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Introducing the all new: F-420B Smoke from Phoenix Dynamix!

The Phoenix Milita
02-06-2006, 06:28
F-420B Smoke Fighter
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The F-420B Smoke is an upgrade of the original F-420 fighter. It has been improved in several areas, ntably the avionics, engines and ovberall aerodynamics. Like the original, it is coated with a special stealth coating,and the F-420B appears to be much smaller on radar than it actualy is, giving it an advantage in combat. The foward canards and advanced 4-way thrust vectoring engines make it an excelent dogfighter. It has a weapons bay which holds 6 AMRAAMS or 3 JDAM bombs. Carrying weapons in the bay increasesstealth, but it can also hold 4 Sidewinders on the wings and 4 Phoenix missiles under the engines, a top of the line phased array radar has been inculded to target the Phoenix missiles. The Smoke is available in a carrier capable verison(F-420C) and can be refueled by the hose and drouge method or the flying boom method while in flight. It features carbide armor around the crew compartment and an ACES 7 ejection seat.
Specifications
Crew: 1
Celing: 65,000 feet
Range: 4,000 miles
Power Plant: (2) afterburing PD F120-PD-77 turbofan engines
Maximum Speed: Mach 2.5+
Weapons
(1) 20mm M61 Vulcan Gun w/ 700 rounds of TPM ammo
(4) AIM-9X Sidewinder or (4)AIM-132 ASRAAM
(6) AIM-120 AMRAAMs or (3) 1,000lb JDAMs in weapons bay
(4) AIM-54 Phoenix or (2) GBU-LGB 2,000lb bombs under fuselage
Price
$62 million

[OOC: Do not post about the design here this is an IC thread, don't even think about posting ICly about the desgin!!!
For design concerns use the OOC thread (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=483074).]