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AAC F-45 "Nagareboshi"

19.5k ACMECo1940  6.3 years ago

This had taken a lot of time for me to get right. I'm not very good at making jets, so it's not good, but it's as good as I can go with this plane.


The ACME Aircraft Company's F-45 "Nagareboshi" is a multirole attack fighter designed in the early 1980's. The design was made as a response to the A-10 Thunderbolt, which it was to become a replacement of, but it never did. The plane was a cross of the legendary Gloster Meteor and the A-10 itself.

The name was coined when the chief designer was taking leave over in Japan. He happened to stumble upon a series called Urusei Yatsura. The main character, who is named Ataru Moroboshi, inspired this. His name roughly translates to "to be struck by a falling star". The Japanese word for shooting star is nagareboshi, so he decided that it would be a good name and he recommended it to the team, who used it for the aircraft.

The first few test flights at the Bonneville Salt Flats proved to be unsuccessful. The team, who were now called the Stormtroopers, worked on the aircraft for about a year before they finally got it working right. The official test flight took place on July 6, 1983. The plane went into mass production when the U.S. Air Force ordered 1,200 of them. The first one rolled out of the ACME Aircraft production factory 2-A on November 30, 1983.

Specifications

2x Rockets

2x Interceptors

2x Infernos

2x Boom 25s

2x Torpedos

2x Rocket Pods

1x Mini-gun

2x Parachutes (AG1)

48x Flares


Price: $25,000-45,000

Cost to build: $50,000-65,200

Cost to operate: $30,000-40,000

Time to produce: 2-3 months

Date of test flight: July 6, 1983


Anyone willing to purchase this aircraft for their own Air Force, comment down below on the quantity and we'll work out a price.

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General Characteristics

  • Created On Mac
  • Wingspan 31.8ft (9.7m)
  • Length 34.8ft (10.6m)
  • Height 12.9ft (3.9m)
  • Empty Weight 21,395lbs (9,705kg)
  • Loaded Weight 28,284lbs (12,829kg)

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 1.43
  • Wing Loading 73.2lbs/ft2 (357.3kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 386.5ft2 (35.9m2)
  • Drag Points 3614

Parts

  • Number of Parts 66
  • Control Surfaces 7
  • Performance Cost 469