Lore:

Beleit C-9E "Allegro Advanced"

The Beleit C-9E Allegro Advanced, or Stallion, is a 4th generation multirole fighter derived from the C-9. It was designed to combine the capabilities of the F/C-8 Peregrine and C-9 Allegro in a single package, while also giving it the capabilities to carry newer specialized equipment. The Allegro Advanced and its derivatives can be distinguished from earlier C-9 variants by its larger nose cone, which fits a more powerful radar, and its canted vertical stabilizers. Some derivatives of the Allegro Advanced may feature two seat cockpits, more powerful engines, canards, electronic warfare capabilities, and/or nuclear bomb delivery mechanisms, along other things.

Design and Background

The C-9's design can be traced to an earlier Beleit proposal for a compact variant of the F/C-8, which engineers chose to improve on as a more sustainable aircraft for drawn out deployments due to lower operation costs. Specifically, the engineers aimed to create a smaller, cheaper, and more easily modifiable strike aircraft for the navy with the C-9's design.

The C-9's early models were equipped with two AviaTech SLa-T29 afterburning turbojet engines each capable of producing up to 50 kN of dry thrust and 80 kN of afterburning thrust (note: engine thrust is significantly greater in game in favor of performance) that enabled it to reach speeds up to 2,100 km/h at high altitudes, while later variants were equipped with SLa-14 afterburning turbofan engines which allowed it to reach over 2,500 km/h at high altitudes.

The C-9 would see many modifications over the course of its service history, both by the State Federation of the Asian Union and foreign operators of the aircraft.

Specifications (C-9E)

General Characteristics

• Crew: 1
• Length: 17.3m
• Wingspan: 13.3m
• Width (parked): 8.7m
• Height: 4.7m
• Wing area: 61.6 m^2
• Empty weight: 8,393kg
• Maximum takeoff weight: [UNDISCLOSED]
• Engines: 2x SLa-14 afterburning turbojet

Performance

• Maximum speed: ~2,000 km/h at ~10,000m
• Cruise speed: ~1,300 km/h at ~10,000m
• Wing loading: 326.4 kg/m^2
• Thrust to weight ratio: ~0.81

Armament

• Guns: 1x 20mm Garisson Aircraft Cannon
• Hardpoints: 7 with provisions for:
  
  
  
  • SAAM-14B1 Hellfire IIA
  
  
  • AAM-11B Viper II
  
  
  • AGM-48 Skybolt
  
  
  • Mk.81 250lb bomb (and retarded variant)
  
  
  • Mk.82 500lb bomb
  
  
  • Mk.83 1000lb bomb
  
  
  • Drop tanks
    
    *AGM-65 Jubilee
  
  
  • And more
  
  

Avionics

AMR-85 X-Band Pulse Doppler Radar
RWR
IRST
Navigation
Autopilot
Bombing guidance
Ranging radar
IFF transponder

Creator's note

Still using Chocodabean's cockpit, but modified.

Alternative Loadouts

C-9F [COMING SOON]

Instructions

1: Cockpit
2: Disable AoA Limiter
3: Drag Chute
4: Arresting Hook + Eject drop tank
5: Eject weapons
6: Afterburner
7: Refueling Probe
8: Eject
Throttle>95% + Activate6 = Afterburning Thrust

VTOL down for Flaps
Trim for Trim