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AEW-XC

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Auto Credit Based on GyurineMilSystem's [CLOSED]Drone Kamikaze Challenge

WARNING: THIS ISN'T AN ENTRY FOR THE CHALLENGE FOR REASONS I'LL EXPLAIN LATER

Hello everybody, here's a more.... interesting plane compared to my usual ones. As you can see it was for a kamikaze drone challenge. I unfortunately realized that it had too many parts to enter the challenge, the problem was that i realized that litterally minutes before posting and 1 hour before the challenge's closure and as a cherry on top i didn't have time to fix it.
So i ended up entering with a more simple launcher design that i built as a bonus, but i wasn't going to throw away a month worth of work like this so here it is.

-What Is this?
So, this Is a drone Carrier aircraft designed to drop 4 AEW-X drones i originally built for the already mentioned challenge. It's capable of flying at around 900 km/h consuming almost 3/4% of its fuel for a bandit to yeager flight.
And that's basically it, to the next segment you go!

-controls

AG1= Engines
AG2= Doors and canopy
AG3,4,5,6= release the drones!
AG7= Gyroscope
AG8= deactivate main pitch and roll.

I also recommend reading the in game Instructions to understand how to properly fly the plane and the drones
(These aren't long, come on, just sit down and read them before flying!)

-random shots

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-Lore
The story of this plane starts with another project.
The A.A.C. program was at the time an almost top secret project for the N.A.F. to build and airborne aircraft carrier capable of delivering air superiority anywhere on the globe in just hours.
This project was stuck in production hell, since nobody managed to find a reliable way to design both the carrier and the fighters it was meant to carry.
Overall the N.A.F. was losing interest in such an idea with some government officials seeing the A.A.C. program as a white elephant, all of this because fighters got more and more range; but some were still convinced that a flying carrier capable of deploying other flying vehicles was a great concept, the only thing they needed was an opportunity to prove that.
And that opportunity would come in the form of the AEW-X, a loitering munition design offered to the N.A.F. that showed way more promise than other earlier designs.
Proposals were soon made to apply the A.A.C. concept to the AEW-X and the idea sounded interesting; the new plane would work more like a bomber so It wouldn't require complex reloading mechanisms but still It would still carry vehicles capable of flying on their own, another advantage was that the pilot wouldn't have to see battle in 1° person but he would sit in the carrier remote-controlling the drone away from danger.
Almost everyone at the N.A.F. loved the idea so Grand Central Aviation was called to build the new plane that was officially called AEW-XC (with C standing for carrier). Soon work started and the plane was delivered in record time, the first planes would quickly see combat in the "war of double nations" were a terrorist far-right group was menacing the main government of a small allied nation claiming a certain ammount of territory to be theirs.
Their main role would be to eliminate enemy convoys and defense structures like Anti-Air Missile launchers or bunkers. They did their tasks well and were praised for their high agility and speed that were perfect to excape from enemy interceptors. The only major flaw in the design was a yawing issue were when too many drones were released on one side the plane would yaw in the other direction because the automatic directional control sistem was too strong.
Otherwise they were reliable machines, and would go one to be called "Mother Eagle"s (because of their wing design). Unfortunately the AEW-XC weren't built in great numbers as drone carriers since their role was way more niche than expected. They were mainly used to clear the way for more capable bombers on the battlefield or against small armed groups like terrorist or aggressive revolutionary groups. A total of 150 was built and they would be retired after almost 50 years since their introduction to be replaced by more modern versions even if a group of 70 were reconverted into normal bombers and still operate in the N.A.F.'s fleet. Even if their job of drone carriers wouldn't be the thing they were best known for this helped to regenerate hope in the A.A.C. program as expected leading more work to be put in it. (Does this count as a teaser? Idk it's been 2 years i've been working on the A.A.C. maybe it's time to show the results or something)

Spotlights

  • This craft is curated

General Characteristics

  • Predecessor [CLOSED]Drone Kamikaze Challenge
  • Created On Windows
  • Wingspan 141.4ft (43.1m)
  • Length 109.1ft (33.3m)
  • Height 22.8ft (6.9m)
  • Empty Weight 61,255lbs (27,785kg)
  • Loaded Weight 103,452lbs (46,925kg)

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 1.726
  • Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.017
  • Wing Loading 26.4lbs/ft2 (128.8kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 3,920.2ft2 (364.2m2)
  • Drag Points 27606

Parts

  • Number of Parts 536
  • Control Surfaces 30
  • Performance Cost 2,825