The Blub Colony
17-11-2008, 06:35
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F-99 In standard Colonial Air Force desert scheme
Introduction
In every war, the Colonial Military has been outnumbered due to Blubland's focus on quality over quantity. For decades the Colonial Air Force has been in development of next-generation aircraft capable of meeting and defeating the best technology available to any potential enemy and doing so even against overwhelming numbers. The F-99 Victory is the CAF's answer and is scheduled to replace most of Blubland's current air fleet.
Design
AeroBlub Industries work on the F-99 started with a concept:
A single-seat air superiority fighter able to detect, target and successfully engage a wide range of airborne targets including lowflying helicopters, drones, high-altitude threats and stealth technology.
Originally the Department of the Military wanted to incorporate more air-to-ground capability into the Victory, but was eventually overuled by the Comitte of Aquisitions who felt that sacraficing CPU and weight to make such incorporations would violate the Victory's concept of being a total air domination platform.
To counter conventional enemy fighters and strike aircraft, the F-99 will carry an onboard suite of sophisticated RADAR, IR, FLIR and jamming equipment. Its ability to cloud an enemy's sensors and engage at ultra-long ranges grants the F-99 an over-the-horizon first strike capability when used cooperatively with other guidance assets such as AWAC and ECA.
The Victory includes reduced radar signature features (including radar absorbent materials), and an internal weapons bay. The Victory has extremely high agility at subsonic speeds, enabling the aircraft to alter its angle of attack and its flight path very quickly while retaining maneuverability in supersonic flight. Although not revolutionary, the thrust vectoring of ±20° at 30°/second in pitch and yaw will greatly support the plane's overall agility.
Maximum turn rates, and the upper and lower limits on airspeed for weapon launch, are important criteria in terms of combat superiority. The Victory aircraft has very high levels of maneuverability with maintained stability and controllability at extreme angles of attack. Maximum turn rates are important in close combat and also at medium and long range, when the mission may involve engaging consecutive targets in different sectors of the airspace.
The tail booms of the Victory house its rear-facing radar and an IR-confusing jamming pod. In tandem, these two features can reduce the liklihood of a heat-seeking missile being able to lock by about 68% over its current missile avoidance.
Cockpit
The cockpit's design has focused on maintaining a high degree of comfort for the pilots and also on the pilots being able to control the aircraft in extremely high g-load manoeuvres. The aircraft is equipped with a new ejection seat and life support system. The variable geometry adaptive ejection seat is inclined at an angle of 50°, which reduces the impact of high g forces on the pilot. The seat allows dogfight and missile avoidance maneuvers with significantly higher g loadings than can normally be tolerable.
General characteristics
Crew: 1
Length: 21.1 m
Wingspan: 16.01 m
Height: 5.9 m
Wing area: 60.24 m²
Empty weight: 14,375 kg
Loaded weight: 22,000 kg
Max takeoff weight: 30,000 kg
Powerplant: 2× AeroBlub afterburning, thrust-vectoring turbofan engines with digital control.
Dry thrust: 89.1 kN each
Thrust with afterburner: 173.4 kN
Thrust vectoring: ±20° at 30° per second in pitch and yaw
Electronics & Countermeasures
RADAR: AeroBlub II Forward & Rear facing detectionn suite
Guidance: GPS and Terrain Navigation with Interial Backup
Weapon Guidance: RADAR, Dopplar, FLIR, IR and laser reception.
Countermeasures: IR/RADAR countermeasures, chaff deployment and flares.
Performance
Super Cruise Speed: Mach 1.252 (About 950mph)
Maximum speed: Mach 3.22
* At sea level: Mach 2.14
Range: 4,800 km + 1,200 km with droptanks
Service ceiling: 21,500 m
Rate of climb: 313 m/s
Wing loading: 430 kg/m²
Armament
Hardpoints: 10:
2 wingtip
4 under wing
4 conformal bays under fuselage
Guns:
2× 30 mm cannon with 500 rounds
2x 30mm cannon with 475 rounds
Pricing
Export Cost: $120,000,000 (120 million)
F-99 In standard Colonial Air Force desert scheme
Introduction
In every war, the Colonial Military has been outnumbered due to Blubland's focus on quality over quantity. For decades the Colonial Air Force has been in development of next-generation aircraft capable of meeting and defeating the best technology available to any potential enemy and doing so even against overwhelming numbers. The F-99 Victory is the CAF's answer and is scheduled to replace most of Blubland's current air fleet.
