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DHC F/A-468M Dunkelhund III

Document I: Control Manual

The controls for the aircraft are specified below:

• AG1 : N/A
• AG2 : Toggle Missile Activation [Multiplayer-friendly!]
• AG3 : Toggle Autopilot
• AG4 : Toggle Vector Thrust Control
• AG5 : Jettison Weapon Racks [Press when all racks are empty for better flight performance.]
• AG6 : N/A
• AG7 : N/A
• AG8 : Toggle Navigational Lights
• Brakes : Brakes
• Brakes + Pitch Down: Level Flight while Braking
• Take-off Throttle : 10%
• Cruise Throttle [Cruise Altitude] : 20%
• Cruise Throttle [Service Ceiling] : 40%
• Landing Throttle and Speed : 1-4%, ~250mph

Document II: Description

Document II.A: Synopsis

The F/A-468M is a single-seat multirole fighter created by the Corporation for the German Luftwaffe and is its sixteenth aircraft. It is the culmination of Darkhound's decades of experience in producing military aircraft by mixing together elements of their previous products and adding new features to create this well-rounded fighter.

Document II.B: Design

The Dunkelhund III uses the Corporation's old but still potent VII.ADG engines fIrst used on the Corvo, which directly preceded the F/A-468M's namesake predecessor. The design of the Darkhound III's main body and the upper half of its engine nacelles took inspirations from Darkhound's previous Arthur, its wing shape and the lower half of its nacelles were taken from the XFA-401, and the configuration of its foils are drawn from the Corporation's first variable-sweep wing fighter, the XFA-328 Phönix.

Document II.C: Armament

The Darkhound III uses a brand new weapons suite, featuring the brand-new Umgeben.V411 Long-range AESA Radar. The new radar set complements the BVRMPM-332 that can lock at air targets from 40 kilometers away and at surface targets from 15 kilometers. The MPM-293 is more inclined for medium-range to close dogfights, with a maximum 15 kilometer lock range for both air and ground targets. A new feature that debuts on the F/A-468M are retracting guns, which are DHC MR-20Z rotary guns used numerous times on its predecessors. However, instead of ammunition loaded from the rear and to the side, bullets are feeded directly to the side. The gun's length dimension is able to be made more compact, and garnered it the name MR-20ZK "Kurz".

Document II.D: Production

The Dunkelhund III currently has 22 prototype units and 145 production units as of early 2031, though the Corporation plans to build 1,750 production units by the late 2030s and keep them up and running to the 2090s and even beyond. Like the F/A-168M, it was called "Dunkles Herz" and "Bluteborne", alongside new affectionate nicknames from Luftwaffe pilots of "Wyvern", "Scharfschützin", and "Schwarzerot Riesin".

Document III: Aircraft Specifications

Note: All speed measurements are taken in Indicated Airspace, which doesn't necessarily tell True Airspeed. The measurements were also taken with a fully-loaded weapon payload.

Crew: 1: Pilot
Powerplant: 2x DHC Wilhelm VII.ADG afterburning turbofan engines
Cruise Altitude: 25,000ft
Service Ceiling: 45,000ft
Maximum speed [Cruise Altitude]: 920mph [Mach 1.2]
Maximum speed [Service Ceiling]: 585mph [Mach 0.7]
Cruising speed [Cruise Altitude]: 405mph
Cruising speed [Service Ceiling]: 350mph

Document IV: Weapon Loadout

The aircraft's weapon payload is specified below:

• 2x DHC MR-20ZK 20mm "Kurz" Rotary Guns
• 4x DHC BVRMPM-332 Multirole Missiles
• 18x DHC MPM-293 Multirole Missiles

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