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AV/F-17A "Erinyes"

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Controls -
AG1, VTOL - Raise/Lower Slats (It is recommended to lower slats when taking off)
AG2, Pitch, Roll, Trim/VTOL - Raise/Lower secondary slats + Canard controls
AG3 - Drop External Fuel Tanks
AG7 - Deploy Chute



The NTI-AG AV/F-17 "Erinyes" is a light twin-engine multirole fighter aircraft manufactured by the Berusian aerospace company Nirvash Tecnica International. It was designed to replace the S-24 and S-25 Silbervogel in the Berusian Air Command (Berusien Luftbefehl).
The Erinyes has a delta wing and canard configuration with relaxed stability design and fly-by-wire flight controls.
It is powered by two Kitami AF-2UFMs and has a top speed of Mach 2.
Later aircraft are modified for ARDP interoperability standards and to undertake in-flight refuelling.

AV/F-17 "Erinyes" (ARDP reporting name: "Goddess.")

Role - Fighter, attack and reconnaissance aircraft
National origin - Federal Republix of Berus/Greater Russian Federation
Manufacturer - Nirvash Tecnica International
Design group - NTI - Flugzeuggruppe
First flight - 27 October 2015
Introduction - 2 January 2017
Status - In service
Primary users - Berusian Air Command
Aurelian Air Force
Russian Air Force

Produced - 2015–present
Number built - 8,492
Program cost - US$?8.15 billion
Unit cost -
US$?13–17?million for AV/F-17D

Specifications -
General characteristics

Crew: 1 (2 for AV/T-17)
Payload: 5,300 kg (11,700 lb)
Length: 14.8 m (48 ft 8 in); two-seater: 15.6 m (51 ft 5 in)
Wingspan: 12.4 m (40 ft 9 in)
Height: 5.4 m (17 ft 9 in)
Empty weight: 12,591 kg (27,760 lb)
Loaded weight: 16,356 kg (36,060 lb)
Max. takeoff weight: 18,000 kg (39,680 lb)
Powerplant: 2 × Kitami AF-2UFM afterburning turbofans

Performance -

Maximum speed: Mach 2 (2,204 km/h, 1,190 kn, 1,370 mph) at high altitude
Combat radius: 1,600 km (994 mi, 863 nmi)
Ferry range: 5,600 km (3,479 mi) with drop tanks
Service ceiling: 19,812 m (65,000 ft)

Armament -

Guns: 1× 27 mm NTI-WF AC-27 revolver cannon with 600 rounds
Hardpoints: 14 (Seven on each wing and three under fuselage) and provisions to carry combinations of:
Rockets:
RK-70 laser-guided rocket
RK/U-80 unguided rocket
RK-8 guided R-8 rocket pods
RK-10 guided R-13 rocket pods

Missiles:
14× AIM-9 Sidewinder/IRIS-T/A-Darter/AAM-203S
12× AIM-120 AMRAAM/MICA/AAM-300G
6× Meteor/Starstreak
6× AGM-65 Maverick/AGM-40T/AGM-27K
2× EW-5 Long Range Shockwave Ballistic Missile
2× ASM-809L

Bombs:
4× GBU-12 Paveway II laser-guided bomb
6× CBU-56M
7x Mark 82 bombs
7x UGB-250 250-kilogram (550 lb) unguided bombs
4x UGB-500 500-kilogram (1,100 lb) unguided bombs
4x GB-500FL laser-guided bomb
2x GB-1500M laser-guided bomb

Other:
Buddy refueling pod
EW-1 Tactical Laser System
ND-50 High Yield Nuclear Cruise Missile

Avionics:
IR-03Z infra-red search and track system
AESA-4 Passive electronically scanned array
RHI LCD multi-function displays (MFD)

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General Characteristics

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  • Wingspan 40.9ft (12.5m)
  • Length 48.8ft (14.9m)
  • Height 17.9ft (5.4m)
  • Empty Weight 28,304lbs (12,838kg)
  • Loaded Weight 36,605lbs (16,603kg)

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 1.841
  • Wing Loading 21.9lbs/ft2 (107.1kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 1,668.7ft2 (155.0m2)
  • Drag Points 7488

Parts

  • Number of Parts 400
  • Control Surfaces 9
  • Performance Cost 1,474