The RAF has no close air support airplane, and this is what I think one would look like.
Close air support planes are designed to support troops by engaging enemy targets like tanks and infantry using a mixture of bombs, missiles, and their main weapon of a massive gun, for use on tanks.
My design uses structural panels in a canard arrangement as the front part of the delta wing, with the guns (1x 25mm Bushmaster and one 50cal in each canard), and a rocket pod slung under each canard. These can be tilted up and down using the VTOL channel, so that you can strafe a target whilst in level flight, but you need to use camera 1, and the spike can be used as a sight. The main gun is a minigun in the nose (does not tilt) modified to replicate a Bushmaster IV 40mm autocannon, a monster of a gun that can penetrate in excess of 15cm of armour. (Group 8 to deactivate) I did originally have it so it could destroy the bridge but this would defy the point of rockets.
Also, bombs and infernos are carried.
Thanks to @skua for the excellent roundel, and have fun destroying bridges and shooting carriers.
Specifications
General Characteristics
- Predecessor very light jet (delta)
- Created On Windows
- Wingspan 50.6ft (15.4m)
- Length 34.4ft (10.5m)
- Height 11.4ft (3.5m)
- Empty Weight 6,439lbs (2,920kg)
- Loaded Weight 12,236lbs (5,550kg)
Performance
- Power/Weight Ratio 0.55
- Wing Loading 7.4lbs/ft2 (36.0kg/m2)
- Wing Area 1,661.7ft2 (154.4m2)
- Drag Points 1919
Parts
- Number of Parts 77
- Control Surfaces 14
- Performance Cost 524
@pike101 my version isn't better now because I haven't made it yet. Use the future tense next time. Also, there is no way to make my own 'version' of this aircraft as it doesn't exist in real life.
@WNP78 you can make your own version if you think its better
I like the concept of the rotating canard, and the sights with the camera, but I think the doubled up wing kind of defeats the point of putting on emblems and stuff to make it look 'real'