An upgrade to the hugely successful Hawk, featuring a heavily upgraded engine and several modification to accomodate such. Despite its incredibly light weight, it has the highest wing loading of any fighter type. While this hampers maneuverability, it allows for considerable stability at speed, important in diving attacks usually employed by the PAF. It also features four incredibly powerful M9 30mm cannons, firing a total of 2,400 rounds a minute. Each round is incredibly powerful, capable of destroying a heavy bomber in a single hit. The type has been reissued due to demands elsewhere, and are employed in low-intensity areas. In coordination with other types, it is intended these aircraft focus on the bombers while more advanced types deal with the escorts.
Specifications
General Characteristics
- Predecessor Hawk Fighter Mk 3A/B
- Successors 1 airplane(s)
- Created On Windows
- Wingspan 27.6ft (8.4m)
- Length 31.7ft (9.6m)
- Height 10.0ft (3.0m)
- Empty Weight 9,934lbs (4,506kg)
- Loaded Weight 16,321lbs (7,403kg)
Performance
- Power/Weight Ratio 1.376
- Wing Loading 97.3lbs/ft2 (475.3kg/m2)
- Wing Area 167.7ft2 (15.6m2)
- Drag Points 2731
Parts
- Number of Parts 86
- Control Surfaces 7
- Performance Cost 384
Based on how SimpleTech took a joke seriously, I should be able to get it in a week or less. @zed
@Pilotmario I WILL DO IT
Quick! Upvote everything I posted!
Jk you don't have to but if you do, I will be impressed. @SimpleTechAndResearch
NEARLY PLATINUM!!!
Close, though. In a few weeks of regular uploads. @zed
This we cannot fix easily. We already have faster aircraft with longer operational ranges, and this is simply upgrading an old jet so it has a chance against more advanced machines such as the Hammerhead, the Teleta, and the Pelican. Given its defensive employment, range is not an issue. @Areonautics3
I meant a range upgrade.@Pilotmario
The jet is equipped with the same Detector Microwave M66 radar the Bandit Cobra and the PDI Viper use. Originally it was fitted with the Detector Radio M43 radar, but was later retrofitted with Detector Microwave M66. M66 is very good, but is limited by the fact you have to stick this in the nose of a fighter jet, which is a small space. The Detector Multispectrum M81 on the Renegade II and the Detector Multispectrum M92 on the EC-6 Endurance are much higher performance radars. M81 is simply very expensive and therefore is fitted to only the most advanced aircraft, such as the PDI Renegade II. The M92 is too big for use on a fighter due to the sheer size, and therefore is stuck atop a militarized airliner. In addition, the C-6 Endurance airframe provides it more room for electronics and aircrew needed to make the most use out of the powerful radar. Also note that the M66 and M81 radar can operate passively, using emissions from any radio or microwave transmitter to detect aircraft much farther and without revealing emissions.
So the M66 it has is very good. But having what is essentially a flying airport control tower complete with radar is really helpful and is why Vandarian pilots really hate flying against the PAF.
Not necessarily because they are better pilots or have better planes, but because the PAF has a coordinated air defense system linking ground radar, fighters, ground-based air defense, picket ships (usually a destroyer), and AEW+C which allow us to dictate the terms of battle in our favor. @Areonautics3
This could use a radar upgrade.@Pilotmario
@Areonautics3 Would your average jet be better than this thing?
Yes. Yes it would be.
It is sufficient to engage bombers and attack aircraft, but not enough to engage superior designs such as the Pelican and the Hammerhead without a considerable advantage of some sort, such as ground control or AEW+C support, numbers, or superior skill on the part of the pilot.
Which the Hawk, as currently deployed, has the first and last. These aircraft, due to their limited range, operate almost exclusively defensively. As a result, they never stray too far from ground radars. Furthermore, the pilots who flew these are reservist pilots, many who have decades of service with the Pilotmario Air Force.
Yes.@Pilotmario
Right.
You realize that this is an old design that has simply been upgraded in order to be vaguely relevant? There is a reason why this jet is issued to units that don't have much fighter opposition to worry about, right? @Areonautics3
Yes.@Pilotmario
Yeah, but can the Pelican fly at 2,000mph without shaking violently? @Areonautics3
Awesome!
The Pelican is more maneuverable.@Pilotmario
Would you like the guns modded to represent that performance, perhaps a tracer color change?
Thanks! @Liquidfox
@Areonautics3 THIS is a light fighter.