The F - 1111 Sparrowhawk

Introduction

This aircraft is a swing/variable winged, 4th generation (or not, depends on your opinion), multi-role fighter, made by the United States for defense purposes.

Armaments

8x AIM - 172 Angels

4x AGM - 200 Purifiers

1,800x Countermeasure Ammunition (spread across 18 countermeasure dispensers)

1x Minigun

Activation Groups

AG1 opens the cockpit

AG2 activates the left engine

AG3 activates the right engine

AG4 changes the aircraft’s wing form

AG5 arms all weapons and countermeasures

AG6 flips out the arresting hook

AG7 ejects the pilot seat

AG8 = false opens up the drag chute

Special Control Functions

When the VTOL slider is put all the way up, the catapult connector is revealed.

When the VTOL slider is put all the way down, the refuel probe is revealed.

When you want to jettison the missiles, there is a switch in the cockpit labeled “Jettison Missiles” that you can use to jettison the missiles. However you need to be in the straight wing form to do this.

F - 1111 Sparrowhawk Notes:

- The delta wing form trades off stability for speed while the straight wing form trades off speed for stability (delta wing form also has better acceleration, but pitching slows the aircraft down faster than it would in the straight wing form)
- The delta wing form has a problem with tilting to the left (mirroring the aircraft did not fix the problem for some reason), so you might need to roll to the right a bit to compensate for it while pitching
- Although the delta wing form feels is a bit weird to use, it still works pretty well (if you can get used to it)
- Make sure that the aircraft is flying straight before switching from the straight wing form to the delta wing form and make sure that you are careful with the controls
- Missiles cannot be fired if the aircraft is in its delta wing form

Credits to…

PlanariaLab for creating the “1Part HUD” which I used on this aircraft.

https://www.simpleplanes.com/a/0dH9ML/1Parts-HUD