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Lionoux L.1128 Typhon

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Hello again! Didn't expect a new aircraft so soon, did you?
My last plane was my best, the apex of what I can, at the moment, achieve, and this, well, is something I am not proud of, Hopefully, it will be my worst plane of 2026. I simply wanted to submit this to the challenge, because I like the design, especially the underside, but feel that I could of done better.

This will certainly be one of the designs I redo in SP2. AH, with that, I am sad to announce that most likely I will not be able to create planes for SP2, as my laptop cannot run the build mode (and strangely, only the build mode) of the demos, but I will still download and compliment new, SP2 only builds.

Credits: Bryan5 for their Matra Magic Missile
ASBE for the radar.
Striderxxl for the HUD.

LORE:
The Lionoux L.1128 (nicknamed the Typhon, french for Typhoon), was a 1950s testbed and interceptor, the new Lionoux L.1330 (Typhon B though D models) a dedicated Air Superiority fighter, and the Lionoux L.1539 (E and F models) were ground attack oriented. As the family evolved, more and more alterations were added, but this was the common ancestor of all of them was the L.1128

First flying in 1957, two years after its competition of the Dassault Mirage. Inferior to the Mirage 3 in most manners, it was relegated to secondary squadrons. It was operated as a testbed well until 1965, where it was decided that new aircraft would be used as test bed, such as L.1330 models, which equaled the Mirage in combat capability.

Ultimately, the Typhon A did not stand out, but the family its basic design principles spawned showed incredible capabilities.

General Characteristics

  • Created On Windows
  • Wingspan 33.1ft (10.1m)
  • Length 48.1ft (14.7m)
  • Height 12.9ft (3.9m)
  • Empty Weight 12,750lbs (5,783kg)
  • Loaded Weight 18,327lbs (8,313kg)

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 6.253
  • Wing Loading 37.4lbs/ft2 (182.7kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 489.8ft2 (45.5m2)
  • Drag Points 3773

Parts

  • Number of Parts 325
  • Control Surfaces 5
  • Performance Cost 2,251