(Thumbnail images show: 1. Fisher Girl conducting a fly-by in the 2001 Nekoshiman Air Festival. 2. An unidentified Red Feline Squadron NT6-35(43) bombing a Lochiwan aircraft carrier.)

Tsubasaneko NT6-35 Flying Sabre

The Tsubasaneko NT6-35 "Flying Sabre" is a long-range carrier-capable fighter aircraft manufactured by Tsubasaneko Industries, a former part of the Nekoshima Air Force Industrial Branch (NAFIB) from 1935 to 1944. The NT6-35 was designated as the Nekoshima type 6 carrier fighter (?????????, Nekoshima Roku-shiki Kanjo Sentoki), or the Tsubasaneko NT6-35 "Flying Sabre" known in the Nekoshima Navy Air Corps. as "Rokusen" (??, sixth fighter) after its type designation, but it was more commonly referred to as "Seiba" or "Sabre".

1943 image of Fisher Girl, an NT6-35(43) stationed in Nyancastle South Airbase as 3A-23.

The Sabre is considered to have been an extremely capable carrier-based fighter in the world when it was introduced early in the Nekoshiman Patriotic War, combining unusual light weight, excellent maneuverability, high airspeed and very long range. The Nekoshima Navy Air Corps. also frequently used it more as a land-based fighter due to Nekoshima only having a single aircraft carrier.

In early combat operations, the Sabre gained a reputation as a dogfighter after achieving high amounts of kills against hostile aircraft due to their outstanding agility, but by mid-1943 a combination of new tactics and the introduction of better equipment, aircraft, and capture and reverse-engineering of Sabres enabled Allied pilots to engage the Sabre on generally equal terms. By the early months of 1944, the decline in pilot quantity in the Nekoshima Army Air Force contributed to making the Sabre less effective against larger numbers of newer, more heavily armed Allied fighters. The Sabre lacked hydraulic boosting for its ailerons and rudder, rendering it difficult to maneuver at high speeds and suffering rudder flutter past 450 km/h. Lack of self-sealing fuel tanks also made it more vulnerable and explosive than its contemporaries due to the high amounts of fuel loaded in it.

The NT6-35 Flying Sabre remained as the frontline fighter of the Nekoshima Army Air Force from 1935 until 1945 —due to the lack of aircraft designs— with the Second Republic of Nekoshima's surrender to the Lochiwan Army.

Three members of the 12th Fighter Group "Red Felines" (Top to Bottom: Cutlass 3B-22, Fisher Girl 3B-23, Huntress 3B-10) from Nyancastle North. Image taken in December of 1943.

Her Dance Partners

Anglia: Mariner M.50 Seadragon by Noname
Hidden: Soon

Gameplay

AI friendly variant for dogfighting!

Activation Groups and their purpose:
1. Open the canopy.
2. Turn engine on.
3. Activate Combat/Landing Flaps.
4. Activate Rudder for yaw! Note: it kinda acts as a...gyro?
5. Activate Ailerons for rolls.
6. Gyroscope for afk/long flights (just for gameplay relaxation tbh lol)
7. Activate Elevators to allow pitch controls.
8. Activate G/AoA-limiter (Realism mode)

Notes:

1. Wing flutter may be experienced beyond 500 km/h but it is part of the aircraft! She was designed in 1943, and was completely stripped of unnecessary parts to achieve the intricate light weight and low wing loading.
2. Rudder and wing flutter might cause issues where you roll without input. I don't know how to fix it, but I will try to make up for it with future creations, apologies.
3. Guns are rotated to converge at 0.2 km/200 metres.
4. Parts of the NT6-35 have weaker health than some in relation to weight. It was for realism and lighter weight. Be evasive, ninja!
5. Despite the cockpit interior, she is not VR-Compatible (unfortunately) and I apologise for the missed opportunity.
6. Recommended throttle is 80% (I think).
7. I actually translated to Kanji but SP site isn't compatible with non latin text I'm so disappointed about it ToT

Credits:

Test Pilots/Critics(???):
1. Noname9(18^8+1)
2. OverlordPrime
3. MIGFOXHOUND31BSM26(your name is so long)
4. Provider

Funkies and others:
1. Noname9(18^8+1) for cockpit interior work, photographs and binding for damage* detection.
2. Mahoots: Rudder YawRate FT (modified)
3. lemoose: AoA and G limiter for ailerons and elevators (heavily modified) from his Su-27!

Me address:

• Guten abend allerseits! It has been nigh six months since my last post. It wasn't only due to laziness, but rest, exploration, socializing, focusing on school stuff (been great), and phone issues. I dropped my phone off a public transport last year December and it shattered but was still functional, just the LCD and screen protector, but thankfully the lady that picked it up was kind enough to call my aunt with my SIM card and she gave it back to my sister, hence, me! I would've loved to give that kind lady a hug. Oh right, I also turned 18 this year so- this is my first post as a young adult! Hallelujah I guess!? If you waited for me the whole hiatus, I want to thank you so much! It would probably take a little longer than my previous publishing rate due to a possible increase in obsession with details (and possibly realism). But I hope you are all patient and doing- darn well!

~BoredDeffy, 5 month hiatuseé!

If you read the address, have this!

(Posted in May 27, 2025 00:31 Unknown Standard Time, UST)