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Sidehill Gouger A1

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The Sidehill Gouger is the most notable CIR heavy fighter. While rarer due to this aircraft's parts being rather rarely used in spliced airframes and the need for better-equipped facilities for it's production, it's seen as a valuable aircraft due to it's versatility. In particular, it's the backbone of the CIR's long-range precision strike force aimed at attacking enemy infraestructure and logistics far behind their frontlines (for perspective... it's job is being a "cheap" strategic aircraft). It's bizarre shape allows it to maintain symmetrical thrust in case of engine failure while still having a free nose.

While this machine is equipped as an intruder airplane, this model is also often seen in night fighter, strike, reconnaisance and even anti-shipping roles where it usually carries larger cannons in the nose. Here, the aircraft's armament consists of 4 18 mm cannons and 4 27 mm cannons.

Note: Key 8 is needed for the frontal engine to work. This was accidentally left in from testing it's engine-off capabilities, but it should be noted that it's very much capable of climbing on one engine, explaining it's long range in spite of the apparently low capacity.

General Characteristics

  • Created On Windows
  • Wingspan 53.9ft (16.4m)
  • Length 46.0ft (14.0m)
  • Height 15.2ft (4.6m)
  • Empty Weight 9,278lbs (4,208kg)
  • Loaded Weight 13,767lbs (6,244kg)

Performance

  • Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.261
  • Wing Loading 35.3lbs/ft2 (172.6kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 389.5ft2 (36.2m2)
  • Drag Points 2598

Parts

  • Number of Parts 44
  • Control Surfaces 6
  • Performance Cost 428