T-7A Redhawk
The Boeing/Saab T-7A Redhawk is a two seat, single engine turbojet fighter and attack pilot trainer, currently in late development stages. It is slated to replace the aging and maintenance intensive T-38C in USAF inventory sometime in the 2030s, and will likely see wide adoption among NATO members to include light armed variants. Important note This model is very unforgiving of landing too slowly, likely due to the far astern CoL. AOA is not a reliable enough indication to prevent this either. If only we had a total velocity vector and a HUD gauge... Anyway, if you get below 190kts before the flare you’ll lose pitch authority, slam into the runway, bounce, and likely experience a cartwheel. I replaced the HUD VSI with a rudimentary speed:descent ratio indicator [GR1:x ]. FT math expression: {round(GS/rate(Altitude)}Displayed values approaching 0 indicate a velocity vector orthogonal to the ground (which is straight up or straight down), while values approaching infinity indicate straight and level flight. Negative integers indicate a descending velocity vector. The craft instructions checklist contains the optimal values for landing.
Specifications
Spotlights
- ACEOFFICERS 2.9 years ago
General Characteristics
- Successors 1 airplane(s)
- Created On iOS
- Wingspan 25.2ft (7.7m)
- Length 37.3ft (11.4m)
- Height 11.4ft (3.5m)
- Empty Weight N/A
- Loaded Weight 7,973lbs (3,616kg)
Performance
- Power/Weight Ratio 3.382
- Wing Loading 41.0lbs/ft2 (200.2kg/m2)
- Wing Area 194.4ft2 (18.1m2)
- Drag Points 3934
Parts
- Number of Parts 165
- Control Surfaces 6
- Performance Cost 1,305
@Cosmopolitan Thank you! Yes, I’ll put that one on my list. Might be awhile though between school and other life stuff going on.
noice
it's a very good aircraft
This is really well-made, can you also make the plane which was T-7A's competitor, T-50A?