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F72S

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The F72S is a single seat twin engine multirole fighter , the craft was the result of the 1975 ASDF program , an Astranesian air dominance fighter program that led to the F72 , at 1960s-70s , the AAF arsenal were mainly F73s , F62Ms , F65 and F66s , none of these were really great jets , 73s lack air to ground capability and high accident rate , 62Ms were heavy and barely operable , 66s were in a such small quantity , 65s were probably the best of them all , but it also has a high crash rate and the technology that was getting outdated , which later AAF decided to make the ASDF program , there were no other company than AAI that entered the program , they proposed two design , first were F65SS , a massively improved F65 , and the second is a new twin engine design , the new design was chosen over the F65SS , the development took 1 and a half year to finished , most of those time were used to improve the craft new technologies and performance , most of the aircraft parts were Astranesian , but it used Avalon radar display , the craft was kept top secret for 3 years after its maiden flight , and later in 1979 it was revealed to the public , turns out not many 72S were built , there were only 3 of them , and only assigned to the 34th ACDTW , and in 1980 they were send to mass production (F72A) , however , in 1978 a gun cam of a Kronens fighter captured a silhouette similar to the F72 , turns out when these Kronens fighter were trespassing , to the ACDTW secret air base , most of them were shot down , from 4 planes , only 1 made it back to base , the 3 were assumed to be shot down , however , AAF denied any allegation of shooting down Kronens fighter

Controls :
1 : TVC (disabled due to collision reason)
2 : Canopy
3 : Ejection seat
4 : 2× radar sight
5 : 2.5× radar sight
6 : empty
7 : Switch Radar/IRST
8 : Canard (on by default)

massive thanks to @PakPuma75 for allowing me to use his AA-3 radar and helping me in this project , couldnt have done it without him

also , theres supposed to be a TVC system , but i disable it because of reasons , the things for the TVC is already included , but its up to you

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General Characteristics

  • Created On Android
  • Wingspan 42.5ft (12.9m)
  • Length 58.5ft (17.8m)
  • Height 17.7ft (5.4m)
  • Empty Weight 7,723lbs (3,503kg)
  • Loaded Weight 14,043lbs (6,370kg)

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 4.8
  • Wing Loading 24.5lbs/ft2 (119.6kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 573.4ft2 (53.3m2)
  • Drag Points 5063

Parts

  • Number of Parts 221
  • Control Surfaces 4
  • Performance Cost 1,277