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23-05-2006, 03:15
The Newest aircraft to the Haaj-Fremmel family is the ISF-17 Arrowhawk.
ISF-17 Arrowhawk
Background: The ISF-17 Arrowhawk was designed originally as a request by the Illiorian Airforce for a new Air Superiority Fighter in order to deal with the new generation of fighters being produced by Nations around the world. The ISF-17 was one of several designs considered by Haaj-Fremmel Airworks to actually produce. Several other designs followed previous design ideas that were all delta wing shaped, which allowed them High performance at high altitudes, following in the footsteps of the capable IAF-33 Caid, and IAF-24, both of which were great aircraft, but paling in comparison the the new era of aircraft. The ISF-17, on the other hand, had variable geometry wings, inspired by the SuF-8 Phoenix and the F-14 Tomcat, which allows it to perform well at high speeds, and well at low speeds. The variable geometry wings also allow for manueverability or reasonably high speeds at low altitudes, to be able to deal with low altitude, High speed penetration bombers.
Airframe: The airframe is constructed of two main metals, Titanium Reinforced with carbonfibers and an Aluminum-Lithium alloy to provide the much needed strength for the variable geometry wings to even reach it's supercruise speed, along with the possible G-forces exerted and yaw and pitching of the wings. The Rest of the airframe is constructed out of a mix of carbon reinforced Plastics /Polymers to provide a light, yet strong, skin for the airframe, along with small amounts of steel and aluminum in key areas. The Actual amounts are as follows: 25% Aluminum-Lithium Alloy, 27% Titanium, 44% Carbon reinforced polymers and plastics, 2% steel, 2% aluminum.
Besides having variable geometry wings, the aircraft is a 4 tailed craft much like the F-22, except the ailerons are slightly angled down at a small degree in order to increase the airflow over the ailerons, allowing for more control, but also more stress, again, making the titanium and Li-Al composites quintessential. It also has a smooth, rounded bottom section unlike the F-14 and the SuF-8 Phoenix, with the inlets being closer into the rest of the fuselage, leaving more room for the bays which are closer to the wings, allowing for the deadly missiles it carries. The rounded bottom is to decrease the drag caused by protrusions from the hull by having one larger and smoother shape making it easier for the air to flow over.
Propulsion The ISF-17 uses two Have-Ho LBP-220 Turbofans, rated at 45,000lbf with full afterburner, and 40,000 without, for an net thrust of 80,000lbs normally, and 90,000 in bursts. These engines were originally designed for the IG-45 aircraft, which was a highspeed, low agility interceptor platform, meant to launch missiles, and not dogfight. To accomodate the need for dogfighting, and in general, more agility, the 220 was given 2D Thrust vectoring, increasing it's Rate of climb, and it's ability to dodge missiles and get around other aircraft. To reduce it's frontal RCS, the inlets are "S" inlets, much like those used on the F-22, to not allow radar waves to get out of the engine.
WeaponsThe ISF-17's Primary weapon is the missiles it carries in it's internal bays. With two bays, each capable of holding 7 BVRAAMs, the ISF-17 is a formidable opponent. With it's ASF loadout, it carries 2 ELRAAMs, 4 BVRAAM, and 4 SRAAMs. It uses the ELRAAMs to take out aircraft from a distance, mainly those posing the highest threat or highest priority. The BVRAAMs are for the medium ranged work, to destroy whatever gets past the ELRAAMS. The SRAAMs, are for the down and dirty work, dogfighting. Each bay has 6 (3 on each side) retractable slide doors, in order to decrease the drag caused by disrupting the airflow around the aircraft. These doors can also be opened in pairs to allow for the release of one or two missiles at a time to help decrease the drag caused by the opening of the bays. Although this increases the maitenance cost, it increases the performance.
To supplement this loadout, a single barreled, 30X165mm, 6 slot revolver system is used. The system works much like a rotary cannon, but with only one barrel, and although this decreases the life of the barrel, it also decreases the complexity of replacing the barrel and gun system in general to reduce the maitenance costs.
Avionics The ISF-17 has all the usual refinements in a H-F aircraft, ranging from PSAWMAWS and HVAHUD to IRWASS and the Ar-3 Radar system. Pilot Situational Awareness Warning/Missile Approach Warning System, or PSAWMAWS helps the pilot by selecting a target based on a computer databank to decide the easiest or best target in the air to attack. It also interfaces with the Soa-4 Defensive radar, to alert the pilot on the best course of action to evade enemy fire and incoming missiles, and automatically fire off chaff canisters and flares.
