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BM.Industries GAH-90 ' toter Engel'

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Manufacturer
BM.Industries (United Kingdom / Sünderland )

introduction year
2002

cost
12 mil euros

weaponry
8x Tourney air-to-surface missiles 6.4 km range

2x Tourney HDMG-14 rocket pods

2x Westerly air-to-surface long range missiles 16 km lock on range

1x BM.Industries 30mm high explosive cannon 4200 rpm 70 rounds per sec

Description
The BM.Industries GAH-90 is a support plane primarily designed for ground attack.

The GAH-90 was part of a project directed by the Sunderland government to go side by side with the AP-2000. during the test phases in early 2003. the GAH-90 from BM.Industries performed the most admirably taking out 47 out of the 50 targets during the test beating out the AP-2000 with a 40% increase in performance.

The GAH-90 is fully produced with 7075 grade aluminium giving the plane around a total weight of 12 .6 tonnes

The GAH-90 can reach a top speed of about 460 MPH at around 3000ft above sea level and in terms of manoeuvrability it has an impressive turn time of around 16 seconds .

Options

VTOL: flaps

Trim: air brakes

AG1: Navigation lights

AG2: activate flares & chaffs

Spotlights

General Characteristics

  • Predecessor CAS Challenge
  • Successors 1 airplane(s)
  • Created On Windows
  • Wingspan 40.0ft (12.2m)
  • Length 47.3ft (14.4m)
  • Height 11.3ft (3.5m)
  • Empty Weight 23,361lbs (10,596kg)
  • Loaded Weight 27,906lbs (12,658kg)

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 1.449
  • Wing Loading 33.1lbs/ft2 (161.6kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 843.3ft2 (78.3m2)
  • Drag Points 8455

Parts

  • Number of Parts 317
  • Control Surfaces 9
  • Performance Cost 1,377