Grumman A-6E Intruder

"What's for breakfast? 2000lb Laser-Guided Bomb GBU-10 Paveway II"

• The Grumman A-6 Intruder is a twinjet, all-weather subsonic attack aircraft developed and manufactured by American aircraft company Grumman Aerospace. It was formerly operated by the U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps.

• The A-6 was designed in response to a 1957 requirement issued by the Bureau of Aeronautics for an all-weather attack aircraft for Navy long-range interdiction missions and with short takeoff and landing (STOL) capability for Marine close air support. It was to replace the piston-engined Douglas A-1 Skyraider. The requirement allowed either single or twin-engined aircraft, as well as either turbojet or turboprop-based engines. The winning proposal from Grumman was powered by a pair of Pratt & Whitney J52 turbojet engines. The A-6 was the first U.S. Navy aircraft to have an integrated airframe and weapons system. Operated by a crew of two in a side-by-side seating configuration, the workload was divided between the pilot and weapons officer (bombardier/navigator or BN). In addition to conventional munitions, it could also carry nuclear weapons, which would be delivered using toss bombing techniques.

• The Grumman A-6 Intruder is a two-seat twin-engined monoplane, equipped to perform carrier-based attack missions regardless of prevailing weather or light conditions. The cockpit used an unusual double pane windscreen and side-by-side seating arrangement in which the pilot sat in the left seat, while the bombardier/navigator (BN) sat to the right and slightly below to give the pilot an adequate view on that side. In addition to a radar display for the BN, a unique instrumentation feature for the pilot was a cathode ray tube screen that was known as the Vertical Display Indicator (VDI). This display provided a synthetic representation of the world in front of the aircraft, along with steering cues provided by the BN, enabling head-down navigation and attack at night and in all weather conditions.

• For its day, the Intruder had sophisticated avionics, with a high degree of integration. To aid in identifying and isolating equipment malfunctions, the aircraft was provided with automatic diagnostic systems, some of the earliest computer-based analytic equipment developed for aircraft. These were known as Basic Automated Checkout Equipment, or BACE (pronounced "base"). There were two levels, known as "Line BACE" to identify specific malfunctioning systems in the aircraft, while in the hangar or on the flight line; and "Shop BACE", to exercise and analyze individual malfunctioning systems in the maintenance shop. This equipment was manufactured by Litton Industries. Together, the BACE systems greatly reduced the Maintenance Man-Hours per Flight Hour, a key index of the cost and effort needed to keep military aircraft operating.

Controls:

Standard Aircraft Controls

AG1 : Open Canopy
AG4 : Jettison Weapons
AG5 : Seat Ejection System
AG6 : Fold Wings
AG7 : Arrestor Hook

Armaments :

Outer Pylons
- L : AGM-88 HARM
- R : AGM-88 HARM

Inner Pylons
- L : 2x 2000lb LDGP Mk. 84
- R : 2x 2000lb LDGP Mk. 84

Center Pylon
- GBU-27 Paveway II
(arming range is around ≈6km)

(fuck i forgot countermeasures..)

Extra Pictures :

Notes:

• Nighttime post 💤 💤 😴, I 100% bet this would get attention in the next morning lol

• My first aircraft in a while, its very refreshing to do a complete different build for a while..

• As you might have guessed, the build is NOT final, there are bugs that I, 100% sure it would come out

• In addition to that, I might go into a long hiatus after this, I myself won't even know when will I come back.

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Credits :

• Inuyasha8215 for USS Oriskany CVA-34 used as prop
• EliteArsenals34 for the AGM-88 HARM used on this build
  

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so, enjoy