yea I know it's another avenger, so what?

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The North American XF3J Draco, designed In conjunction with the grumman aircraft company, to take the existing Grumman TBF Avenger and upgrading it with an all new jet engine, as well as a slightly better prop.
Development
The development started with an all new navy request to create a high speed naval aircraft, and you can check out all of the requirements here. The North American company wanted to try and improve an already existing aircraft, add a jet, and help to make it more powerful, and with the agreence of Grumman, they set about improving the TBF Avenger.
operational history
The project, code named draco, was foreseen as a success, and with about 20 examples produced, it was given into hard military trials. Most of the information has been top secret (haven't gotten the review from SOT) so when it happens it will be pinned in comments, once the navy wants to declassify it.
specs and performance
1x- Hw-S-19 jet engine
1x- Ma-R-112 radial engine
Weight: Empty: 9661lbs, fully loaded: 13,288
Fuel capacity: 540 gallons in internal storage in fuselage and wings, with an additional 200 being able to be mounted in 100gallon dropable fuel tanks, one on each wing
Max Speed: around 456 at 690ft
Max cruise speed at 20k feet: 340mph (at around 20,600ft with jet and prop)
Range: Top Secret
Takeoff speed: With full trim and flaps, no inputs: around 160mph, with full flaps and full pitch: around 140mph
Armament:
(On the aircraft)
1x 50.Cal machine gun in rear swivel mount
4x 30mm cannons 700 rounds of ammunition in wings, and in fuselage, (all cannons combined)
2x 150lbs bombs
2x 250lbs bombs
And Upto
(not on aircraft)
2x 100 gallon tanks
12x 7in high speed rockets, 6 on each wing
2x 500lbs bombs on outer wings
2x Mk-1-AL-20, 20mm cannon pods, with upto 100 rounds of ammunition for both

controls

Normal flight controls
VTOL DOWN- flaps (very powerful)
Ag1- activate engine (on deactivation you'll notice it takes awhile to come back up, its delayed so that if your putting the jet away while it was full power it has time to get rid of the exhaust, so your not bringing it into the aircraft)
Ag2- activate prop engine/close canopy
Ag3- levels plane and activates rear gun (disables pitch and roll, flaps, trim, and yaw still work)
Ag4- open bomb bay, arm bombs
Ag5- fold wings
Ag6- tail hook
Ag7- parking brake
Ag8- nose wheel (on by default, recomend to disable for takeoff)

Basic landing and takeoff instructions (land)

Takeoff
1. Activate ag1 to get the jet down, beneficial for takeoff, and it may be wise to turn on ag2 (you can add throttle if your ready, but I would recommend waiting til the engine is warmed up, just because it looks cooler) and make sure flaps and trim are full
2. Add throttle full and wait til your at takeoff speed, I recommend disabling the nose wheel, as it may get a tad squirrelly on takeoff, Yaw is needed to keep it straight
3. Once your off the ground bring up gear

Landing
1. Set throttle to around 30% once your about 2 miles from the airport, make sure your at a good height preferably around 500-1000ft above the runway, depending on how hard you want the landing, may be wise to drop gear as well
2. Add trim and flaps when needed, and once about a mile out, drop throttle to around 20%, continue to add trim and flaps as needed
3. Once over the runway drop throttle and go about half on the brakes, and slowly put more in as it slows down
4. Fold wings if you want, drop the jet if you want, and slowly taxi

basic landing and takeoff instructions (carrier)

takeoff
1. Same as on land, but you can use the catapult if you would like, and I recommend that

landing
1. Same as on land, but make sure that the tail hook is down
2. Once about a mile from the carrier make sure your speed is above 190mph, or you wont have enough speed to hit the cables
3. Once your about to hit the cables, cut throttle, and make sure you hit a cable, if you dont full power and go around
4. Once your on the carrier, drop the jet if you want, fold the wings if you want, make sure you got your nose wheel and start taxing, once your where you want put the parking brake on and hang out on the carrier

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BUILDERS NOTE: this one is for my buddy lieutenantSOT's Naval Spec Challenge, and it is one of the most fun challenges I have done, I loved making this guy, and I hope you like how it came out as much as I did. The one think I hate is how i ended the cockpit at the rear gunner position, I had no idea how to make it look better so it just going to stay like that. Hope you like it!

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