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Ustio North · 27-11-2008, 18:46

Main Image
Alternative Paint Scheme
Prototype Paint Scheme (Taken During COFFIN System Testing)

Background

The D/F-28 (NATO reporting name "Sabre") Advanced Defence Fighter is a fighter aircraft that utilises stealth technology. It is primarily an air superiority fighter, but has been configured to intercept and destroy ICBMs in-flight. It is the first of two aircraft designed and built as a joint operation between Exterminatus Arms and the Special Research & Projects Agency.

Design

The D/F-28 utilises the latest in modern technology - Scramjet engines, vectored thrust nozzles, forward swept wings, canard wings - to make it as fast and as agile as possible to achieve it's mission goals.

In order for it to surpass modern jet fighters in terms of speed, it is fitted with two SRPA-GD-425x2 SCRAMjet engines, which can punch the D/F-28 to speeds of almost three times the speed of sound. It's vectored thruster nozzles, forward swept wings and canard wings offer superior handling when compared to some other fifth-generation fighters.

Image Showing The D/F-28's Nozzled Thrusters & Canard Wings In Action

One of the D/F-28's other distinguishing features is the lack of a glass cockpit. Instead, the D/F-28 is fitted with a 360° celestial-spherical screen cockpit layout, giving the pilot an immense advantage in combat. Instead of a traditional glass canopy, the plane utilizes a prototype of the revolutionary COnnection For Flight INterface (COFFIN) system, which is similar in effect to a one-way mirror or an extremely tinted window. The pilot can still see out, but no one can see in. This is achieved via a series of real-time hexagonal monitors and external cameras that transmit the visual data to the pilot. This also allows for the HUD and targets to also be displayed at all angles, where as a normal aircraft can only show targets and data on it's front HUD display. If a target were to leave that HUD on a normal plane, the pilot would not be able to see it's green targeting square. On the D/F-28 however, the monitors and a powerful computer eliminate that problem.

The D/F-28 also mounts significant firepower. Coupled with it's COFFIN system, the D/F-28 mounts a multi-barrel 25mm cannon, internal hardpoints for AIM-9 Sidewinder Missiles & external hardpoints for AIM-54 Phoenix BVRAAM missiles. But by far the D/F-28's most powerful weapon is it's internally mounted Chemical Oxygen Iodine Laser (COIL). Added to the aircraft to fulfill the requirement that the aircraft be able to effecively neutralise Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles whilst they are in-flight. Because it is mounted internally, the aircraft has been designed around the weapon, and can therefore split along it's horizontal axis in order to reveal and subsequently fire the weapon.

Image Showing The D/F-28's COIL In Action

The main brief for the aircraft was to be more effective than the other aircraft in the Ustian Air Force designed for this job - the Boeing YAL-1. Whilst the D/F-28 does have the edge in speed and manouverability, the D/F-28's laser is not as powerful as the YAL-1, nor can it fire as many times. The on-board power for the D/F-28 would allow the laser to be fired only ten times, for a maximum of five seconds per shot.

Specifications

Wingspan: 15.92m
Length: 24.0m
Height: 6.60m
Weight: 23,300kg
Max Speed: Mach 2.8
Engine: SRPA-GD-425x2

Armament: 1x 25-mm multi-barreled cannon, AIM-9M Sidewinder hardpoints, Tactical Laser Pod (TLS), AIM-54 Phoenix External hardpoints

Price Per Aircraft: $150 million

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OOC: Legal Stuff, for all you moaners out there. Credit goes to Ace Wiki for the first two pictures and the technical gifs. Credit to GIS for the the third image. I do not own ony of the pictures etc, etc

27-11-2008, 18:46	#60
Ustio North Forum Fanatic Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Empire City Posts: 2,087	Exterminatus D/F-28 "Sabre" Advanced Defence Fighter Main Image Alternative Paint Scheme Prototype Paint Scheme (Taken During COFFIN System Testing) Background The D/F-28 (NATO reporting name "Sabre") Advanced Defence Fighter is a fighter aircraft that utilises stealth technology. It is primarily an air superiority fighter, but has been configured to intercept and destroy ICBMs in-flight. It is the first of two aircraft designed and built as a joint operation between Exterminatus Arms and the Special Research & Projects Agency. Design The D/F-28 utilises the latest in modern technology - Scramjet engines, vectored thrust nozzles, forward swept wings, canard wings - to make it as fast and as agile as possible to achieve it's mission goals. In order for it to surpass modern jet fighters in terms of speed, it is fitted with two SRPA-GD-425x2 SCRAMjet engines, which can punch the D/F-28 to speeds of almost three times the speed of sound. It's vectored thruster nozzles, forward swept wings and canard wings offer superior handling when compared to some other fifth-generation fighters. Image Showing The D/F-28's Nozzled Thrusters & Canard Wings In Action One of the D/F-28's other distinguishing features is the lack of a glass cockpit. Instead, the D/F-28 is fitted with a 360° celestial-spherical screen cockpit layout, giving the pilot an immense advantage in combat. Instead of a traditional glass canopy, the plane utilizes a prototype of the revolutionary COnnection For Flight INterface (COFFIN) system, which is similar in effect to a one-way mirror or an extremely tinted window. The pilot can still see out, but no one can see in. This is achieved via a series of real-time hexagonal monitors and external cameras that transmit the visual data to the pilot. This also allows for the HUD and targets to also be displayed at all angles, where as a normal aircraft can only show targets and data on it's front HUD display. If a target were to leave that HUD on a normal plane, the pilot would not be able to see it's green targeting square. On the D/F-28 however, the monitors and a powerful computer eliminate that problem. The D/F-28 also mounts significant firepower. Coupled with it's COFFIN system, the D/F-28 mounts a multi-barrel 25mm cannon, internal hardpoints for AIM-9 Sidewinder Missiles & external hardpoints for AIM-54 Phoenix BVRAAM missiles. But by far the D/F-28's most powerful weapon is it's internally mounted Chemical Oxygen Iodine Laser (COIL). Added to the aircraft to fulfill the requirement that the aircraft be able to effecively neutralise Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles whilst they are in-flight. Because it is mounted internally, the aircraft has been designed around the weapon, and can therefore split along it's horizontal axis in order to reveal and subsequently fire the weapon. Image Showing The D/F-28's COIL In Action The main brief for the aircraft was to be more effective than the other aircraft in the Ustian Air Force designed for this job - the Boeing YAL-1. Whilst the D/F-28 does have the edge in speed and manouverability, the D/F-28's laser is not as powerful as the YAL-1, nor can it fire as many times. The on-board power for the D/F-28 would allow the laser to be fired only ten times, for a maximum of five seconds per shot. Specifications Wingspan: 15.92m Length: 24.0m Height: 6.60m Weight: 23,300kg Max Speed: Mach 2.8 Engine: SRPA-GD-425x2 Armament: 1x 25-mm multi-barreled cannon, AIM-9M Sidewinder hardpoints, Tactical Laser Pod (TLS), AIM-54 Phoenix External hardpoints Price Per Aircraft: $150 million ---------------------------- OOC: Legal Stuff, for all you moaners out there. Credit goes to Ace Wiki for the first two pictures and the technical gifs. Credit to GIS for the the third image. I do not own ony of the pictures etc, etc __________________ Vae Victis - "Woe To The Fallen" Last edited by Ustio North; 28-11-2008 at 23:11..