Your Nation's Air Force Mark II:

[New Vihenia]

The internal weapons bay has a width of 1.1 metres, so it may fit, depending on the height. I know the BrahMos is meant to be installed on the FGFA, I'm wondering if it could be carried alone internally.

The width might be 1.1 meters BUT The depth ? Remember that the Brahmos also need it's supporting pylons. It might end up having height of 1.3 or 1.5 m.

FGFA Will certainly carry Brahmos Externally OR.. Develop smaller version of it.

[The Kievan People]

It's coming...

[Tulacia]

Does this seem like too ridiculous for a modern fighter? I'm imagining something of a cross between an F-22 and an SU-30:



I have no imagination, so I just steal my old toys for ideas...

[New Vihenia]

Does this seem like too ridiculous for a modern fighter? I'm imagining something of a cross between an F-22 and an SU-30:

(Image)

I have no imagination, so I just steal my old toys for ideas...

no.. it need more refinements.

Conceptual design part of aircraft often came up with unusual shapes and drawings. For example the first airliner De-Havilland Comet. Do you believe that the first conceptual drawing of Comet depicts rocketlike delta-canard aircraft with flush mounted jet engine ?

[Tulacia]

Does this seem like too ridiculous for a modern fighter? I'm imagining something of a cross between an F-22 and an SU-30:

(Image)

I have no imagination, so I just steal my old toys for ideas...

no.. it need more refinements.

Conceptual design part of aircraft often came up with unusual shapes and drawings. For example the first airliner De-Havilland Comet. Do you believe that the first conceptual drawing of Comet depicts rocketlike delta-canard aircraft with flush mounted jet engine ?

I plan on cutting back on the wing a little bit to allow room for the tailplane to be implemented, and make the engines more pronounced underneath. I'm taking an engineering class so when we're not doing actual classwork many a design will be sketched and played with in Inventor.

[The Ukrainian Navy and Sea Guard]

Hey everybody. My interest was less in cost effectiveness than it was towards combat effectiveness, specifically trying to figure out would would be most in line with previous combat experience with Be-12s and An-26s (of which Ukraine's Navy has two each). I have heard that the Be-12 could carry AShM's, but have not found mention of what specific model, and never seen one mounted on a Be-12. What's more, Ukraine appears to lack any dedicated AShM's, possessing only Kh-29, 25, and 23 AGMs, of which only the very short range Kh-25/3 might be able to be carried on a Be-12. Given the short range, and anyhow unconfirmed ability to carry AShMs, I wanted to know what a Be-12's bombs would be able to do to enemy targets. It's interesting to hear of the effectiveness of dumb bombs, seeing as smart bombs and the like tend to steal the show nowadays.

Would you recommend high level or skip bombing as a tactic for the Be-12? High level bombing would keep it out of MANPADS range, but reduce accuracy.

[Husseinarti]

Just go buy a bunch of old Exocets from France and use ground-based launchers.

[Lamoni]

Just go buy a bunch of old Exocets from France and use ground-based launchers.

Or Gabriel AShMs from Israel. The (latest) Mk 4 version has a range of 200 km, and a 240 kg warhead. The Mk 5 version will have a seeker that is improved for use in the littoral environment.

[Husseinarti]

Just go buy a bunch of old Exocets from France and use ground-based launchers.

Or Gabriel AShMs from Israel. The (latest) Mk 4 version has a range of 200 km, and a 240 kg warhead. The Mk 5 version will have a seeker that is improved for use in the littoral environment.

Those costs money.

Guess what Ukraine doesn't have.

[Lamoni]

Exocets also cost money, old or not.

[Pananau]

My air force uses genuine Soviet designs such as: mig-21, mig-29 fulcrums, Mig-25 Foxbat, and SU-27 Flankers. And that's our aggressor aircraft fleet.

[The Ukrainian Navy and Sea Guard]

Exocets also cost money, old or not.

We have money! Just not very much...

I might consider land based missiles eventually, but as I've said I enjoy trying to make do. It involves a certain amount creativity.

I think my next RP will be against one of my friends from University, pitting Be-12s against an infiltration of Russian frogmen in Mariupol. Can't wait to test out those LA-92s littoral capabilities against minisubs and sdvs.


Interesting stuff, but can anybody identify the different kinds of bombs in the picture of the weapons spread on page 7?

http://usafnukes.com/admin/newsletters/117-2015-03-nwta-newsletter-pdf/file

[Husseinarti]

Exocets also cost money, old or not.

I'd think that it'd be easier and cheaper to get Exocets.

[Lamoni]

Exocets also cost money, old or not.

I'd think that it'd be easier and cheaper to get Exocets.

France tends to make things cost more in weapons sales. Mostly because they are a non-US/Russia supplier.

[The Kievan People]

Exocets actually makes sense. Europe is already on the hook for the billions they have already lent, which they will never see if they don't cough up more money down the road. Forever, or until everyone stops pretending and Ukraine defaults.

France is unlikely to complain if some of this money gets steered back to them in the form of arms sales. Since they are sort of paying themselves.

[The Akasha Colony]

Got bored, so I converted my attack submarine to vaguely resemble CONFORM. Fuk u Rickover! No sails for me!

