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Northrop F-20

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BTW U NEED TO DELETE THE LEFT BRAKE I ACCIDENTALLY LEFT IT

History:

The Northrop F-20 Tigershark (initially F-5G) was a light fighter, designed and built by Northrop. Its development began in 1975 as a further evolution of Northrop's F-5E Tiger II, featuring a new engine that greatly improved overall performance, and a modern avionics suite including a powerful and flexible radar. Compared with the F-5E, the F-20 was much faster, gained beyond-visual-range air-to-air capability, and had a full suite of air-to-ground modes capable of firing most U.S. weapons. With these improved capabilities, the F-20 became competitive with contemporary fighter designs such as the General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon, but was much less expensive to purchase and operate.

Much of the F-20's development was carried out under a US Department of Defense (DoD) project called "FX". FX sought to develop fighters that would be capable in combat with the latest Soviet aircraft, but excluding sensitive front-line technologies used by the United States Air Force's own aircraft. FX was a product of the Carter administration's military export policies, which aimed to provide foreign nations with high quality equipment without the risk of US front-line technology falling into Soviet hands. Northrop had high hopes for the F-20 in the international market, but policy changes following Ronald Reagan's election meant the F-20 had to compete for sales against aircraft like the F-16, the USAF's latest fighter design. The development program was abandoned in 1986 after three prototypes had been built and a fourth partially completed.( i accidentally make it tandem seater cuz idk it was 1 seater lol)

controls

AG1 : drop Tank fuel

AG2 : Parachute

Normal controls

In-Game pic:

the F-20 dropping its fuel tank

Spotlights

General Characteristics

  • Created On Windows
  • Wingspan 34.9ft (10.6m)
  • Length 61.5ft (18.7m)
  • Height 14.5ft (4.4m)
  • Empty Weight 2,244lbs (1,018kg)
  • Loaded Weight 5,848lbs (2,652kg)

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 0.576
  • Wing Loading 58.3lbs/ft2 (284.9kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 100.2ft2 (9.3m2)
  • Drag Points 48

Parts

  • Number of Parts 205
  • Control Surfaces 5
  • Performance Cost 716