gun, for turning on the after burners, for accelerating and decelerating and for initiating the Svobodnie Rejim Polieta (Free Flight Mode) that allows the pilot to take advantage of the maneuverability provided by the vector thrusters, wing warping and the shifting center of gravity. Using the two controls the pilot can rotate his plane however he wants, he can make almost instant 180-degree turnarounds, flips, and so on The second stick is for shifting the center of gravity, the stick moves forward and so does the point of gravity, it moves backwards and the point of gravity follows, it can also move right and left. The second stick also has a set of 6 arrow keys for changing the angle of the vector thrust. Special sensors are placed on the wings that allow the computer to know then to warp wings and safely navigate the plane through its maneuvers and to make those maneuvers possible. While in SRP the pilot’s hands are busy, he cannot reach the LCD screen to select the target, and for that reason then in SRP the computer automatically locks on the closest possible target. Each plane has sensors that, unless specified over wise, prevent two missiles from locking onto the same target. The pilot still has control of releasing the missile, also then in the SRP, the machine gun turret locks in the position looking in the same direction as the nose of the aircraft, the pilot fires it like always by the button on the first stick.
SRP is supposed to be used for dogfights while NRP is supposed to be used for long range targeting and so on.
The pilot also has another option, he can initiate the non-spin mode there the aircraft will not loose altitude or start spinning unless the controls are touched. It will fly straight allowing the pilot to rest while flying through a friendly aerospace.
Propulsion:
The monster Mish-11A Arhangel is powered by a pair of heavy-duty jet engines to get the job of a god done. Meet the Union-174-2005 Pulse-Detonation Engines. These babies are the most powerful fighter engines put out from Union Engine Corporations. They make an outstanding 65,000 lbs per thrust each. That is a whopping 130,000 lbs of thrust. This greatly exceeds the maximum take-off weight, insuring for maximum efficiency compared to other aircrafts.
The Union-174-2005s are made from a super alloy called Inconel. It is mostly nickel combined with titanium and chrome. Inconel has specific properties of being mechanically strong, durable, very corrosive-resistant, and very heat-resistant. This makes it the perfect alloy to use in engine construction, especially engines with high thrust and high temperatures where normal alloys such as aluminum, start to corrode and weaken very rapidly.
Pulse-Detonation Engines, known as PDE, works by creating a detonation instead of the normal deflagration that occurs in normal jet engines. Instead the air rushes inside the engine, comes at supersonic speeds instead of subsonic and causes a detonation upon igniting of the air instead of deflagration. To make sure that the air exits to the back, the engine uses shockwaves generated by the ignition to act as shudders/valves. When the shock wave reaches the rear of the engine and exits the combustion products are ejected in "one go", the pressure inside the engine suddenly drops, and air is pulled in the front of the engine to start the next cycle.
The use of the Pulse-Detonation engine instead of a regular engine has increased the efficiency of the entire aircraft. Normal engines have an efficiency of 30% while the Union-174-2005 has a fuel efficiency of 50%. This means that the aircraft will be considerably less fuel hungry and have much bigger range and higher speed. In fact the pulse-detonation engine allows the aircraft to go to speeds of Mach 3.4 although it cruises at Mach 1.7 to avoid the structural problem associated at Mach 3+ and the effects it has on the RAM painting.
One problem in the design has been the loud noise caused by the pulse-detonation. To solve this the engine has been surrounded by open-celled foam. The open-celled foam dampens the sound while still being lightweight and not adding much weight to the engine. Another mechanism used is the fan in the front of the engine. The fan sucks in much air, sending most of it as bypass air. This bypass air helps dampen the sound too, the same effect used in turbofan engines. But to really quiet the engine down, Quiet Craft has been applied to the outside of the engine. It decreases the sound intensity by 75%.
Both engines also feature thrust vectoring in an entirely new way. Engineers at Tylon Aerospace Industries have perfected the new technology called fluid thrust vectoring. Tests have shown that air forced into the exhaust stream can affect deflected thrust. Fluidic nozzles are desirable for their lower weight, mechanical simplicity (no moving surfaces) and lower radar cross section compared to older mechanical thrust vectoring. The fluid thrust vectoring method allows for the same benefits of the old thrust vectoring method, yet is much cheaper, much more maintenance-friendly, and overall more stealthy to fit with the new image for the Mish-11.