Helmet Visual/Audio Heads Up Display is another feature on all Illiorian aircraft incorporated into the ISF-17. The HVAHUD allows for a 360 Degree radius, with features easily accessed by voice commands along with weapon selection (note: manual weapon selectors included in cockpit) and allows for a much larger attack radius, as the aircraft doesn't need to be pointing in a certain direction to have the HUD on an aircraft, as all the pilot has to do is turn his head.
Ar-3 Is the basic RADAR system on all Illiorian aircraft, and uses a dual band solid state pulse dopplar radar to activley track aircraft around it up to 100NM in clear skies. It also has a passive system to identify radar waves from approximatley 1.5X the effective distance of the broadcasting radar, and ways to get around it. A LADAR system is also incorporated in order to map terrain around the aircraft, and to give a 3D 360 degree picture of the area around the aircraft, to a maximum clear distance of 40NM, and a "blurry" distance up to 50NM.
Also Included is an encoded radio, set to whatever frequency the purchasing country wants. An airborne computer system is included in the aircraft to manage much of the non-vital systems and many of the vital systems of the aircraft to help the pilot, and to uplink to either ground radar stations, sea radar or AWACs. The computer also stores attack profiles to help the pilot with his organization and to increase the success of his attacks. It also coordinates "Over-The-Shoulder" attack profiles, in which a missile is fired forwards, but then hooks up and over the aircraft onto a pursuing aircraft.
Safety
Due to the random events that may occur during a flight or combat mission, the ISF-17 has been equipped with multiple safety and redundance systems, and they are as follows:
-Ejection Seat:
A must in all aircraft, to get the pilot out safely in case of emergency. The survival kit and the other emergency supplies are attactched to the pilot's parachute in a bag on a drag line, and fall out of the seat after the pilot falls due to the chute deployment.
-Canopy
It ejects in the case of an ejection by the pilot, using a systems of shotgun cartridges to blast off of the cockpit to the left, to leave no chance of the pilot hitting the canopy.
-PBOCS (Pilot Black Out Control System)
if the Pilot's vital signs show that the pilot is unable to continue to fly the aircraft, the PBOCS kicks in, switching to autopilot, and flying the pilot to the nearest base, and if the F-17 doesn't have the range to reach the base, it will automatically eject the pilot over terrain deemed "safe" by programmers who added the updates before the flight.
-Emergency Transponder
to brodcast the location of the seat, the transponder has a battery life of 5 days, which should be more than enough time for a rescue team to get in and out.
-Survival Kit (Customizable)
Normally filled with a first aid kit, food, water, a map of the area, a secure encoded radio, a backup battery pack, a flashlight, a whistle, a compass, and a GPS locator.
-Survival Weapons kit (A Carbine supplied by the buying country and a pistol, and 3 colored smoke grenades)
-Airmask (built into the aircraft, but attachable to the helmet) the Air system supplies a mix of oxygen, hydrogen, helium, and nitrogen, but the proporsions from normal air are optimised for aerial combat
-"Heron" G-Suit
The "Heron" G-Suit is your normal G-suit, plus vitals monitors
-FBHRS (Fly by Hydraulics Redundancy system) All H-F aircraft are Fly-by-optics aircraft, but in the case of an electrical failure, the back up hydraulics system kicks in to allow the pilot to fly the aircraft safely to the ground.
-Chaff and Flares
4 dispensers of each are placed on the aircraft to help evade RADAR and IR guided missiles, and the dispensation is controlled by Soa-4
Specifications
Purpose: Allweather Air Superiority Fighter
Crew:1 (Possible 2 seater version to come at a later date)
Length: 64' (19.51 Meters)
Wingspan: Unswept 66' (20.12 Meters)
Swept: 39' 4" (Almost 12 meters
Height: From Wheel to top of tail: 18' (5.49 Meters)
-Propulsion: 2 40,000 lbf (18,100Kgf) (2D thrust vectoring Optional) engines (total of 360Kn thrust) (45,000 afterburning [20,400 Kgf])
~Net thrust @ 80-90,000lbs (36,200-40,800 Kgf, 360-400 Kn Force)
-Speeds:
Max Speed:M 3.2 @ 50,000(15,240M) feet (1.4 @S/L)(NOTE: USES FULL AFTERBURNER AND CAN ONLY BE SUSTAINED FOR SPRINT PERIODS)
Supercruise:M 2.7@ 50,000(15,240M) Feet (1 @ S/l)
Cruise: M1.7 @ 50,000(15,240M) feet (.7 @ S/L)
-Rate of climb: 55,000 (16764M) feet per minute (without thrust vectoring) 60,000FPM (18,288M)(w/ thrust vectoring)
-Ranges:
Combat Radius: 800NM (1482Kilometers)(W/ 25 Min Loiter)
Ferry Range: 2000NM (3704 Kil.)
