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[FSF] RMT Mk.Ib/L Warhead

68.1k TheUltimatePlaneLover  17 days ago
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"Warhead"

The second generation of FSF is here...

Nicknamed for the rockets

which are located in its nose, the Warhead introduces air-to-air rockets to the fray... except, rockets are very difficult to use in air-to-air combat, especially when all FSF planes have disableAircraftCollisions set to true to avoid the aircraft self-destructing for no reason. So I opted for the next best thing; missiles.
Now, these missiles are still guided, and fairly effective too, but their agility has been somewhat nerfed in hopes of said missiles acting a little more like rockets. Don't worry though, they're still fairly easy to use if your opponent doesn't have flares. Just in case missiles fail, though (or you run out, which is almost painfully possible since you're armed with only eight rapid-fire rockets), the Warhead comes with two 20mm cannons, as well as decent performance to back up its firepower.

Trivia

-The RMT-Warhead is the first FSF plane with a dedicated swept wing, with the Harrower being a flying wing and the Archer being... weird.
-RMT literally means "Rocket Munitions Testbed."
-There was supposed to be a Warhead Mk.Ia, but I forgot to post in since the Mk.Ib/L is noticeably better (at least in terms of armament; the Mk.Ia has weaker rockets and 50. cal guns as opposed to the refined rockets and 20mm cannons of the Mk.Ib/L). I'll probably post the Mk.Ia when I get the chance lol
-Speaking of which, the Mk.Ib/L has a different livery from the Mk.Ia. The Mk.Ia's livery is quite basic, but the Mk.Ib/L uses the dark livery with blue tips, which act as visual identifiers similarly to invasion stripes of WWII planes or the golden bands of F-86s. I'd use the second one more closely though, since the Warhead, like many early FSF planes, canonically served in the Korean War.
-The exhaust on the back of the Warhead's fuselage is not for the engines, but for the rockets. The real engine exhausts- and engines, as a matter of fact- are located under the fuselage.
-The Warhead is already an interesting plane, but its becomes even more intriguing with the real-life backstory: I actually built the Warhead along with all of the other Phase 1 planes, with the Warhead being made even before the P-84A Vitiator (the final plane for Phase 1). However, the Warhead, unlike the Tracer and MuG-2, was always intended to be part of Phase 2, whilst the Tracer and MuG-2 were only cut out because I didn't build them fast enough.

General Characteristics

  • Predecessor Warhead
  • Created On Windows
  • Wingspan 23.9ft (7.3m)
  • Length 28.3ft (8.6m)
  • Height 11.9ft (3.6m)
  • Empty Weight 5,798lbs (2,630kg)
  • Loaded Weight 13,079lbs (5,932kg)

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 2.061
  • Wing Loading 74.6lbs/ft2 (364.4kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 175.2ft2 (16.3m2)
  • Drag Points 1522

Parts

  • Number of Parts 50
  • Control Surfaces 7
  • Performance Cost 395