DwiAngkasaAeronautics present:

FAD-37 Idris

Background

It seems to be a time of upgrading old aircraft. The advent of F-15EX as an upgrade of F-15 E (and probably C) makes us want to do the same. We have already the candidate for the upgrading program, the said aircraft is FAD-157 Gladius. But as time goes, it looks it would be better to make the fighter from scratch. By then, the program "Sky Muscle" commenced. "Sky Muscle" aircraft have to have low wing loading, high power, and the capability to engage air and ground. The airforce and the navy had a disagreement about the whole ordeal, so we decided we adopted 2 aircraft instead of 1 universal one to fill the role. The 2 said aircraft were given the nickname "Air Power Pack" by the public.

Design and Description

FAD-37 Idris is a twin-engine, all-weather, high-performance, multirole fighter aircraft designed as an improvement from FAD-157 Gladius in almost all aspects, from the avionics, airframe design, and overall performance and look. Probably the closest to its predecessor (FAD-157 Gladius) than the other counterpart. It features FBW for smoothness and stability but also ensures maneuverability. Low wing loading, improved LERX, and dogtooth leading edge makes her capable of high AOA and tight turn. It also features a variable inlet for high speed and variable aoa. The inlet ramp is eliminated to reduce moving parts, replaced by permanent bump in the inlet duct. It also features high thrust-to-weight ratio, clean will have 1.24

For this "Sky Muscle" program, we agreed to make the cockpit commonality to its navy counterpart. We used an advanced digital cockpit with a HOTAS configuration.

Role

• Multirole
• Air superiority
• Strike Fighter

Armament

• 4 x Grand Strike MK IV Guided Bomb
• 4 x BVR-21 Arjuna BVRAAM
• 4 x AIM-9X SRAAM
• 1 x 20mm Rotary cannon

Features:

- High AOA Capable

Capable of doing 38 degrees AOA with full flap, trim, and airbrake deployed with adjusting the throttle. Optimal turn rate (pitch rate), maintain speed at a range of M 0.4-0.6. One test in clean configuration she managed to do 28 degree/s sustained pitch rate, mostly will do 22-28 degree/s

- FBW and Glimiter

FBW for stable flight. Glimiter rated for max 9.5G

- Working Variable Inlet

Similiar to F-15, Activated in Mach 0.5 to 1 or high AOA. Will go drop when parked.

- Skull Digital Camo

Inspired by Japanese F-15J digital camo. The skull is quite unintentional lol.

Control:

• AG1: Afterburner
• AG2: Airbrake
• AG3: Arm Air to Air missile
• AG4: Arm Guided bomb
• AG5: Fuel Probe
• AG6: Activate SINTREX Targeting motor (change to SINTREX camera view first)
• AG7: Jetison guided bomb and tank
• AG8: Parking (Canopy)
• Trim: Trim
• VTOL: Flaps

There's a side switch panel for light right next to the HOTAS.

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Weapon Briefing:

- Grand Strike MK IV Guided bomb

Guided bomb similar to US JDAM series, guided by GPS and inertial. An improvement from my old Grand Strike MK II. This particular is on 1000lb / 500kg class munition. The operational range could be way higher but I set it for a more realistic sp performance.

Specification
Operational range: 8 km
Max targeting angle: 60
Guidance: GPS, Inertial
Weight: 500 kg / 1000lb

- BVR-21 Arjuna BVRAAM

Beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile (BVRAAM), using air ducted rocket and ram engine to achieve longer range, similar to MDMA Meteor. Ideal for interception. Could be used in a dogfight but with limited performance.

Specification
Operational range: 210 km
Max Speed: Mach 4.5
Max targeting angle: 60
Guidance: Active radar homing

- AIM-9X SRAAM

Short air to air missile made by Blue0bull (KAI KF-6A Caraca). A very agile missile with 180-degree detection angle. Combined with aircraft maneuverability to achieve a formidable dogfighter.

Specification
Operational range: 20 km
Max targeting angle: 180
Guidance: IR

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Other Air Power Pack:

FAD-38 Tomboy (Link)

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Cinematic Video Showcase: Link

Credit:
- Inertia cockpit spring and some cockpit gauge by Guyfolk
- Guyfolks dummy pilot
- Modified Custom Nozzle Afterburner Engine by CheeseTruffles
- F-15E Wing tip and elevator by 2Papi2Chulo
- Cockpit Side Panel by GhostTeam
- Glimiter code by tomlin5412 or m^?G?M??§t?G¹T2? (Mangomaster1024) in FT Discord

Gallery

Note

• Feel free to take the missile
• I use high physics when building this so use the same setting
• If your device cannot run this, try to set every quality setting to low
• To get optimal pitch/turn rate, deploy airbrake, full trim and flap, and maintain speed below Mach 0.62 / 765 kmh by adjusting the throttle. Will do better if jettison drop tank and air to ground munition
• Part damaged when firing gun: it is intentional for gunfire smoke effect. It just registered as hit, and deal no health decrease

I use blueprints that I made myself and Squirrel's FS-21 Flanker Eagle to made this thing. The said blueprints is this

Its F-15 body with Flanker LERX, Rafale wing and Super Hornet dogtooth

Tempted to fill this thing with missiles to the point of 0.5 TWR but part would be very unfriendly to everyone. Probably would turn SP.exe to SP.ppt