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Panavia Tornado

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The Panavia Tornado is a twin-engine, variable sweep-wing, multirole aircraft jointly developed by West Germany, the United Kingdom, and Italy. There are three variants of the aircraft, the Tornado IDS which has fighter-bomber capabilities, the Tornado ECR for electronic warfare and reconnaissance, and the Tornado ADV which has the role of being an interceptor aircraft. The aircraft was developed and built by Panavia Aircraft GmbH, a tri-national consortium consisting of the British Aerospace (UK), MBB (West Germany, and Aeritalia (Italy). It first flew in August 1974 and would be introduced 5 years later in 1979. Due to its multirole capabilities, it manage to replace several aircrafts in adopting air forces. The Royal Saudi Air Force became the only export operator of the Tornado in addition from the three partnering nations. The Tornado would first saw military actions in the Gulf War of 1991, these were to perform low-altitude penetrating strike missions although it would saw aerial combat. It would also seek action in the Balkans War, Iraq War, and the 2011 foreign military intervention in Libya. It also perform in smaller roles in Afghanistan, Yemen, and Syria. There are 990 existing Panavia Tornadoes that exist.

The Tornado would ultimately be replaced by the Eurofighter Typhoon, but is still in use by the Luftwaffe, Aeronautica Militare, and the Royal Saudi Air Force.

GUIDES :

AG-1 = Activation of 4 AIM-9L Sidewinder and Brimstone missiles

AG-2 = Activation of 2 AIM-132 ASRAAM missiles

AG-3 & 4 = Detachment of Fuel Tanks

AG-5 = Sweep Mode

AG-6 = Afterburner

NOTE : The aircraft is kinda unstable, the game will think that the right side is heavier than the other side and I don't know the cause. Do not get confuse with the VTOL controls.

BTW, Enjoy ;)

General Characteristics

  • Created On Android
  • Wingspan 38.1ft (11.6m)
  • Length 46.6ft (14.2m)
  • Height 14.2ft (4.3m)
  • Empty Weight 5,404lbs (2,451kg)
  • Loaded Weight 15,896lbs (7,210kg)

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 1.837
  • Wing Loading 51.8lbs/ft2 (253.0kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 306.8ft2 (28.5m2)
  • Drag Points 3430

Parts

  • Number of Parts 104
  • Control Surfaces 5
  • Performance Cost 554