Hailing from the early 1960s, the F-225 “Turn-Tail” represented the peak of smooth flying in its era. Snappy controls and excellent thrust-to-weight ratio made it a killer dogfighter, given the chance. Its two rotary cannons certainly would agree.

The F-225 was intended to fill the role of a low-speed air superiority platform, being capable of relying on both cannons and a respectable missile armament. It specialized in sticking to rough, mountainous terrain, hiding amongst the peaks to sneak into attack position. Once an enemy was in its sights it was often a quick end for the unfortunate opponent.

Armament:

-2 rotary cannons
-1 BlockRocket Prototype (~1962), long-range heavy air-to-air kinetic missile
-4 Interceptor fire-and-forget air-to-air missiles
-8 Guardian short-range air-to-air missiles

This is a heavily (and I mean HEAVILY) re-worked version of a very, very old craft. If I had to throw out a guess, I’d say somewhere in the general ballpark of 4 years. I recently realized that it actually flew quite well (I have no idea why I abandoned it originally), and decided to complete and upload it. It took me a bit to actually get to doing that, but within a few hours today I’d decided that it was way too small, thus had to increase its size. It’s a miracle it still works, frankly.

I upped the size significantly, added an engine, and gave it a basic VR cockpit, albeit as an afterthought. The original craft was certainly built long before VR was a thing in this game.
It now has a potent armament while retaining respectable performance and a smooth flying experience.

Enjoy!