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AD F-108 A 'Leopard'

5,945 JamesG771  1.6 years ago

Designed as one of many replacement fighters for the F-16 Fighting Falcon as the air superiority and ground attack aircraft, the Leopard's key features include a lightly framed fiberglass reinforced clear plastic canopy offering excellent visibility, side-mounted control stick to ease control while maneuvering, an ejection seat reclined 30 degrees from to reduce the effect of g-forces on the pilot and use of a relaxed static stability / fly-by-wire flight control system that helps to make it an agile aircraft. The F-108 has an internal M197 electric 5 barrel cannon and 7 locations for mounting weapons and other mission equipment 2 of which can be fitted with external 500gallon fuel tanks. The F-108's official name is "Leopard", but "Kicker" is commonly used by its pilots and crews, because of the aircrafts ability to perform extreme maneuvers.

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General Characteristics

  • Created On Windows
  • Wingspan 32.0ft (9.8m)
  • Length 40.6ft (12.4m)
  • Height 15.2ft (4.6m)
  • Empty Weight 9,650lbs (4,377kg)
  • Loaded Weight 16,271lbs (7,380kg)

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 2.485
  • Wing Loading 50.9lbs/ft2 (248.6kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 319.5ft2 (29.7m2)
  • Drag Points 4896

Parts

  • Number of Parts 171
  • Control Surfaces 7
  • Performance Cost 780