F-6A Buckler

Tanruil's Metal Fist

-Description-

At the end of the Three-Week War, Tanruil sought an easy-to-maintain light fighter capable of defending her borders from airborne and seaborne threats after a short conflict with their aggressive neighbor. The F-6A Buckler is a two-seater multirole aircraft designed with a focus on interception and anti-ship operations. Its high thrust-to-weight ratio and unstable tail-less delta design allow superb maneuverability and acceleration that gives it the edge during both interceptions and any following escalations.

The aircraft's versatility earned it a position as the workhorse of the Tanruilian Air Defense Force, green-lighting additional modifications for carrying precision-guided strike munitions. Despite the aircraft's financial success in its hometown, it is unable to compete with Pulchriturian aircraft in the international market.

-Features-

• My first original design, mainly based on the JAS-39 Gripen and F-16 Fighting Falcon
• Reduced Stability Mode for extreme high-alpha maneuvers
• Bandit aircraft capable of using the Reduced Stability Mode for dogfights
• Simple design without the use of custom landing gears or doors to keep things as low-end-friendly and Simpleplanes 2-compatible as possible
• Simple Fly-by-FT
  

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-Updates from last post-

• Fixed wing separation on high G
• Slightly adjusted and smoothed-out fuselage
• Wider slats
• New large wingtip hardpoints to represent the Buckler's in-lore ECM capabilities
• Longer and taller refueling probe
• New Anti-armor loadout
  

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-Loadouts-

Current Loadout- Air Superiority: 2x 27mm Autocannon, 3x Drop Tank, 2x LWGM, 4x LAAM

Alt. Loadout 1 - Anti-ship: 2x 27mm Autocannon, 3x Drop Tank, 2x STDM, 4x LASM

Alt. Loadout 2 - Strike, Anti-armor: 2x 27mm Autocannon, 3x Drop Tank, 2x STDM, 12x AGM, 1x TGTP

Alt. Loadout 3 - Strike, Freefall Munitions: 2x 27mm Autocannon, 2x Drop Tank, 2x STDM, 2x LAAM, 12x UGBS, 1x BDSP, 1x TGTP

Alt. Loadout 4 - Strike, Interdiction: 2x 27mm Autocannon, 1x Drop Tank, 2x STDM, 4x GPBL, 1x TGTP

Alt. Loadout 5 - Strike, Standoff Munitions: 2x 27mm Autocannon, 2x Drop Tank, 2x STDM, 3x LACM, 1x TGTP

Clean - 2x 27mm Autocannon

Bandit Aircraft - Air Superiority Loadout

-Controls can be found in instructions-

-Notes-

• Gun ammo is unlimited.
• On takeoff, feather pitch inputs to take off around 300 km/h.
• On landing, use the auto-flaps and adjust using pitch.
• To perform a Cobra maneuver - activate group 2, drop the bags, and get below 680km/h before pitching up. Once the plane's nose is near 90 degrees upwards, release the pitch and the plane will level out. If done correctly, the plane will even correct course on its own.
• The Bandit aircraft is highly capable in a dogfight at any speed below 680 km/h but can be kept up with using the Buckler's RSM. The Bandit also knows how to drop their fuel tanks at the start of a fight. I recommend giving it a try and giving me some input!
  

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-Credits-

• @NewWorldAerospace - Buckler's weapons and balancing