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=G2a2-D1

688 Zuikaku  4.6 years ago
Auto Credit Based on mikoyanster's CAS Challenge

Controls:

AG1 + VTOL: Airbreaks and flaps
AG2: Deploy arresting hook
AG3: Folding wings
AG7: Engage gyro stabilizers


Ordinance:

  • (gun) Nose mounted 20mm Vulcan
  • (Interceptor) Laser guided bombs (Missile engine provides no thrust, and it is assume that a friendly unit is lasering the target so lock on is instant)
  • (Inferno) Fire and forget guided missile x6
  • (Guardian) Fast Lock on semiactive guided missile x6

Background (fictional):

G2a started as a failed project from the Yagura Heavy Industries (YHI). It did not achieve the expected characteristics. But when the military was looking for a bomber for the carriers, they chose G2a that was designed more than a decade ago. Modernized and redesigned with more advanced technology and manufacturing process, the airframe proved to be capable of delivering what the military was looking for: a compact lightweight platform that can carry decent amount of weaponry.

The airframe was redesigned to feature a folding wing, along with improved landing gear and arresting hook systems to make the plane carrier operational. The major short coming of the plane, range, was not a big concern due to the elasticity of operating from a carrier instead of a land base.

G2a entered service in 1963. However, with the rise of the new generation fighter-bombers, the need for a dedicated bomber/attacker aircraft onboard the carriers is soon gone. Unfortunately, G2a's bomb bay was too weirdly shaped for it to be transferred into a carrier based cargo plane role, so only a few years later, G2a ended its service. Only a dozen G2a was built before the new multirole fighters took its place.

General Characteristics

  • Predecessor CAS Challenge
  • Created On Mac
  • Wingspan 52.2ft (15.9m)
  • Length 59.1ft (18.0m)
  • Height 16.9ft (5.2m)
  • Empty Weight 20,644lbs (9,364kg)
  • Loaded Weight 38,687lbs (17,548kg)

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 1.161
  • Wing Loading 31.4lbs/ft2 (153.2kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 1,232.9ft2 (114.5m2)
  • Drag Points 3654

Parts

  • Number of Parts 170
  • Control Surfaces 11
  • Performance Cost 961