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We are excited to unveil our first ever (mostly) original design, the

Jolter A-12 Badger

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The Jolter A-12 Badger is a Carrier-Based Ground Attack Aircraft, capable of dealing with both land and sea targets.

Design

The A-12 Badger's overall design is a heavily modified variant of this seaplane. To start with, the seaplane's pontoons were removed from the airframe. The next thing to go was the passenger cabin, which was replaced with fuel tanks and mechanical stuff no one cares about. After the cabin was the engine. As you can tell, the propulsion system was heavily reworked to suit the needs of the STAR Naval Program. The A-12 Badger is propelled by two Jolter-manufactured Plasma Engines. Do not ask how they work, as I have no clue. The airframe itself was also rebuilt with standard Jolter-manufactured materials to improve its survivability in combat.

Weapons

Air-To-Air:
- 2x AAM-11 Ghost (Mid-Range, Must Maintain Lock)

Air-To-Surface:
- 4x PGM-36 Lancer (Mid-Range, Anti-Ship, Fire and Forget)
- 4x PGM-16 Pixie (Short-Mid Range, Anti-Tank, Fire and Forget)

Other:
- PFG-15 Dragonfly (20mm Machine Gun)

Controls

VTOL Down: Flaps
AG1: Turn On/Off Landing Lights
AG2: Fold/Unfold Wings
When folded, the wings are just low enough to stop the plane from moving.
AG3: Jettison All Weapons
AG4: Lower/Raise Arresting Hook
AG5: Turn On/Off Formation Lights
AG6: Turn On/Off Stability Gyroscope
AG7: Bail Out
AG8: Turn On/Off Navigation, Beacon, and Strobe Lights

Procedures

Takeoff:

1. Set VTOL (Flaps) to -50%
2. Set Throttle to or above 75%

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Landing:

1. Set throttle to anywhere between 20-30%
2. Activate 6 (Turns on the stability gyroscope) [optional]
3. Set VTOL (Flaps) to -100%
4. Use airbrakes as necessary
 (Try to keep the plane at less than 250 miles / 400 kilometers per hour)

When you touch the runway:
1. Set throttle to 0%
2. Apply maximum brakes

Carrier landing is a lot harder.

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Carrier Landing:

1. Set throttle to anywhere between 15-25%
2. Activate 3 (Jettison all missiles)
3. Activate 4 (Lowers arresting hook)
4. Activate 6 (Turns on the stability gyroscope) [recommended]
5. Set VTOL (Flaps) to -100%
6. Use airbrakes as necessary
 (Try to keep the plane at less than 250 miles / 400 kilometers per hour)

As soon as you catch the wire:
1. Apply maximum brakes
2. Set throttle to 0%
3. Hope and pray that you and your plane survive

Some Pictures I Took

A-12 Patrolling Wright Isles

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A-12 In Combat

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A-12 on the USS Beast Deck

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A-12 Above the Krakabloan Volcano

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I've been slowly improving this aircraft for a little over a year, but not every day of the week. Today, it was finally complete.

Enjoy, and

THANKS FOR BRONZE!!!

Side note:
This will probably be one of, if not, the last upload before school starts on September 8th. I want to thank the kind people who appreciate what I do. I also want to thank the people who have upvoted my designs for getting me to bronze before school started. Hopefully, I will still be able to check in every once in a while, just no uploads that take the amount of time this one did.
TL,DR: Not quitting, just have to deal with school first.

link to original aircraft

Feedback and upvotes are appreciated.