Overview
The Kalayaan Heavy Industries KHF/A-6E/F Super Sparrow are a family of supersonic, twin-engine, carrier-capable multirole fighter aircrafts developed by the Kalayaan Heavy Industries based on the KHF/T-06 Light Sparrow. The KHF/A-6E single-seat and KHF/A-6F tandem-seat variants feature vast improvements over its predecessors both in design, flight characteristics and avionics.
With noticeable improvements such as larger wing area, redesigned landing gear and larger airframe, the aircraft is able to operate in carriers and carry more munitions. Its aerodynamic improvements enabled the aircraft to become partially supermaneuverable and perform Pugachev's Cobra, which is known in Maharlikan as "Prenong Kolubri" which roughly translates to Hummingbird's Brake, though it is at the cost of aircraft's stability. Its improved MTF-28 engines give the aircraft extra thrust, thus increasing its top speed and thrust-to-weight ratio.
The aircraft can perform fighter escort, fleet air defense, suppression of enemy air defenses, air interdiction, close air support, and aerial reconnaissance. As of 2022, 55 units are being delivered to the Maharlikan Republic Navy to complement the MaF-18 Centurions and are currently in service with the carrier MRFS Alakdan, with 165 more units ordered for MRFS Arayat, MRFS Mario Morales and MRFS Katipunan and 48 units ordered by the Maharlikan Republic Air Force.
Information
Also known as the Miniscule Sea Guard, Next-Gen Sparrow, Batang Maya(Young Sparrow)3
Manufacturer: Kalayaan Heavy Industries
Designer: Samantha Arellano and Sydney Dela Cruz of Kalayaan Heavy Industries
Designation: Super Sparrow
Years of Development: 2015-2019
Year of Rollout: June 15, 2020
Desired Role: multirole fighter
Status: in production, in service
Primary operators: Maharlikan Republic Air Force, Maharlikan Republic Navy
Produced: 2020-present
Number built: 55
Powerplant: 2x Maharlikan Engines MTF-28 Low-bypass Afterburning Turbofan Engines
Max Top Speed: 1686 mph, 2713 km/h (Mach 2.2)
Features
- Custom Engine Nozzle
- Custom Weaponry
- Leading-edge Extensions
- Custom Landing Gear
- Custom Refueling Probe
- Partial Supermaneuverability
- Details
Controls
- Normal Flight controls
- AG1 - Activate Main Engines
- AG2 - Lights
- AG3 - Jettison Drop Tanks
- AG4 - Deploy Parachute
- AG5 - Deploy Arresting Hook
- AG6 - Wing Folding
- AG7 - Enhanced Maneuverability and Instability Mode
- AG8 - N/A
- VTOL Up - Flaps
- VTOL Down - Deploy Refueling Probe
Screenshots
F variant
E Variant >> Here <<
Author's Note
This is the improved version, and I can say that this is somehow worth it. Made it cobra-worthy, but it's a trick. If you want to make it perform a full cobra, let it fly at less than 275 mph, then give it a quick pull up and let the controls go quickly. It'll lower its nose on its own, but it might lose altitude, so better go full afterburner once its nose is about to level with the horizon.
Some of these screenshots are taken before the decal and/or refueling probe is being added. I added the probe at the last minute LOL, plus the wheels might bounce hard too, so yep, it's kinda tricky.
If you like the build, make sure to updoot this craft! All the comments and updoots will be appreciated. 😁
Happy Flying, Boiis!
Specifications
Spotlights
- tucan 3.4 years ago
General Characteristics
- Created On Windows
- Wingspan 44.7ft (13.6m)
- Length 53.0ft (16.2m)
- Height 13.3ft (4.0m)
- Empty Weight 17,037lbs (7,727kg)
- Loaded Weight 30,513lbs (13,840kg)
Performance
- Power/Weight Ratio 4.86
- Wing Loading 70.2lbs/ft2 (342.8kg/m2)
- Wing Area 434.6ft2 (40.4m2)
- Drag Points 3957
Parts
- Number of Parts 841
- Control Surfaces 0
- Performance Cost 3,564
@PaulJohnLozada oh, you don't have to. It was just advice for future builds.
@Dastin Well, let me remove this first on the weekends. I'll add it back with a brighter thumbnail
@PaulJohnLozada night mode is fine so long as its not the main thumbnail. If you want your build to be seen you need to let it be, well, seen. As it is the plane is barely visible.
@Dastin The night mode pic was kinda nice for me. I've experimented, but it turns out that it fails.
Hiyo, one tidbit of advice to get your build more traction is to not take pictures at night for the primary thumbnail. It's quite difficult to see any detail on it.
Looking at it overall, its not bad. Keep it up.
@TheSolarFlare Kinda lackluster for me thoo