Auto Credit Based on Pilotmario's Bandit-Axe Raider A-7A Attacker
(1-6) releases underwing stores. (7) activates drag chute. VTOL controls air brakes. A significant overhaul of the type, incorporating triple pylons, a twin-engine configuration, drag chute, air brakes, revised air frame, and enhanced maneuverability. It shares 50% parts commonality with its predecessor. Compared to the Pummeler, it can carry more ordnance and fly faster, farther, higher. The excellent balance provides improved handling and take-off performance. In addition, thanks to its air brakes and drag chute, it can land on incredibly short runways. The satisfactory performance of the type means it will be a part of the Paternian Air Force arsenal for a long time, and may even replace the aging A-1 Pummeler.
Specifications
General Characteristics
- Predecessor Bandit-Axe Raider A-7A Attacker
- Created On Windows
- Wingspan 55.1ft (16.8m)
- Length 47.6ft (14.5m)
- Height 13.8ft (4.2m)
- Empty Weight 25,882lbs (11,739kg)
- Loaded Weight 39,996lbs (18,141kg)
Performance
- Power/Weight Ratio 1.685
- Wing Loading 81.1lbs/ft2 (395.8kg/m2)
- Wing Area 493.4ft2 (45.8m2)
- Drag Points 5008
Parts
- Number of Parts 161
- Control Surfaces 8
- Performance Cost 1,055
ERMAGERD ITS HUGE
@SimpleTechAndResearch Most certainly!
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@Pilotmario Can I modify it to improve its Agility?
We're working on it. Considering more CoM adjustments. @JakeTheDogg
Do you realize how thick a bomb casing is?
Along the lines of "need precise shot from .50BMG API at 500m" thick.
A missile blast is most likely to cause more airframe damage than detonate said munitions.
I have never heard of an aircraft who was brought down solely through the detonation of external munitions.
In short, it's a non-issue. @JakeTheDogg
From 37mm cannons. @Mudkip
@Pilotmario Meh......
I mean, if you hit it enough times, it will eventually fall out of the sky, like any airplane.
In this case, it's several hundred times. @Mudkip
@Pilotmario They shot this down.
And your types? This thing has armor alright. It's a flying tank. @Mudkip
@Pilotmario
This ain't affective anyway
One shot and boom.
Bomb bays were designed so that the aircraft can carry bombs inside the plane in order to remove the parasitic drag which external loads do.
Plus, numerous modern aircraft use externally-mounted ordnance and have no issue in regard to bomb detonation from enemy fire. It is significantly more likely ground fire will inflict sufficient airframe damage to bring an aircraft down than detonating external bomb loads. @MemeKingIndustriesAndMegaCorporation
PSL-1C, single layer; around cockpit, vital components, and engines. 25mm titanium firewall between engines. @Supermini555
@Pilotmario IDK MAN maybe SOMETHING CALLED SHRAPNEL? AND MAYBE THATS WHY THERES "BOMB BAYS"?
Depends where you hit. The engines are separated by a 25mm firewall. @MemeKingIndustriesAndMegaCorporation
IKV-91.......I cannot stop myself.@Pilotmario
Armour value? @Pilotmario
@Pilotmario One Shot and boom goes the plane. its so vulnerable its not even funny lmfao @Supermini555 @GoldenEagle
Cooldown... Why?
@Pilotmario Ok and Im in!
Or you can buy up 500 Pummeler A-1E with that money, including spares.
As we are downsizing our armies in our combat with Persia (it's another RP I may interest you in), we have a large number of Pummeler A-1s we have in store.
The type, while proving very effective over 150 years after it was built, has a cult following, and the symbol of Paternian military prowess, is getting old. The A-6 Anvil, another foreign type adopted by the PAF, proved capable of doing what the Pummeler can do at lower costs. The A-7 Raider, as made by Bandit, is a vastly superior aircraft in most respects, being faster, more maneuverable, harder-hitting, and more resilient to ground fire.
This leaves us with a large number of surplus Pummelers, which will undoubtedly see its end in a scrapyard, in the service of a foreign military, or sold at a fraction of the purchase price to civilian buyers. @GALM1
@Pilotmario Deal
Great! $3.5 million per jet, excluding spares. @GALM1
@Pilotmario mmmmm Sure!