NOTE: 1.9 ISN'T REQUIRED, NO MODS OR 1.9 PARTS ARE PRESENT IN THE BUILD

The Altica-Harvey Wildcat is a Winolian Supersonic fighter aircraft developed by the Altica-Harvey Aircraft Corporation through the 1950s and produced from the 1960s right into the 1980s. The fighter was widely exported throughout the African and Asian military spheres and was a successful aircraft in both sales and performance. It is known to be one of the first Winolian fighters capable of Mach 2 and is credited as being the first operational Mach 2 fighter in Winolian service.

The Wildcat development followed Altica-Harvey’s decade long co-operation with the Soviet Union and, specifically, the Mikoyan-Gurevich in the development of interceptors for the Winolian Air Force. Altica-Harvey initially intended to deliver the aircraft before the end of the 1950s but events leading to a loss of technical information and the end of co-operation between them and Mikoyan would delay the introduction of the fighter into service. In spite of this, the company continued the project alone, retrofitting upgraded and remanufactured french engines to the airframe as a stop-gap measure.

The design of the fighter drew its origins from experimental soviet aircraft inspected by Altica-Harvey engineers. Visual and some technical inspections allowed the engineers to lay the groundwork for their design and tackle issues they saw in the Soviet design. Altica-Harvey and Mikoyan would sign a contract of mutual technological co-operation and, in particular, engine technology transfer which would accelerate the development of the design until it ended due to political issues.

The aircraft is built as a streamlined, low drag delta-wing fighter and the first purpose-built multi-role in Winolian service capable of flying as a fighter, interceptor and strike aircraft. The designers strove for a clean profile, with drag-reducing features and supersonic capability as a requirement. Initial engine issues would limit its supersonic capabilities at altitude and the fuel feed system would be completely redesigned in later variants to better accommodate drop tanks.

Performance

POWERPLANT
1 x Gafat DM-5-13 afterburning turbojet engine (Later variants)

MAXIMUM SPEED
1333 mph (2145 km/h, 1158 knots)/ mach 2.02 at 40,000 feet
800 mph (1284 km/h, 693 knots)/ mach 1.05 at sea level

RANGE
850km with combat air to air load and drop tanks

SENSORS AND PROCESSING SYSTEMS
Monocro Cyano DAC-3B Fire control radar

ARMAMENT
Guns: 2 x 30mm revolver cannons with 200 round per gun
Hardpoints:
4 x underwing hardpoints (later upgraded with an under-fuselage hardpoint) with the capability to carry over 8000 pounds of stores including Bombs, Rockets, Missiles, Drop tanks, Jammer equipment

Action Group 1 - Ignition
Action Group 2 - Arm missiles
Action Group 3 - Drouge chutes
Action Group 4 - Navigation lights
Action Group 5 - Release bomb stores
Action Group 6 - N/A
Action Group 7 - Open radome
Action Group 8 - Switch on/off the radar

Normal weapon controls apply

A few things I’m pleased with on this design include the following:
- Missiles have a small delay before igniting to help them clear the pylon
- The cockpit is rather nicely detailed
- The flight model is quite good; I’m still learning to deliver improved flight models with minimal part scaling.
- Flaps work in reverse. I know how to make them work normally but that’ll be on the next design.

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