Design
AeroBlub Industries work on the F-99 started with a concept:
A single-seat air superiority fighter able to detect, target and successfully engage a wide range of airborne targets including lowflying helicopters, drones, high-altitude threats and stealth technology.
Originally the Department of the Military wanted to incorporate more air-to-ground capability into the Victory, but was eventually overuled by the Comitte of Aquisitions who felt that sacraficing CPU and weight to make such incorporations would violate the Victory's concept of being a total air domination platform.
To counter conventional enemy fighters and strike aircraft, the F-99 will carry an onboard suite of sophisticated RADAR, IR, FLIR and jamming equipment. Its ability to cloud an enemy's sensors and engage at ultra-long ranges grants the F-99 an over-the-horizon first strike capability when used cooperatively with other guidance assets such as AWAC and ECA.
The Victory includes reduced radar signature features (including radar absorbent materials), and an internal weapons bay. The Victory has extremely high agility at subsonic speeds, enabling the aircraft to alter its angle of attack and its flight path very quickly while retaining maneuverability in supersonic flight. Although not revolutionary, the thrust vectoring of ±20° at 30°/second in pitch and yaw will greatly support the plane's overall agility.
Maximum turn rates, and the upper and lower limits on airspeed for weapon launch, are important criteria in terms of combat superiority. The Victory aircraft has very high levels of maneuverability with maintained stability and controllability at extreme angles of attack. Maximum turn rates are important in close combat and also at medium and long range, when the mission may involve engaging consecutive targets in different sectors of the airspace.
The tail booms of the Victory house its rear-facing radar and an IR-confusing jamming pod. In tandem, these two features can reduce the liklihood of a heat-seeking missile being able to lock by about 68% over its current missile avoidance.
Cockpit
The cockpit's design has focused on maintaining a high degree of comfort for the pilots and also on the pilots being able to control the aircraft in extremely high g-load manoeuvres. The aircraft is equipped with a new ejection seat and life support system. The variable geometry adaptive ejection seat is inclined at an angle of 50°, which reduces the impact of high g forces on the pilot. The seat allows dogfight and missile avoidance maneuvers with significantly higher g loadings than can normally be tolerable.
General characteristics
Crew: 1
Length: 21.1 m
Wingspan: 16.01 m
Height: 5.9 m
Wing area: 60.24 m²
Empty weight: 14,375 kg
Loaded weight: 22,000 kg
Max takeoff weight: 30,000 kg
Powerplant: 2× AeroBlub afterburning, thrust-vectoring turbofan engines with digital control.
Dry thrust: 89.1 kN each
Thrust with afterburner: 173.4 kN
Thrust vectoring: ±20° at 30° per second in pitch and yaw
Electronics & Countermeasures
RADAR: AeroBlub II Forward & Rear facing detectionn suite
Guidance: GPS and Terrain Navigation with Interial Backup
Weapon Guidance: RADAR, Dopplar, FLIR, IR and laser reception.
Countermeasures: IR/RADAR countermeasures, chaff deployment and flares.
Performance
Super Cruise Speed: Mach 1.252 (About 950mph)
Maximum speed: Mach 3.22
* At sea level: Mach 2.14
Range: 4,800 km + 1,200 km with droptanks
Service ceiling: 21,500 m
Rate of climb: 313 m/s
Wing loading: 430 kg/m²
Armament
Hardpoints: 10:
2 wingtip
4 under wing
4 conformal bays under fuselage
Guns:
2× 30 mm cannon with 500 rounds
2x 30mm cannon with 475 rounds
Pricing
Export Cost: $120,000,000 (120 million)