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Published: 2014-08-10 16:41:55 +0000 UTC; Views: 2204; Favourites: 67; Downloads: 0
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For now its just gonna be called unit 01. Larger primary engine, a sort of aero spike, and 2 secondary engines flank it. forward swept wings, with guns large enough to damage enemy capital ships in the hull that can also independently pivot. internal and external hardpoints for missiles. the pointy bits at the ends of the wings, house maneuvering thrusters to allow maximum movement and control in space. its more a fighter/bomber... its kinda huge to just be a fighter. crew of 2, pilot and a REO. It should also work fine in an atmosphere. Parked in a hanger inside a ship, the wings would fold over the hull, like most carrier based aircraft do. Thoughts or comments are welcome
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This looks like an excellent assault gunboat or heavy fighter. Now all you need is a small, faster, nimbler fighter to act as a fleet interceptor.
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will think of a small interceptor
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as far as a aerospace ship, maybe... the powerplants are not where it should be Yet... but in time, yeah, I don't see why not. but as far as actual fighting in space... you dont need wings in space...
Building this thing with current tech as just a fighter aircraft, yeah, completely doable. Replace the guns with air inlets, put in like 2 or more jet engines, and you have a fighter jet, not unlike a Su-47 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukhoi_S…
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I think the cokpit is a bit disproportionned with the main hull, where the engines are.
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figure, its space... need big powerplant, and fuel to operate in such extremes... especially where dog fighting is involved. so yeah, it has a big hull... ever walk around a F14 tomcat? That is a Huge fighter...
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Ow, damn.
I see more clearly now.
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Why the fold over wings? Why not individual hangers so the fighters can at least be on stand by at all times?
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for ready aircraft, yeah the wings would of course be deployed like the picture i drew, but storage in a carrier type hanger, space is at a premium. The wings, which are mainly to place thrusters out away from the center of the hull, and to mount weapons, such as missile pylons. they are large, and folded up over the top of the hull, you can fit twice as many fighters in the ship. Look up any carrier based airframes, all of them fold up in one way or another to save space. In WW2 the british used a biplane on their ships, that was able to fold its 4 wings back en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairey_S… its a space saver manuver. You can normally unfold, and deploy the wings in minutes if not seconds. Our current Navy F-18 superhornets fold the outer edges of their wings after they land, to help fit more fighters into the hanger, and park more on the deck. there will always be ready fighters on a flight deck. But figure, carrier has 4 cats, or launch bays, you can deploy 4 units at a time... between the time needed to crew the first deployment, hanger crews have already armed and deployed the wings on a 2nd flight of fighters, and so on and so forth. So yeah, they fold, and no, you cant have all the fighters on standby all the time, you would just burn out crew and hardware that way. Individual hangers take up a ton of space, dedicated launchers that you can get craft to is better. unless your a battlestar... then you can fart all your fighters at once.. or at least like 4 wings at a time...
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