-Empty weight to be around 30,000lbs (13,608Kilograms)
-MTOW@ 80,000lbs (36,288Kg)
-Minimum Fuel weight @ 20,000lbs (9072Kg)
-Max fuel weight @ 28,000lbs (12,701Kg)
-Normal combat Payload/Weight: 12,000lbs/70,000lbs (5443/31752Kg)
-Max Combat Payload/Weight: 20,000lbs/78,000lbs (9072/35,380Kg)
-4 internal bays with 3 hardpoints in each (Total of 12 Hardpoints)
-1 30mm Single barrel Revolver cannon
-Operational altitude varying from >1000 feet (304.8Meters) to <70,000(21,336M)
-Max altitude @ 79,000 feet (24,079Meters)
Max Gs: -3/+9
Construction Price: 80million, sale price 95 Million
And the reinvention of the ICF-33 Caid "B" Variant
ICF-33B Caid Flight two Refit
Background: The ICF-33 Caid had been the long time workhorse of both the Illiorian Airforce and navy, serving many years in both, but soon to be replaced by the ISF-17 in the airforce. The navy however, decided to stay with the ICF-33, but to update it with slightly different engines, modify the airframe and skin of the aircraft, and up the speed and range slightly.
Airframe: The Flight 2 refit of the Caid's airframe consists of 3 main parts: carbon Reinforced Titanium, Aluminum-Lithium alloys, and Plastics/Polymers. The Airframe itself is mainly of the Li-Al alloy, but at certain key junctures where no strength can be left, titanium reinforced with carbon fibers is used. The skin of the aircraft is mainly made up of Plastics, Li-Al alloys and ceramics in certain areas. The percentages are as follows: Li-Al Alloys 45%, Titanium 15%, Plastics/Polymers 25%, ceramics 2%, Steel 2%, aluminum 1%.
Propulsion: The Flight 2 Refit uses two Have Ho Afterburning LBP turbofans rated at 30,000 (13,610 Kg) lbs each, for a total thrust of roughly 60,000lbs.(27,220 Kg) Each LBP has two-dimentional thrust vectoring to increase the Rate of climb, and the overall agility of the aircraft to allow it to out maneuver other fighters. The F-33 originally had 2 29,000lb turbofans. The upgrade here was from turbofans to LBP turbofans to decrease the maximum amount of fuel needed to get the kind of combat radius it needs.
Weapons:
The ICF-33B Has the 14 weapon points that it's predecessor had, with two wingtip stations for SRAAMs for dog fighting. There are also four underwing stations on each wing (8 total), with each able to hold upto a 1500lb (680Kg) bomb class, or equivalent Missiles. 4 of the underiwng stations are droptank ready (upto 1500 pounds, or 680Kg of fuel in each), with the other four being able to handle EW pods, Laser designator pods, or some other utility pod. There are also four fuselage hardpoints, with each being able to handle the 2000 lb bomb class, and to allow for different countries needs, the four hardpoints can handle the 1000 Kg class of weapons too. TO supplement the missiles and hardpoints, the ICF-33B carries a 30mm cannon in the nose firing the 30X165mm cartridge.
Avionics:
The ICF-33B has all the usual refinements in a H-F aircraft, ranging from PSAWMAWS and HVAHUD to IRWASS and the Ar-3 Radar system. Pilot Situational Awareness Warning/Missile Approach Warning System, or PSAWMAWS helps the pilot by selecting a target based on a computer databank to decide the easiest or best target in the air to attack. It also interfaces with the Soa-4 Defensive radar, to alert the pilot on the best course of action to evade enemy fire and incoming missiles, and automatically fire off chaff canisters and flares.
Helmet Visual/Audio Heads Up Display is another feature on all Illiorian aircraft incorporated into the ICF-33B The HVAHUD allows for a 360 Degree radius, with features easily accessed by voice commands along with weapon selection (note: manual weapon selectors included in cockpit) and allows for a much larger attack radius, as the aircraft doesn't need to be pointing in a certain direction to have the HUD on an aircraft, as all the pilot has to do is turn his head.
Ar-3 Is the basic RADAR system on all Illiorian aircraft, and uses a dual band solid state pulse dopplar radar to activley track aircraft around it up to 100NM in clear skies. It also has a passive system to identify radar waves from approximatley 1.5X the effective distance of the broadcasting radar, and ways to get around it. A LADAR system is also incorporated in order to map terrain around the aircraft, and to give a 3D 360 degree picture of the area around the aircraft, to a maximum clear distance of 40NM, and a "blurry" distance up to 50NM.
