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Pikeovlev A.1 Night Archer Mk.1

1,817 PikeovlevPlanes  8.7 years ago
Auto Credit Based on PikeovlevPlanes's very light jet (delta)

Close air support planes are designed to support troops by engaging enemy targets like tanks and infantry using a mixture of bombs, missiles, and their main weapon of a massive gun, for use on tanks.
My design uses structural panels in a canard arrangement as the front part of the delta wing, with the guns (1x 25mm Bushmaster and one 50cal in each canard), and a rocket pod slung under each h canard. These can be tilted up and down using the VTOL channel, so that you can strafe a target whilst in level flight, but you need to use camera 1, and the spike can be used as a sight. The main gun is a minigun in the nose (does not tilt) modified to replicate a Bushmaster IV 40mm autocannon, a monster of a gun that can penetrate in excess of 15cm of armour. (Group 8 to deactivate) I did originally have it so it could destroy the bridge but this would defy the point of rockets.
Also, bombs and infernos are carried.

General Characteristics

  • Predecessor very light jet (delta)
  • Created On Windows
  • Wingspan 50.6ft (15.4m)
  • Length 34.4ft (10.5m)
  • Height 11.4ft (3.5m)
  • Empty Weight 9,693lbs (4,396kg)
  • Loaded Weight 12,203lbs (5,535kg)

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 0.552
  • Wing Loading 7.3lbs/ft2 (35.9kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 1,661.7ft2 (154.4m2)
  • Drag Points 1929

Parts

  • Number of Parts 74
  • Control Surfaces 14
  • Performance Cost 517