Auto Credit Based on Pilotmario's Pummeler A-1B
Press (1) to activate 30mm M8. Press (2) to activate 12.7mm M2. Press (3-6) to release external stores. VTOL UP for air brakes and spoilers. VTOL DOWN for flaps. A Pummeler A-1D produced under license by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. Key differences include extended tail surfaces and a revised cockpit layout to be more consistent with existing Japanese Territorial Air Force machines. 4,200 Mitsubishi Pummelers are in service, alongside 2,100 Bandit Pummeler A-1D, which do not feature the revised tail surfaces but possess modified cockpits.
Specifications
General Characteristics
- Predecessor Pummeler A-1B
- Successors 1 airplane(s) +336 bonus
- Created On Windows
- Wingspan 32.5ft (9.9m)
- Length 25.8ft (7.9m)
- Height 12.8ft (3.9m)
- Empty Weight 8,230lbs (3,733kg)
- Loaded Weight 11,665lbs (5,291kg)
Performance
- Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.171
- Wing Loading 49.1lbs/ft2 (239.6kg/m2)
- Wing Area 237.7ft2 (22.1m2)
- Drag Points 2630
Parts
- Number of Parts 63
- Control Surfaces 7
- Performance Cost 469
.....Yep @Pilotmario
Ehhh... it's probably the fault of the design team, because the workmanship on Mitsubishi Pummelers is above average. @PINK
We relize that, however, the other types.....questionable.... @Pilotmario
Mmm.
2,100 Bandit Pummelers were constructed as kits to be assembled by Nagasaki Products and Armaments. These were assembled by assistance from Bandit.
The 4,200 made by Mitsubishi were manufactured completely by the company. ToJ Air Force pilots see no difference in quality. @PINK
Japan has a hard time approving their Mitubishi built types, for good reason. @Pilotmario
How does it ruin it? We don't build this model. @PINK
We are looking to abandon the continental system....... However, we have never really thought well of the type. Yes we do enjoy its weapons, however this Japaese version ruined it. @Pilotmario
Thought so. I don't think NFK High Command regard the type well, though men and women of the 111tg Mountain Infantry Regiment do (they were the regiment of NFK mountain troops in Snowstone). @PINK
Although we do operate several prop attack types. @Pilotmario
We don't. @Pilotmario
@Pilotmario Oh,
However, @PINK correct me I am wrong, the NFK does not operate the type. @SimpleTechAndResearch
They are. They're the AK-47 of airplanes. Any military force with a need for a cheap, durable attack plane and two coins to rub probably has one. @SimpleTechAndResearch
Wait, Japan also has Pummelers? Pummelers are Universal
Is the Pummeler vulnerable to Hammerheads? At high and medium altitude at long range, certainly. At lower altitudes in a close range turnfight at gun range as part of a Thatch Weave or Defensive Circle? Not a chance. While the Hammerhead is undoubtedly a superior fighter than the Pummeler, the Pummeler is not entirely hopeless.
Obtaining a missile lock on a Pummeler is a tricky business. Pummelers often fly with Buzz Birds, a term referring to electronic warfare aircraft with equipment designed to jam radars. In addition, the Pummeler's T2000-3/2 or T2000 engines do not produce hot jet exhaust, meaning IR guided missiles must be fired closer. In addition, the Pummelers are often fitted with chaff and flares in order to distract radar guided and IR guided missiles effectively. Already, Pummelers fly low and fast in dips in the terrain in order to reduce engagement time with ground-based air defenses, and such a flight profile would make it hard for missiles to engage them.
However, Pummelers rarely operate without air cover from friendly fighters such as Renegade II, Dart, Viper, and Bandit Cobra. Pilotmario Marines employ Bandit Cobra and Hummingbirds for protection. Said aircraft are much more even matches to the Teleta, Silbervogel, and Hammerhead. As a result, the main threat to Pummelers is the humble pintle-mount heavy machine gun, auto cannons, MANPADS, and SPAAG such as Coelian II. @Areonautics3
A great ace. It's just confusing with that tag.@MikuKat
@Areonautics3 A Terrible Ace
I did put in a lot of effort to make it an ace in the sky.@MikuKat
@Areonautics3 The plane would already be shoot g the Hammerhead
Put more effort into your aircraft
Turns arround ands shots them down while another Hammerhead deals with Pummeler.@MikuKat
@Areonautics3 Errrmmmmm
Turrets on a Fighter is terrible
Shoots them down.@MikuKat
@Areonautics3 And risk getting chased by Fighters
Got brakes.@MikuKat
@Areonautics3 The hammerheads would need to slow down or they will crash