Also Included is an encoded radio, set to whatever frequency the purchasing country wants. An airborne computer system is included in the aircraft to manage much of the non-vital systems and many of the vital systems of the aircraft to help the pilot, and to uplink to either ground radar stations, sea radar or AWACs. The computer also stores attack profiles to help the pilot with his organization and to increase the success of his attacks. It also coordinates "Over-The-Shoulder" attack profiles, in which a missile is fired forwards, but then hooks up and over the aircraft onto a pursuing aircraft.
Safety
Due to the random events that may occur during a flight or combat mission, the ICF-33B has been equipped with multiple safety and redundance systems, and they are as follows:
-Ejection Seat:
A must in all aircraft, to get the pilot out safely in case of emergency. The survival kit and the other emergency supplies are attactched to the pilot's parachute in a bag on a drag line, and fall out of the seat after the pilot falls due to the chute deployment.
-Canopy
It ejects in the case of an ejection by the pilot, using a systems of shotgun cartridges to blast off of the cockpit to the left, to leave no chance of the pilot hitting the canopy.
-PBOCS (Pilot Black Out Control System)
if the Pilot's vital signs show that the pilot is unable to continue to fly the aircraft, the PBOCS kicks in, switching to autopilot, and flying the pilot to the nearest base, and if the F-17 doesn't have the range to reach the base, it will automatically eject the pilot over terrain deemed "safe" by programmers who added the updates before the flight.
-Emergency Transponder
to brodcast the location of the seat, the transponder has a battery life of 5 days, which should be more than enough time for a rescue team to get in and out.
-Survival Kit (Customizable)
Normally filled with a first aid kit, food, water, a map of the area, a secure encoded radio, a backup battery pack, a flashlight, a whistle, a compass, and a GPS locator.
-Survival Weapons kit (A Carbine supplied by the buying country and a pistol, and 3 colored smoke grenades)
-Airmask (built into the aircraft, but attachable to the helmet) the Air system supplies a mix of oxygen, hydrogen, helium, and nitrogen, but the proporsions from normal air are optimised for aerial combat
-"Heron" G-Suit
The "Heron" G-Suit is your normal G-suit, plus vitals monitors
-FBHRS (Fly by Hydraulics Redundancy system) All H-F aircraft are Fly-by-optics aircraft, but in the case of an electrical failure, the back up hydraulics system kicks in to allow the pilot to fly the aircraft safely to the ground.
-Chaff and Flares
4 dispensers of each are placed on the aircraft to help evade RADAR and IR guided missiles, and the dispensation is controlled by Soa-4
Specifications:
Type: Carrier borne All purpose, all weather Fighter
-Length: 65 Feet (19.8 Meters)
-Height: 17 Feet (5.2 Meters)
-Wingspan 43 feet (Delta style) (13.11 Meters)
-Propulsion: 2 Have Ho LBP Afterburning 2-D thrust Vectored Turbofans rated at 30,000Lbs each(13,610 Kg)(135Kn) for a total net thrust of 60,000 lbs (27,220 Kg)(270Kn)
-Empty Weight: 27,000 lbs (12,247 Kg)
-MTOW: 65,000lbs (29,484 Kg)
-Normal Combat weight (Full fuel loadout, and 10,000lbs[4536Kg] weapons) 60,000lbs (27,216Kg)
-Minimum Fuel Weight(0.22):14300 lbs (6486 Kg)
-Max Fuel weight(.35): 22,075Lbs (10,014 Kg)
-Weapons: 14 Hardpoints (2 wingtip points, 8 underwing stations, 4 fuselage stations) with a total maximum weapons capacity of 23,000(10433Kg) lbs of weapons (normal more around 14,000 lbs[6350Kg])
-Clean weight: 50,000lbs (22,680 Kg)
-Clean thrust to weight ratio: 1.2:1
-Normal Thrust:weight ratio: 1:1
-Combat Radius: 800NM (1482 Kilometers) (no drop tanks), 1000Nm (1852 Km) (with 2 2000 lb fuel drop tanks)
-Ferry Range: 1,500 Nm (2778 Km), (with 4 2000lb droptanks, 4 1500 lb droptanks) 3000 Nm (5556Km)
-Operational Ceiling: 70,000 feet (21,336 Meters)
-Operational Altitude: 50,000 Feet (15240 M)
-Crusing speed: Mach .7 (858 Kph) (533 MPH)
-Supercruise: Mach 1.5 (1838Kph) (1142MPH)
-Max safe speed: Mach 2.2 (2695 Kph) (1675 MPH)
-Maximum tested speed: Mach 2.5 (3063Kph) (1903 MPH)
-Rate of Climb: 45,000 Feet per minute (13716 Meter/Minute)
-Crew:1 (Pilot)
-Construction Price: 40 Million
-Aquisition cost: 44 Million
ISF-17 Arrowhawk
Background: The ISF-17 Arrowhawk was designed originally as a request by the Illiorian Airforce for a new Air Superiority Fighter in order to deal with the new generation of fighters being produced by Nations around the world. The ISF-17 was one of several designs considered by Haaj-Fremmel Airworks to actually produce. Several other designs followed previous design ideas that were all delta wing shaped, which allowed them High performance at high altitudes, following in the footsteps of the capable IAF-33 Caid, and IAF-24, both of which were great aircraft, but paling in comparison the the new era of aircraft. The ISF-17, on the other hand, had variable geometry wings, inspired by the SuF-8 Phoenix and the F-14 Tomcat, which allows it to perform well at high speeds, and well at low speeds. The variable geometry wings also allow for manueverability or reasonably high speeds at low altitudes, to be able to deal with low altitude, High speed penetration bombers.
