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EF-36 (Electric 5th Gen Fighter)

2,680 lowobservable  9.1 years ago

Inspired by @delphinus 'electric jet'

When the F-35 program was cancelled in 2016 due to high cost and unreliability, America's Allies rallied for a cheap but effective 5th gen fighter/bomber. Northrop/McDonnell Douglas were employed to build the new aircraft, and they decided to develop a new radical concept of electric fighter in order to eliminate new IRST sensors on Russian Aircraft, and to achieve extreme acceleration and mach 1 Supercruise. To achieve this speed Northrop/Douglas employed variable inlets, similar to those found on their F15,in order to compress air for the props to bite properly. The successive props then compress the air further, acting somewhat like a low attitude ramjet without the burning propellant. New air brakes were also developed which blended within the fuselage, in order to increase stealth. The EF-36 was tailor made for European Allies, who did not require intercontinental range. For those Allies such as Australia or Japan who needed intercontinental range, a faster jet engine variant was made, the F-36.

After delphinus' electric fighter I wanted to see if I could make a fighter with concealed props and decent speed. This can achieve mach 1 and even in turns never leaves 600mph. The flight characteristics are really great and predictable, while this has probably the best yaw performance I've seen, it is like a controllable flat spin. It has some stealthy aspects on it too. The props were made by delphinus and the fuselage I can't remember who made it but I was for @exumer.

VTOL for trim, no activations.

General Characteristics

  • Created On Android
  • Wingspan 39.8ft (12.1m)
  • Length 52.2ft (15.9m)
  • Height 14.4ft (4.4m)
  • Empty Weight 9,744lbs (4,419kg)
  • Loaded Weight 19,864lbs (9,010kg)

Performance

  • Horse Power/Weight Ratio 3.624
  • Wing Loading 13.1lbs/ft2 (63.9kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 1,517.6ft2 (141.0m2)
  • Drag Points 3310

Parts

  • Number of Parts 114
  • Control Surfaces 10
  • Performance Cost 813