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USMC RA-5C VMFP-3

740 Wildblueyonder578  1.1 years ago
Auto Credit Based on SonsoftheMoth's RA-5C Vigilante

This is a fictional United States Marine Corps RA-5C operated by the USMC’s sole reconissance squadron, VMFP-3 “Eyes of the Corps”. In this fictional scenario after the squadron’s creation in the mid 70’s, instead of operating RF-4B’s like in real life, the squadron acquired these aircraft after the US Navy retired it’s fleet of RA-5C’s in the early 70s and used them all the way up until the squadron’s deactivation in 1990. I modeled this aicraft’s livery to how VMFP-3’s phantom’s looked like in the early 80’s when they were still operating off of the carrier USS Midway. This aircraft is purely a cosmetic change from the original publisher’s aircraft (excluding the removal of weapons excluding the nuke) and all credit is to go towards the publisher for the original aircraft. (On a side note, for weight and balance purposes I did NOT remove the nuke from the aft store bay, for your information.) I hope you guys like the cosmetic change I made and i’d appreciate any advice, thank you guys!

General Characteristics

  • Predecessor RA-5C Vigilante
  • Created On iOS
  • Wingspan 52.4ft (16.0m)
  • Length 77.0ft (23.5m)
  • Height 23.5ft (7.2m)
  • Empty Weight 39,217lbs (17,788kg)
  • Loaded Weight 94,525lbs (42,876kg)

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 2.132
  • Wing Loading 75.1lbs/ft2 (366.5kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 1,259.4ft2 (117.0m2)
  • Drag Points 12448

Parts

  • Number of Parts 572
  • Control Surfaces 6
  • Performance Cost 2,738