Airframe: The airframe is constructed of two main metals, Titanium Reinforced with carbonfibers and an Aluminum-Lithium alloy to provide the much needed strength for the variable geometry wings to even reach it's supercruise speed, along with the possible G-forces exerted and yaw and pitching of the wings. The Rest of the airframe is constructed out of a mix of carbon reinforced Plastics /Polymers to provide a light, yet strong, skin for the airframe, along with small amounts of steel and aluminum in key areas. The Actual amounts are as follows: 25% Aluminum-Lithium Alloy, 27% Titanium, 44% Carbon reinforced polymers and plastics, 2% steel, 2% aluminum.
Besides having variable geometry wings, the aircraft is a 4 tailed craft much like the F-22, except the ailerons are slightly angled down at a small degree in order to increase the airflow over the ailerons, allowing for more control, but also more stress, again, making the titanium and Li-Al composites quintessential. It also has a smooth, rounded bottom section unlike the F-14 and the SuF-8 Phoenix, with the inlets being closer into the rest of the fuselage, leaving more room for the bays which are closer to the wings, allowing for the deadly missiles it carries. The rounded bottom is to decrease the drag caused by protrusions from the hull by having one larger and smoother shape making it easier for the air to flow over.
Propulsion The ISF-17 uses two Have-Ho LBP-220 Turbofans, rated at 45,000lbf with full afterburner, and 40,000 without, for an net thrust of 80,000lbs normally, and 90,000 in bursts. These engines were originally designed for the IG-45 aircraft, which was a highspeed, low agility interceptor platform, meant to launch missiles, and not dogfight. To accomodate the need for dogfighting, and in general, more agility, the 220 was given 2D Thrust vectoring, increasing it's Rate of climb, and it's ability to dodge missiles and get around other aircraft. To reduce it's frontal RCS, the inlets are "S" inlets, much like those used on the F-22, to not allow radar waves to get out of the engine.
WeaponsThe ISF-17's Primary weapon is the missiles it carries in it's internal bays. With two bays, each capable of holding 7 BVRAAMs, the ISF-17 is a formidable opponent. With it's ASF loadout, it carries 2 ELRAAMs, 4 BVRAAM, and 4 SRAAMs. It uses the ELRAAMs to take out aircraft from a distance, mainly those posing the highest threat or highest priority. The BVRAAMs are for the medium ranged work, to destroy whatever gets past the ELRAAMS. The SRAAMs, are for the down and dirty work, dogfighting. Each bay has 6 (3 on each side) retractable slide doors, in order to decrease the drag caused by disrupting the airflow around the aircraft. These doors can also be opened in pairs to allow for the release of one or two missiles at a time to help decrease the drag caused by the opening of the bays. Although this increases the maitenance cost, it increases the performance.
To supplement this loadout, a single barreled, 30X165mm, 6 slot revolver system is used. The system works much like a rotary cannon, but with only one barrel, and although this decreases the life of the barrel, it also decreases the complexity of replacing the barrel and gun system in general to reduce the maitenance costs.
Avionics The ISF-17 has all the usual refinements in a H-F aircraft, ranging from PSAWMAWS and HVAHUD to IRWASS and the Ar-3 Radar system. Pilot Situational Awareness Warning/Missile Approach Warning System, or PSAWMAWS helps the pilot by selecting a target based on a computer databank to decide the easiest or best target in the air to attack. It also interfaces with the Soa-4 Defensive radar, to alert the pilot on the best course of action to evade enemy fire and incoming missiles, and automatically fire off chaff canisters and flares.
