The moderate success of Project 8123 saw various users across a wide area. A successor was soon conceived, to eventually replace Project 8123. Phoenix Industries wanted to keep the advanced radar and avionics of 8123, so they decided to reuse many of the forward fuselage parts for their newest Project.
With XS planes and their laser cannons providing excellent firepower against ground and air targets, Phoenix Industries decided to develop a laser of their own.
What better to do when developing two technologies at the same time than to integrate them. Project 8125-01's rear was built from the ground up to handle a massive, heavy duty, weaponized industrial laser on a large trapeze system between engines.
This laser, possessive of insane firepower, easily makes short work of any target. It's red beam carves a trail of destruction across the ground.
Project 8125-01 comes not only with a massive laser, but some other weapons as well, including XAGMs, and QAAMs. It also comes with four standard MSLs and Model 014 revolver cannons.
Project 8125-01's speed characteristics are insane, it's top speed upward of 2,000 mph; It's acceleration is something to be desired, though.
It's maneuverability at high speeds is also superb, able to compete with it's XS series competition, which is known for their maneuverability. However, the low speed agility is quite poor.
One thing to note is the tiered flap system. At low speeds, a main portion of the flaps are lowered to maintain lift, but at even lower speeds an additional wing section lowers to augment the lift further.
This is model -01, the version intended to be outfitted with the laser, the other model, -02, omits the laser in favor of greater maneuverability and mechanical simplicity.
==CONTROLS:==
AG5: Taxi Mode
AG6: Open weapons bays, Lower laser trapeze
AG7: Fold wings
=Taxi Mode Controls:=
Pitch: Forward/backward
Roll: Nosewheel steering
Yaw: Gyro steering (for fine tuning)
And I made a new emblem Yaaaaaay
Specifications
General Characteristics
- Predecessor Project 8121
- Created On Windows
- Wingspan 46.8ft (14.3m)
- Length 49.1ft (15.0m)
- Height 10.5ft (3.2m)
- Empty Weight N/A
- Loaded Weight 14,378lbs (6,522kg)
Performance
- Power/Weight Ratio 6.095
- Wing Loading 39.0lbs/ft2 (190.4kg/m2)
- Wing Area 368.7ft2 (34.3m2)
- Drag Points 114
Parts
- Number of Parts 286
- Control Surfaces 4
- Performance Cost 1,523
The reason it says it's a successor of 8121 rather than 8123 is because I use 8121 as a base for many of my planes now.
And I also forgot the purple wingtips. wonderful.
@Shootlegger I could see that
This reminds me of call of duty
@Nexy12 oh, why thank you! Anyways, I think the engine pack is a good idea, even though 8125 is already very fast as it is
SPEEEEEEEEEEEEED
@Griffon1 Well what about keeping the pod stationary and adding an engine pack?
I would love to see it with some super high speeds. (By the way I sent you a friend request on discord)
@Nexy12 Indeed. I have actually been experimenting with that sort of thing, but I can't really find anything else to use it for... Perhaps I should try retrofitting a bunch of old weapons onto it, like my railgun or ADMM models, and see if it works. I'd like to make a ton more missiles in a massive pod but I try to keep to the Ace Combat's system of 3 "Special" weapons per plane, so I dont end up having a billion missiles and lagging mobile or low-end devices.
(Also, on the topic of Miranda-class starships, It's an unpopular opinion that I like it without the pod)
I'll run some experiments and see if they are different enough to warrant a model -03
Hey, maybe you could replace the laser cannon with a weapons pack a or engine pack? This design has a bunch of opportunities. It's a real Miranda Class of your designs.