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VIF-7 Caiquen

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A fictional Light VTOL Fighter Made in a prupose of being for Fast and Cheap manufacturation, and small to hide it wherever you can imagine

Lore of the Model:

The Chilean Airforce started to need ideas for a new indigenous Jet Fighter. for a possible a Post-Invaded War Scenery. The new Fighter must be economic, easy and fast to made and maintain, numerously and small, and Preferable with STOVL or VTOL capabilities... Enaer, the National Company show two concept models that can fit in the need: The CDCA148, and the CDC152.

2 Years later the XVIF-6 (CDCA148) and the XVIF-7 (CDC152) has Started the flight tests, The XVIF-6 was a STOVL Model that uses One CLJ-85-GE-47 That are a Improved, licence-made J-85 child that is a TurboFan instead of a turbojet, making it more fuel efficient, with a power of 4650Lb on military thrust, with the intake in the top to avoiding the possible damage caused for dirt of random objects suck, also reduces a lot the danger of flameouts caused by the hot air re-ingestion that where in most VTOL Jets.
the prototype was inefficient for the lack of power and excessively small size, much smaller than the XVIF-7.

The XVIF-7 was a model that uses 2 CLJ-85-GE-47 instead of one, making it much more capable than its rival, for the tiny size the fighter can be hidden in houses, medium car garages, into the forest, even in tunnels or undergound bunkers, delivery ships, or just deploy it in huge quantities in military bases. the XVIF-7 was rapidly aproved, and start the production model only 1 year later, being the VIF-7 "Caiquen"


the XVIF-7 and the production model has not much diferences, it only changes the shape of the Ruddervators, the landing gear position and the prototype has no weapons and radar

the production model it's equipped with a improved Elta EL/M 2032 Radar with a cover range between 40 to 60km, one Pontiac M39A2 internal gun, 4 Hardpoints for multiple weapons compatibility, that generally are light bombs, Rocket Pods, Aim-9 or Python Family Short Range AirToAir missiles and AIM-120 or Derby VBR medium range missiles, radar jammers and external countermeasures dispensers. for maintain it the lightest possible, the fighter has no armor

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General Characteristics

  • Successors 1 airplane(s) +7 bonus
  • Created On Windows
  • Wingspan 20.9ft (6.4m)
  • Length 30.1ft (9.2m)
  • Height 7.8ft (2.4m)
  • Empty Weight 3,757lbs (1,704kg)
  • Loaded Weight 10,492lbs (4,759kg)

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 0.95
  • Wing Loading 98.5lbs/ft2 (481.0kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 106.5ft2 (9.9m2)
  • Drag Points 1165

Parts

  • Number of Parts 112
  • Control Surfaces 4
  • Performance Cost 649