The thrust vectoring capability also adds the capability of the aircraft to take-off and land vertically. This greatly improves its mobility without adding costly secondary engines. One final thing in the engine is its ability to super cruise past Mach 2. Although the speed limit is undisclosed.
To make sure the engines fit in the stealth profile of the aircraft, the engines have mufflers that mix cold air with the exhaust to cut the Infrared signature (IRS) of the aircraft. Not only that the engines are buried inside the aircraft so that the immediate exhaust isn't directly seen by IRS screening devices.
Arnament:
The plane has a PD-17 30mm machine gun. It is housed in a protective capsule underneath the cockpit. The capsule can rotate 360 degrees and since the capsule is smooth and is pressed very close to the aircraft it will not be torn off by friction even at supersonic speeds. The rotation is manually controlled by the arrow keys on pilot’s keyboard once he switches to machine gun mode. The firing is initiated by the button on the side of the control stick. Of course the machine gun can also be fired with the help of VRPB, it can be locked on to a target (missile or plane) or fire multiple shots in a preset rotation sequence.
The plane has 3 weapons bays, all of them are internal and all are located on the craft’s belly: 2 in front, 1 in the back.
The front 2 are for launching missiles. Those can be launched simultaneously. Each of these bays can carry 4 missiles; weight limit per missile is 400 kg.
The missiles are stored like this:
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The other bay can carry up to 4 bombs, 600 kg each. The mechanism works like this:
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There are also 4 additional hard points on the wings, 2 for each wing. Weight restriction here is 800 kg per hard point, the pylons can be adjusted to fit any type of missile or bomb, including cruise missiles.
The plane can carry following munitions:
RKD-12 Short Range AA Missile:
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Length: 2.6 meters
Guidance: VRPB/IL
Range: 42 kilometers
Speed: Mach 2.7
Propulsion: RM-2 solid propellant rocket motor
Warhead: 6.9 kg HE expanding rod warhead
Diameter: 170 mm
Description: The design of the missile allows for something never seen before, it allows the pilot to lock on and hit his target without facing his target. Once the target is locked and the missile is released it is no longer a part of the plane, the plane sends absolutely no signals to it. The missile has its own IL and a microprocessor system that uses VRPB for guidance. The missile is astonishingly maneuverable; it has outlets close to its nose that can release pressurized air allowing the missile to turn around instantaneously before initiating the ignition of its RM-2 rocket motor. For example the enemy plane is behind the Mish-11, the missile is released, the pressurized air is released from one side in order to turn the missile 180 degrees so it would be able to hit the approaching enemy. The ignition sequence begins and the missile flies, fins located on its nose and near the thruster guide it, but it can also release the access of the pressurized air to make sharp turns. The enemy pilot thinks that his position is comfortable, he is on Mish-11’s tail and there is nothing that can touch him, suddenly out of nowhere everything changes, the missile released from Mish-11 hits the unsuspecting enemy.
RDD-18 Long Range AA missile:
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Length: 4.15 meters
Guidance: VRPB/IL
Range: 297 kilometers
Speed: Mach 3.7
Propulsion: RM-11 solid propellant rocket motor
Warhead: 50 kg
Diameter: 370 mm
Description: RDD-18 is guided the same way RKD-12 is, it also has its own microprocessor and pressurized air outlets.
RSD-7 Medium Range AA Missile:
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Length: 3.50 meters
Guidance: VRPB/IL
Range: 92 kilometers
Speed: Mach 3.2
Propulsion: RM-10 solid propellant rocket motor
Warhead: 30 kg HE fragmentation
Diameter: 210 mm
Description: RSD-7 is guided the same way RKD-12 is, it also has its own microprocessor and pressurized air outlets. However the placement of fins is different as seen on the picture.
In addition to these air-to-air missiles, the plane can also carry air-to-ground missiles of various kinds, including cruise missiles, and any kind of light ordnance, they can be hooked up to the adjustable pylons located on the wings of the aircraft.
ECMs (Electronic Counter Measures):
Mish-11 Arhangel features a number of systems that help defend it against its enemies. The most advanced of these is its Active Radar Canceling System. It works by having multiple sensors on the skin that pick up incoming radar signals. The computer then studies the signals and outputs a signal that makes the receiving computer misjudge the location of the aircraft. This is mostly used against missiles although this is being deployed against aircrafts during dogfights.
The simpler ECMs that the Mish-11 has are a set of 10 flares in the side of the aircraft. They can be shot out of the side-panels automatically by the computer, if the pilot has the feature on, or manually by the pilot.