Helmet Visual/Audio Heads Up Display is another feature on all Illiorian aircraft incorporated into the ISF-17. The HVAHUD allows for a 360 Degree radius, with features easily accessed by voice commands along with weapon selection (note: manual weapon selectors included in cockpit) and allows for a much larger attack radius, as the aircraft doesn't need to be pointing in a certain direction to have the HUD on an aircraft, as all the pilot has to do is turn his head.
Ar-3 Is the basic RADAR system on all Illiorian aircraft, and uses a dual band solid state pulse dopplar radar to activley track aircraft around it up to 100NM in clear skies. It also has a passive system to identify radar waves from approximatley 1.5X the effective distance of the broadcasting radar, and ways to get around it. A LADAR system is also incorporated in order to map terrain around the aircraft, and to give a 3D 360 degree picture of the area around the aircraft, to a maximum clear distance of 40NM, and a "blurry" distance up to 50NM.
Also Included is an encoded radio, set to whatever frequency the purchasing country wants. An airborne computer system is included in the aircraft to manage much of the non-vital systems and many of the vital systems of the aircraft to help the pilot, and to uplink to either ground radar stations, sea radar or AWACs. The computer also stores attack profiles to help the pilot with his organization and to increase the success of his attacks. It also coordinates "Over-The-Shoulder" attack profiles, in which a missile is fired forwards, but then hooks up and over the aircraft onto a pursuing aircraft.
Safety
Due to the random events that may occur during a flight or combat mission, the ISF-17 has been equipped with multiple safety and redundance systems, and they are as follows:
-Ejection Seat:
A must in all aircraft, to get the pilot out safely in case of emergency. The survival kit and the other emergency supplies are attactched to the pilot's parachute in a bag on a drag line, and fall out of the seat after the pilot falls due to the chute deployment.
-Canopy
It ejects in the case of an ejection by the pilot, using a systems of shotgun cartridges to blast off of the cockpit to the left, to leave no chance of the pilot hitting the canopy.
-PBOCS (Pilot Black Out Control System)
if the Pilot's vital signs show that the pilot is unable to continue to fly the aircraft, the PBOCS kicks in, switching to autopilot, and flying the pilot to the nearest base, and if the F-17 doesn't have the range to reach the base, it will automatically eject the pilot over terrain deemed "safe" by programmers who added the updates before the flight.
-Emergency Transponder
to brodcast the location of the seat, the transponder has a battery life of 5 days, which should be more than enough time for a rescue team to get in and out.
-Survival Kit (Customizable)
Normally filled with a first aid kit, food, water, a map of the area, a secure encoded radio, a backup battery pack, a flashlight, a whistle, a compass, and a GPS locator.
-Survival Weapons kit (A Carbine supplied by the buying country and a pistol, and 3 colored smoke grenades)
-Airmask (built into the aircraft, but attachable to the helmet) the Air system supplies a mix of oxygen, hydrogen, helium, and nitrogen, but the proporsions from normal air are optimised for aerial combat
-"Heron" G-Suit
The "Heron" G-Suit is your normal G-suit, plus vitals monitors
-FBHRS (Fly by Hydraulics Redundancy system) All H-F aircraft are Fly-by-optics aircraft, but in the case of an electrical failure, the back up hydraulics system kicks in to allow the pilot to fly the aircraft safely to the ground.
-Chaff and Flares
4 dispensers of each are placed on the aircraft to help evade RADAR and IR guided missiles, and the dispensation is controlled by Soa-4
Specifications
Purpose: Allweather Air Superiority Fighter
Crew:1 (Possible 2 seater version to come at a later date)
Length: 64' (19.51 Meters)
Wingspan: Unswept 66' (20.12 Meters)
Swept: 39' 4" (Almost 12 meters
Height: From Wheel to top of tail: 18' (5.49 Meters)
-Propulsion: 2 40,000 lbf (18,100Kgf) (2D thrust vectoring Optional) engines (total of 360Kn thrust) (45,000 afterburning [20,400 Kgf])
~Net thrust @ 80-90,000lbs (36,200-40,800 Kgf, 360-400 Kn Force)
-Speeds:
Max Speed:M 3.2 @ 50,000(15,240M) feet (1.4 @S/L)(NOTE: USES FULL AFTERBURNER AND CAN ONLY BE SUSTAINED FOR SPRINT PERIODS)
Supercruise:M 2.7@ 50,000(15,240M) Feet (1 @ S/l)
Cruise: M1.7 @ 50,000(15,240M) feet (.7 @ S/L)
-Rate of climb: 55,000 (16764M) feet per minute (without thrust vectoring) 60,000FPM (18,288M)(w/ thrust vectoring)
-Ranges:
Combat Radius: 800NM (1482Kilometers)(W/ 25 Min Loiter)
Ferry Range: 2000NM (3704 Kil.)
