Shipbucket

Its been worth waiting for, a very sleek and believable 1960s design.

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English Electric Canberra FD
Interwar RN Capital Ships
Super-Darings
Never-Were British Aircraft

I adjoin, really belieavable looking design and drawing

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Shipbucket mainsite, aka "The Archive"
New AU project "Aravala"

Agree too, a very plausible and beautiful 1960's fighter. Well done Rowdy!

Yeah. Great work, Rowdy.

Thanks everyone

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Nice indeed.

The HAe Tempest, the third redraw of this particular aircraft since I started here. (Image heavy post)

Design work for the HAe Tempest began in 1972 as a replacement for the HAe Typhoon then in service. It was expected to be a significant improvement on its predecessor, with a requirement for two engines, a capable radar set, BVR capability, ease of maintenance, rough field capability, ability to operate from an aircraft carrier, and with the ability to excel in a dogfight. On top of these already challenging requirements, in 1973 a further requirement arose for a two seat strike optimised variant that would ideally utilise the same airframe. HAe set about creating an aircraft that would ultimately meet or exceed all requirements and that would see service in Commonwealth forces well into the 21st Century. The resulting aircraft just missed the Falklands War, but served in every conflict since that Commonwealth forces were involved in, and is still in service with Recherche, Australia, Canada, Kenya, Malaysia, Singapore, South Africa and the United Kingdom. It proved to be quite a formidable long range fighter, especially when carrying up to 3 long range Sea Dart AAMs, and was used effectively in the long range strike and EW roles. After a long and distinguished service it is being replaced by the HAe Firebolt fifth generation fighter.

General Characteristics

Crew: 1 or 2
Length: 17.92m
Wingspan: 12.95m
Height: 4.84m
Wing area: 63m²
Empty Weight: 14,290kg
Max Takeoff Weight: 29,185kg
Powerplant: 2 x Rolls Royce Ouse afterburning turbofans (78.2kN military thrust, 120.6kN with afterburner)

Performance

Max Speed: 2,050km/h at high altitude, 1,470km/h at sea level
Combat Radius: 1,750km air-to-air
Ferry Range: 5,500km with CFTs and five external fuel tanks
Service Ceiling: 65,000ft
Rate of Climb: 55,000ft/min
Wing Loading: 463kg/m² at MTOW
Thrust/weight: 0.84 at MTOW
Maximum g-load: +9/-3.5g

Armament

Guns: 1 x GAU-12 Equalizer 25mm rotary cannon with 300 rounds of ammunition
Hardpoints: 4 conformal and 6 wing (4 wet, 2 with additional missile launch rails) with a capacity of 9,000kg of ordnance
Stores: Various stores carried though in Recherche service normally Sea Dart, Skyflash, Sidewinder, AMRAAM, Meteor and ASRAAM AAMs, Sea Eagle, Martel, ALARM and Maverick AGMs, various unguided and laser/GPS-guided bombs such as the Mk80 series and CVR-7 rocket pods.

3 Views:


Recherche:


Australia:


Canada:


United Kingdom:


South Africa:


Singapore:


Malaysia:


Kenya:

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A great re-draw and a lovely set of drawings.
Picking up a lot of F-15 vibes in the design, overall it looks pretty good.

The Sea Dart LR AAM is a neat idea. The main problem is the drag from the annular ramjet intake but I guess with a suitable fairing that would work out ok.

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Interwar RN Capital Ships
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Never-Were British Aircraft

That's some legit stuff

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Sources and documentations are the most welcome.

-Koko Kyouwakoku (Republic of Koko)
-Koko's carrier-based aircrafts of WWII
-Koko Kaiun Yuso Kaisha - KoKaYu Line (Koko AU spinoff)
-Koko - Civil Aviation

picking up bits of F15,F18, Typhoon and AMX