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Flightopia Reveals Its New Cutting-Edge Fighter

Flightopia
01-12-2005, 06:26
The bright sun beats down on the tarmac at the Kimbu Flight Test Center in the Kimbu Desert of Flightopia. The temprature is close to 110 degrees, sitting in nice covered tents, ranking members of Flightopia's military, celebrites, and political figures sit and wait. Then a small dot appears on the horizon, and suddenly flashes in a streek of black before thier eyes. The craft turns and decends for landing, but insted of landing is rotates and begins to hover infront of the crowd and then gently touches earth. A thunderous applause explodes. It is the F/A-35 Talon, the newest in avation technology and the newest memeber of the Flightopian Air Force and Navy.



NEW FROM ALLDREDGE WEAPON SYSTEMS INC.
Family Owned Since 1991

Description:
The F/A-35 Talon is the newest and most advanced aircraft in Flightopia. Using a compileation of new, upgraded, and existing technology the Talon is paving the way of the feuture.

Images:
Wings Folded: http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/6521/fa37talon040618n8497h0311dp.jpg

On The Flight Deck: http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/4697/fa37talon040618n6817c0984nf.jpg

Ready to Launch:
http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/7901/talonnew69zy.jpg


Type: F/A-35 Talon

Function: Air superiority, ground attack, and interceptor.

Carrier Capable: Yes

VTOL: Yes

Main Contractor: Alldredge Weapon Systems Inc.

Propulsion:
- Two Pratt & Whitney F120-PW-100 engines and two Pulse Detonation Wave Engines (PDWEs).

Thrust:
-P&W Engines, 39,000lbs each, for 78,000lbs total.
-PDWEs, 80,000lbs each, 160,000 lbs total.

Length: 72.08 feet

Height: 19.67 feet,

Wingspan: 56.5 feet

Horizontal Tailspan: 36 feet

Operational Ceiling: 110,000ft.

Max Celling: 150,000ft

Range:
-4,200 km (Ferrying)
-3,800 km (Standard Combat)
-5,850 km (Combat With Internal Droptanks)
-Unlimited (With In-flight Refuling)

Speed:
-Mach 1.1 (Cruising)
-Mach 1.7 (Supercruise)
-Mach 1.9 (Afterburners)
-Mach 5.8 (PDWEs/Max Speed)

Climb Rate:
-Normal Sustained (Jet Turbines): 532 m/s
-Max (PDWEs): 4,600 m/s

Weight:
-Max Take-off Weight: 71,000 lbs
-Empty Weight: 32,265 lbs
-Normal: 49,600 lbs

Crew: One

Armament:
-One rotating internal weapon launchers, the launcher can hold up to 10 missiles, or 6 bombs. This keeps the airframe sleek and the radar cross-section small.
-Two 20mm Vulcan cannons mounted on the left and right sides behind the cockpit.

Compatible Weapons:
-AIM-150 Scorpion AELRAAM
-AIM-120 AMRAAM
-AIM-7 Sparrow
-AIM-9 Sidewinder
-AIM-120 AMRAAM
-AGM-160 Hammer AELRAGM
-AGM-154A
-AGM-84 Harpoon F-Model (Smaller missile)
-AGM-98 Swordfish AELRASM


Radar Cross-Section: With gear up and weapons bay closed, about the size of eagle arround .01m

Counter Measures:
-4 chaff dispensers, 10 chaff each.
-4 flare dispensers, 10 flares each.
-6 Missile scramblers, three on the top and bottom of the craft. Send a signal to a missile’s guidance system and confuses it, causing the missile to veer out of control.

Keynote Systems:
-Laser radar (LADAR), uses lasers in place of radio waves, undetectable to current ECM equipment. Can detect air, ground, ship targets, and draw a photograpth quality image of the battle space up 600-800km away, including some spacecraft in LEO. Allows the ELR (Extreme Long Range) ordanace to use the LADAR to track thier target, they only need thier terminal guidance radar activated for the final aproach, this means that unless the pilot imidatety breaks and uses contermeasures it will be too late. Devloped by a Flightopian hero, Dale Brown.
-“Scatter Plot” Radar Detection Avoidance System (RDAS). It receives incoming radar emissions and throws them 180º away from their origin.
-VTOL and Thrust Vectoring.
-There are two CIPs (Common Intergraded Processors) in each F/A-35, with 78 module slots per CIP.
-The new EW-789 Electronic Warfare Command and Control Module (EWCCM).
-User-friendly glass cockpit.
-Great performance.
- Two Pulse Detonation Wave Engines (PDWEs), but they can’t be use for long periods of time, only for about 1 hour maintianed before they have to shut down to cool for about 70 minutes.
-Swing-wings, are fully folded-in when PDWEs are in use.
-Under belly ducts for VTOLs.
-Speical radar echo-canceling alloys, very heat reststant.

Total Cost (Per Unit): 138 Million USD


This aircraft is also now available for purchase. also, any allies of Flightopia get a 25% discount. For more information call this toll-free number:
1-800-GUN-4YOU
Flightopia
01-12-2005, 09:49
OCC: Bump for comments or questions.
Braxis VI
01-12-2005, 11:48
<OOC: Someone browses the 4chan /k/ board then :) Hooray for Auroras!>
Southeastasia
01-12-2005, 11:56
Now register at the NS Draftroom (http://s13.invisionfree.com/The_NS_Draftroom/index.php) and receive some positive criticism over there by the professionals.
Flightopia
02-12-2005, 00:54
OCC: Thanks I will check it out.
No, I don't browse those bords, but I am a fan of the aurora, but ya any comment from this borld would also be great. It is my first design so I would like to see how I am doing.
Flightopia
02-12-2005, 06:17
OCC: Bump due to design changes/addations.
The PeoplesFreedom
02-12-2005, 16:48
OCC: lol from the movie 'stealth'
IC: The Peoplesfreedom is wondering about production rights,
Flightopia
02-12-2005, 21:54
Well, as a new fighter, I would say about 230 Billion dollars,capitollisim at its best.
But you can purchase some if you wish. The question is are we allies? If so you can get a 25% discount.
New Grenatica
03-12-2005, 01:39
isn't that a bit pricy? my leading experts inform me that they could produce an aircraft similar to yours with better specs for something like a hundredth of what your offering your version for. just a thought.
Flightopia
03-12-2005, 01:46
I raise it because it is top of the line and giving it to anouther country is a big risk. You could do it for alot less, but buying from me we could work out a deal so a big order is rather cheap. The rights I guess could be 15 Billion.
The PeoplesFreedom
03-12-2005, 02:30
OCC:Well If your our ally im ours:)
Ill get back to you on how much 12 buy
Flightopia
04-12-2005, 01:29
OCC: K, I will be waiting.