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Offline DYNAMITE

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Re: Blackwater purchased a fighter for "training"
« Reply #15 on: June 02, 2008, 11:49:13 PM »
that thing looks like a blast to fly  :aok

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Re: Blackwater purchased a fighter for "training"
« Reply #16 on: June 02, 2008, 11:58:42 PM »
Just curious - why is it slower than a 190D9?
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Re: Blackwater purchased a fighter for "training"
« Reply #17 on: June 03, 2008, 12:07:38 AM »
Wasn't it developed to intercept low-flying, under-performing aircraft?  Don't need a whole lot of balls to catch a cessna with few keys of coke. :)
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Re: Blackwater purchased a fighter for "training"
« Reply #18 on: June 03, 2008, 05:42:45 AM »
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The armament is as follows, 2x 12.7 mm FN Herstal M3P machine guns, 1x 20 mm cannon pod below the fuselage, 4x 70 mm rocket launcher pods, Conventional and intelligent bombs, 2x AIM-9 Sidewinder or MAA-1 Piranha or Python 3/4 air-to-air missiles and External stores on 5 hardpoints. The maximum speed is 593 km/h (320 knots, 368 mph)."

I like to see it do 320kts with that lot hanging off the pylons. I like to know how much fuel it can carry with all that weight. I doubt it would climb very high either.

You can hang bombs and missiles on anything and call it a fighter bomber. Even a Cessna 172 can carry rockets.

It's a light attack aircraft/slash trainer.