-Empty weight to be around 30,000lbs (13,608Kilograms)
-MTOW@ 80,000lbs (36,288Kg)
-Minimum Fuel weight @ 20,000lbs (9072Kg)
-Max fuel weight @ 28,000lbs (12,701Kg)
-Normal combat Payload/Weight: 12,000lbs/70,000lbs (5443/31752Kg)
-Max Combat Payload/Weight: 20,000lbs/78,000lbs (9072/35,380Kg)
-4 internal bays with 3 hardpoints in each (Total of 12 Hardpoints)
-1 30mm Single barrel Revolver cannon
-Operational altitude varying from >1000 feet (304.8Meters) to <70,000(21,336M)
-Max altitude @ 79,000 feet (24,079Meters)
Max Gs: -3/+9
Construction Price: 80million, sale price 95 Million
And the reinvention of the ICF-33 Caid "B" Variant
ICF-33B Caid Flight two Refit
Background: The ICF-33 Caid had been the long time workhorse of both the Illiorian Airforce and navy, serving many years in both, but soon to be replaced by the ISF-17 in the airforce. The navy however, decided to stay with the ICF-33, but to update it with slightly different engines, modify the airframe and skin of the aircraft, and up the speed and range slightly.
Airframe: The Flight 2 refit of the Caid's airframe consists of 3 main parts: carbon Reinforced Titanium, Aluminum-Lithium alloys, and Plastics/Polymers. The Airframe itself is mainly of the Li-Al alloy, but at certain key junctures where no strength can be left, titanium reinforced with carbon fibers is used. The skin of the aircraft is mainly made up of Plastics, Li-Al alloys and ceramics in certain areas. The percentages are as follows: Li-Al Alloys 45%, Titanium 15%, Plastics/Polymers 25%, ceramics 2%, Steel 2%, aluminum 1%.
Propulsion: The Flight 2 Refit uses two Have Ho Afterburning LBP turbofans rated at 30,000 (13,610 Kg) lbs each, for a total thrust of roughly 60,000lbs.(27,220 Kg) Each LBP has two-dimentional thrust vectoring to increase the Rate of climb, and the overall agility of the aircraft to allow it to out maneuver other fighters. The F-33 originally had 2 29,000lb turbofans. The upgrade here was from turbofans to LBP turbofans to decrease the maximum amount of fuel needed to get the kind of combat radius it needs.
Weapons:
The ICF-33B Has the 14 weapon points that it's predecessor had, with two wingtip stations for SRAAMs for dog fighting. There are also four underwing stations on each wing (8 total), with each able to hold upto a 1500lb (680Kg) bomb class, or equivalent Missiles. 4 of the underiwng stations are droptank ready (upto 1500 pounds, or 680Kg of fuel in each), with the other four being able to handle EW pods, Laser designator pods, or some other utility pod. There are also four fuselage hardpoints, with each being able to handle the 2000 lb bomb class, and to allow for different countries needs, the four hardpoints can handle the 1000 Kg class of weapons too. TO supplement the missiles and hardpoints, the ICF-33B carries a 30mm cannon in the nose firing the 30X165mm cartridge.
Avionics:
The ICF-33B has all the usual refinements in a H-F aircraft, ranging from PSAWMAWS and HVAHUD to IRWASS and the Ar-3 Radar system. Pilot Situational Awareness Warning/Missile Approach Warning System, or PSAWMAWS helps the pilot by selecting a target based on a computer databank to decide the easiest or best target in the air to attack. It also interfaces with the Soa-4 Defensive radar, to alert the pilot on the best course of action to evade enemy fire and incoming missiles, and automatically fire off chaff canisters and flares.
Helmet Visual/Audio Heads Up Display is another feature on all Illiorian aircraft incorporated into the ICF-33B The HVAHUD allows for a 360 Degree radius, with features easily accessed by voice commands along with weapon selection (note: manual weapon selectors included in cockpit) and allows for a much larger attack radius, as the aircraft doesn't need to be pointing in a certain direction to have the HUD on an aircraft, as all the pilot has to do is turn his head.
Ar-3 Is the basic RADAR system on all Illiorian aircraft, and uses a dual band solid state pulse dopplar radar to activley track aircraft around it up to 100NM in clear skies. It also has a passive system to identify radar waves from approximatley 1.5X the effective distance of the broadcasting radar, and ways to get around it. A LADAR system is also incorporated in order to map terrain around the aircraft, and to give a 3D 360 degree picture of the area around the aircraft, to a maximum clear distance of 40NM, and a "blurry" distance up to 50NM.
