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HF-322 Nighthawk Heavy Fighter

487 Flameslinger  6.5 years ago
Auto Credit Based on Odst578xl's Heavy Fighter Challenge

After the success of the HF-321C, the engineerers of FCE decided that it could use an upgrade. After some time of tinkering and planning, they finally came up with the HF-322. The main features boasted by the Three Twenty Two were its Raedon Nuclear Bomb developed by Elite Arsenals, and an upgrade to the pitch, an idea from fellow developer Giggitymerf. Continuing to boast it's 12 gun, 4 bomb, 4 missile, 14 rocket armament, the 322 continued the HF line without sacrificing any previous aspect. Preliminary tests showed excellent results; however, due to it being a heavy fighter, it performed poorly in field testing when it came to assaulting convoys in mountainous terrain as it couldn't accelerate quickly after a strafe and would take some damage from flak cannons. This is an issue the the developers at Flame Crafted Engineering hoped to fix with the upcoming HF-323...

Armament
AtA: 2 Short Range "Guardian" Guided Missiles
AtG; 2 Short Range "Inferno" Heat Seeking Missiles, 2 Pods loaded with 7 unguided rockets, 2 250 lb. "Boom 25" Dumb Bombs, 2 Self propelled torpedoes, 1 500 lb. "Boom 50" Dumb Bomb [Last resort tactic], 1 "Raedon" Nuclear Weapon with short range target lock and dumb bomb activation systems (Basically, it's a missile and a Bomb)
Guns: 10 wing mounted. 50 caliber machine guns, 2 Inlet mounted machine guns
Countermeasures: 64 Target lock scrambling Chaff

Controls:
Standard Controls
Brake for Air Brakes

Activation Groups:
AG 1: AtG Weapons Activation (Missile Pods not included)
AG 2: Raedon Nuclear Bomb Activation (Boom 25 for bomb, inferno for missile)
AG 3: Drag Chute
AG 4: Not Used
AG 5: Not Used
AG 6: Exterior lights
AG 7: Auxillary Jet Engines (Zero on Deactivation)
AG 8: Main Propeller Engines

Cameras:
None

Spotlights

General Characteristics

  • Predecessor Heavy Fighter Challenge
  • Created On Android
  • Wingspan 40.3ft (12.3m)
  • Length 56.2ft (17.1m)
  • Height 14.3ft (4.4m)
  • Empty Weight 20,804lbs (9,436kg)
  • Loaded Weight 43,665lbs (19,806kg)

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 1.698
  • Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.16
  • Wing Loading 116.7lbs/ft2 (570.0kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 374.0ft2 (34.8m2)
  • Drag Points 7435

Parts

  • Number of Parts 128
  • Control Surfaces 9
  • Performance Cost 1,008
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    Hello from 3.7 years later!

    2.8 years ago
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    @EliteArsenals24 I will! Thanks for the spotlight! To be honest, I was really considering using that eco engine you made.

    6.5 years ago
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    4,431 MIWTheGamer

    @Flameslinger I like your plane, may the best fighter win. :)

    +1 6.5 years ago
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    Thanks for testing my build :). Feel free to check more on my account.

    6.5 years ago
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    Credits:
    @EliteArsenals24 for the Raedon Bomb. By far my favorite weapon to use.
    @Giggitymerf for fixing the pitch.
    @HellFireKoder for the Mod Settings mod because without it, I wouldn't have been able to cause a massive rain of meteors above my plane for me to escape.

    6.5 years ago