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-seat, STOL-capable multirole aircraft designed with a focus on interception and anti-ship operations. Its high thrust-to-weight ratio and canard-delta wing 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
• Acro 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 (again)
• Shorter fuselage to better represent the aircraft as a light fighter
• Changed wing shape and added canards to represent the Buckler's in-lore STOL capability and high-alpha control
• Acro Mode speed limit is now set to 504 km/h for realism and aircraft stability

-Loadouts-

Current Loadout- Air Patrol: 2x 27mm Autocannon, 3x Drop Tank, 2x HVWM, 2x LAAM, 2x LASM

Alt. Loadout 1- Air Superiority: 2x 27mm Autocannon, 3x Drop Tank, 2x HVWM, 8x LAAM

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

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

Alt. Loadout 4 - CAS: 2x 27mm Autocannon, 3x Drop Tank, 2x HVWM, 6x AGM, 2x GPBL, 1x TGTP

Alt. Loadout 5 - Interdiction: 2x 27mm Autocannon, 1x Drop Tank, 2x HVWM, 2x LAAM, 8x SDB, 2x GPBL, 1x TGTP

Alt. Loadout 6 - Interdiction, Unguided Munitions: 2x 27mm Autocannon, 2x Drop Tank, 2x HVWM, 2x LAAM, 6x UGBS, 1x BDSP, 1x TGTP

Alt. Loadout 7 - Standoff: 2x 27mm Autocannon, 3x Drop Tank, 2x HVWM, 4x LACM

Clean - 2x 27mm Autocannon

Bandit - Air Superiority Loadout

-All controls can be found in the instructions of each loadout-

-Author's Notes-

This will be the third and final version of this aircraft, now that I actually managed to make it do everything I want it to. I'm glad to finally have it out of the way so I can make other aircraft. Something spicy is getting cooked up - namely what happens if the Berkut's more extreme concepts were applied to the Flanker + bigger engines and a cool black paintjob. I hope to get it uploaded...sooner than this one.

Have a nice peek here!

-Credits-

• @NewWorldAerospace - Aircraft's weapons