Just have to figure out where to place the bridge. Even without the CONFORM not-sail I might keep the stretched bow and back fit it, along with the modified snorkel. I darkened the hull, still have to darken the torpedo tubes to match.

Anything else missing? I've always felt it looks relatively bare, but it's a submarine, so it shouldn't have very many external features.

[New Vihenia]

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Got bored, so I converted my attack submarine to vaguely resemble CONFORM. Fuk u Rickover! No sails for me!

Just have to figure out where to place the bridge. Even without the CONFORM not-sail I might keep the stretched bow and back fit it, along with the modified snorkel. I darkened the hull, still have to darken the torpedo tubes to match.

Anything else missing? I've always felt it looks relatively bare, but it's a submarine, so it shouldn't have very many external features.

A flying submarine

[Iltica]

I'm really sorry to keep asking about these things but they're like the Ikea beds of control surfaces.. Are the canards on the Su-33 considered close-coupled or long-arm?

They're close to the wing but about level with it and this report says they have to be above it to get the close coupled effect?
Getting them to fit like that on a smaller plane has been a real pain so far.

[Pananau]

I'm really sorry to keep asking about these things but they're like the Ikea beds of control surfaces.. Are the canards on the Su-33 considered close-coupled or long-arm?
(Image)
They're close to the wing but about level with it and this report says they have to be above it to get the close coupled effect?
Getting them to fit like that on a smaller plane has been a real pain so far.

Awesome planes man, I can give you parts for them if you want.

[The Akasha Colony]

([url=https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-MpBTt7nz510/VeAHZ-aR-rI/AAAAAAAAQKA/ymSTqE9AfWs/s900-Ic42/CONFORM-001.png]Image)[/url]

Got bored, so I converted my attack submarine to vaguely resemble CONFORM. Fuk u Rickover! No sails for me!

Just have to figure out where to place the bridge. Even without the CONFORM not-sail I might keep the stretched bow and back fit it, along with the modified snorkel. I darkened the hull, still have to darken the torpedo tubes to match.

Anything else missing? I've always felt it looks relatively bare, but it's a submarine, so it shouldn't have very many external features.

A flying submarine

And this is why you don't post at 3 AM in the morning. Whoops.

[Lamoni]

I'm really sorry to keep asking about these things but they're like the Ikea beds of control surfaces.. Are the canards on the Su-33 considered close-coupled or long-arm?
(Image)
They're close to the wing but about level with it and this report says they have to be above it to get the close coupled effect?
Getting them to fit like that on a smaller plane has been a real pain so far.

Awesome planes man, I can give you parts for them if you want.

This is *NOT* the thread for that type of post. Nor is it what he was asking about.

[Korhal IVV]

MK3 Wellington-Has TONS of bombs. Throws down 250 pound bombs. Units-200
MK9 Hurricane-Has 8 MGs. Highly mauneverable. Units-400
A9MK-Swift scout plane with 2 MGs. Units-70
F-21 Hellcat-Armored plane thats rather slow, but its guns use incindiaries bullets, which can quickly set a plane aflame. Units-110
Ju-99-Has cannon shells that are HE, which makes it deadly against attacking fighters. A dive-bomber, Units-200
Warhound-Dog-fight plane that uses rockets that aim straight at the cockpit of enemies. Units-190
MK7 Stuka-A dive-bomber with incindieary bullets on its gunners. Units-140
Banshee-Turbo-fan using jet V/TOL aircraft with rockets. Units-120

[Post War America]

So I do have a question regarding coloration. I have noticed that many nations use a very drab coloration scheme for their combat aircraft. I do understand something about this, and do know (at least from my admittedly quite limited experience) that it was intended as a reduced visibility thing. However, if one were to have a smallish amount of bright colors (along control surfaces and the "spine" of the aircraft, and as roundels on the ailerons, underneath the cockpit, and on the wing) would visibility be so massive that I shouldn't do it and that I'm a bad person for trying? Or is the impact minimal?

[The Kievan People]

So I do have a question regarding coloration. I have noticed that many nations use a very drab coloration scheme for their combat aircraft. I do understand something about this, and do know (at least from my admittedly quite limited experience) that it was intended as a reduced visibility thing. However, if one were to have a smallish amount of bright colors (along control surfaces and the "spine" of the aircraft, and as roundels on the ailerons, underneath the cockpit, and on the wing) would visibility be so massive that I shouldn't do it and that I'm a bad person for trying? Or is the impact minimal?

Colouration is generally bad. The dull grey used on USAF fighters, especially the F-22, is ideal.

[United states of brazilian nations]

Exocets also cost money, old or not.

We have money! Just not very much...

I might consider land based missiles eventually, but as I've said I enjoy trying to make do. It involves a certain amount creativity.

I think my next RP will be against one of my friends from University, pitting Be-12s against an infiltration of Russian frogmen in Mariupol. Can't wait to test out those LA-92s littoral capabilities against minisubs and sdvs.


Interesting stuff, but can anybody identify the different kinds of bombs in the picture of the weapons spread on page 7?

http://usafnukes.com/admin/newsletters/117-2015-03-nwta-newsletter-pdf/file

Didn't the argentines slap ground-based exocets in Dassault Super Étendards with some modifications? I recall reading something about this once, but to be sincere, i am not entirely sure.