Also Included is an encoded radio, set to whatever frequency the purchasing country wants. An airborne computer system is included in the aircraft to manage much of the non-vital systems and many of the vital systems of the aircraft to help the pilot, and to uplink to either ground radar stations, sea radar or AWACs. The computer also stores attack profiles to help the pilot with his organization and to increase the success of his attacks. It also coordinates "Over-The-Shoulder" attack profiles, in which a missile is fired forwards, but then hooks up and over the aircraft onto a pursuing aircraft.
Safety
Due to the random events that may occur during a flight or combat mission, the ICF-33B has been equipped with multiple safety and redundance systems, and they are as follows:
-Ejection Seat:
A must in all aircraft, to get the pilot out safely in case of emergency. The survival kit and the other emergency supplies are attactched to the pilot's parachute in a bag on a drag line, and fall out of the seat after the pilot falls due to the chute deployment.
-Canopy
It ejects in the case of an ejection by the pilot, using a systems of shotgun cartridges to blast off of the cockpit to the left, to leave no chance of the pilot hitting the canopy.
-PBOCS (Pilot Black Out Control System)
if the Pilot's vital signs show that the pilot is unable to continue to fly the aircraft, the PBOCS kicks in, switching to autopilot, and flying the pilot to the nearest base, and if the F-17 doesn't have the range to reach the base, it will automatically eject the pilot over terrain deemed "safe" by programmers who added the updates before the flight.
-Emergency Transponder
to brodcast the location of the seat, the transponder has a battery life of 5 days, which should be more than enough time for a rescue team to get in and out.
-Survival Kit (Customizable)
Normally filled with a first aid kit, food, water, a map of the area, a secure encoded radio, a backup battery pack, a flashlight, a whistle, a compass, and a GPS locator.
-Survival Weapons kit (A Carbine supplied by the buying country and a pistol, and 3 colored smoke grenades)
-Airmask (built into the aircraft, but attachable to the helmet) the Air system supplies a mix of oxygen, hydrogen, helium, and nitrogen, but the proporsions from normal air are optimised for aerial combat
-"Heron" G-Suit
The "Heron" G-Suit is your normal G-suit, plus vitals monitors
-FBHRS (Fly by Hydraulics Redundancy system) All H-F aircraft are Fly-by-optics aircraft, but in the case of an electrical failure, the back up hydraulics system kicks in to allow the pilot to fly the aircraft safely to the ground.
-Chaff and Flares
4 dispensers of each are placed on the aircraft to help evade RADAR and IR guided missiles, and the dispensation is controlled by Soa-4
Specifications:
Type: Carrier borne All purpose, all weather Fighter
-Length: 65 Feet (19.8 Meters)
-Height: 17 Feet (5.2 Meters)
-Wingspan 43 feet (Delta style) (13.11 Meters)
-Propulsion: 2 Have Ho LBP Afterburning 2-D thrust Vectored Turbofans rated at 30,000Lbs each(13,610 Kg)(135Kn) for a total net thrust of 60,000 lbs (27,220 Kg)(270Kn)
-Empty Weight: 27,000 lbs (12,247 Kg)
-MTOW: 65,000lbs (29,484 Kg)
-Normal Combat weight (Full fuel loadout, and 10,000lbs[4536Kg] weapons) 60,000lbs (27,216Kg)
-Minimum Fuel Weight(0.22):14300 lbs (6486 Kg)
-Max Fuel weight(.35): 22,075Lbs (10,014 Kg)
-Weapons: 14 Hardpoints (2 wingtip points, 8 underwing stations, 4 fuselage stations) with a total maximum weapons capacity of 23,000(10433Kg) lbs of weapons (normal more around 14,000 lbs[6350Kg])
-Clean weight: 50,000lbs (22,680 Kg)
-Clean thrust to weight ratio: 1.2:1
-Normal Thrust:weight ratio: 1:1
-Combat Radius: 800NM (1482 Kilometers) (no drop tanks), 1000Nm (1852 Km) (with 2 2000 lb fuel drop tanks)
-Ferry Range: 1,500 Nm (2778 Km), (with 4 2000lb droptanks, 4 1500 lb droptanks) 3000 Nm (5556Km)
-Operational Ceiling: 70,000 feet (21,336 Meters)
-Operational Altitude: 50,000 Feet (15240 M)
-Crusing speed: Mach .7 (858 Kph) (533 MPH)
-Supercruise: Mach 1.5 (1838Kph) (1142MPH)
-Max safe speed: Mach 2.2 (2695 Kph) (1675 MPH)
-Maximum tested speed: Mach 2.5 (3063Kph) (1903 MPH)
-Rate of Climb: 45,000 Feet per minute (13716 Meter/Minute)
-Crew:1 (Pilot)
-Construction Price: 40 Million
-Aquisition cost: 44 Million