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DMJ-16F Falcon

1,305 Deiaa  6.9 years ago

Comes equipped with 2 Miniguns, 1 Boom 25, 2 Rocket Pods, 6 Interceptors and 6 Guardians by default.

Activation groups:
AG1: Parachutes
AG2: Auxiliary engines. Cut throttle then disable AG2 to deactivate.
AG3-4: Unassigned
AG5: Landing lights
AG6: Navigation lights
AG7: Strobe lights
AG8: Anti-collision beacon.

Aircraft Information:
A mid-size fighter. Design principle is not different from previous aircraft: agility and speed without sacrificing too much armament or fuel capacity, in that order of priority. Agility and armament were fulfilled quite well, but speed was a bit lacking.

The difficulty was that adding more engines would make the aircraft run through its fuel capacity too quickly, and increasing fuel load would impact agility.

The solution I came up with was adding auxiliary engines, and allow them to be activated at will depending on the situation - when things heat up and get rough, they can be activated to significantly boost the aircraft's speed while making it much less fuel-efficient, and when things get more relaxed, they can be deactivated to significantly improve the aircraft's fuel economy. I believe this turned out very well and allowed the aircraft to fulfill all of its design criteria while at the same time looking quite pretty.

True to the tradition of the DMJ family, this aircraft has a modified sports variant available here -> https://www.simpleplanes.com/a/32Aw4N/DMJ-16S-Falcon

Differences from racer:
-Wings are wider
-Has no canards
-Has larger elevators
-Has a smaller fuel load
-Comes with lights and (obviously) weapons

Enjoy!

General Characteristics

  • Created On Windows
  • Wingspan 44.7ft (13.6m)
  • Length 36.0ft (11.0m)
  • Height 14.2ft (4.3m)
  • Empty Weight 16,073lbs (7,290kg)
  • Loaded Weight 21,381lbs (9,698kg)

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 2.627
  • Wing Loading 46.4lbs/ft2 (226.7kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 460.5ft2 (42.8m2)
  • Drag Points 3313

Parts

  • Number of Parts 101
  • Control Surfaces 5
  • Performance Cost 592