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FS-1 Air Superiority Fighter Unveiled; The Northern Eagle Soars
Topic Started: Jan 11 2007, 09:22 PM (694 Views)
Eleytheria-Duo
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As of today we announce the unveiling of a new class fighter, the test Pilots have happily named her the FS-1 "Northern Eagle," she is capable of speeds in excess of 1800 miles per hour and can carry a hefty load of weapons to dominate the skies in the name of Freedom and Unity.

The plans for this Aircraft will be sent to all JAUST Members ASAP, tests are taking place in an undisclosed location with a "Friend" of the Eleytherian Republic heading the project, more information on the Fighter as it comes in.

The fighter will be using modernized sensors to detect, track and engage enemy aircraft that is coming from behind the FS-1, how it does this particular feat we shall not disclose -- however we will say that these systems are the latest in avionics technology and it took some inspiration from some existing Russian Aircraft to achieve the amazing combat preformance of the Aircraft.

The weapon racks and pylons are also easily converted to accept several different nationalities weapon types with ease, they can serve in just about any Air Force and accept any standard weapons payload with very little modification or perhaps even none at all, clearly designed to be an International Fighter within the JAUST Pact.

Below is a simple design and known facts of the aircraft.

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OOC: Was that originally the F-18 Superhornet? :lol:

IC: "This is wonderous news! This is truely a great day for JAUST. We are eternally grateful for these designs, and will begin to implement them immediately. We hope that in the future we can work more closely on projects of this nature." - Emperor Hicks.
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Jan 11 2007, 06:27 PM
OOC: Was that originally the F-18 Superhornet? :lol:

IC: "This is wonderous news! This is truely a great day for JAUST. We are eternally grateful for these designs, and will begin to implement them immediately. We hope that in the future we can work more closely on projects of this nature." - Emperor Hicks.

OOC: Dude you worked on the F-18 Super Hornet and you can't tell it apart from a modernized MiG-29? :lol: :wacko: :blink:

Look at the differences, the layout is too rugged to be an F-18, the vertical tail fins on an F-18 are slightly tilted outwards, this is clearly not the case on the design above where they are angled straight up

Also the back of the F-18's wings run straight to the hull of the aircraft, the rear of the wings on this aircraft you can clearly see are curved inwards towards the hull much further.

IC:

We are glad to see that the Assassin Nation takes interest in advanced aircraft, we hope such a fighter can serve them well, wherever the battle may call them to.
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We wish to add a transport/supply aircraft to help with logistics for this fighter on the battlefield. It was originally an airship design before the Luftschiffwerks gave it to Berhausen Aircraft. I present to you...the Albatross Supply Transport.

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It is capable of both air drops, inflight resupply, and regular transport. Unarmed, but reletively stealthy for an aircraft of her size and classification.
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OOC: Your throwing in that behemoth?

I guess it could prove useful, but something of that size wouldn't it be categorized as a "Bomber" under the CP System? I don't have the capacity to produce bombers without sacrificing something yet.
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Not a bomber. Transport. That falls under logistics.
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OOC: Yeah don't forget, under the CP system, transports don't account for any costs to your CP (if I remember correctly) since they really only provide....well transport and do nothing to inflict damage.
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OOC: All righty, I will take it.

IC: We will gladly accept the offer given to us by our Ally and Friends from the Kasnyian Empire.
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"I want you to see how well these FS-1s can match up to the Aurora," Thaddeus E. Goreprime said to the man over the phone. "Scramble a few of the fighters and dance circles around the Eleytherian test flights. I bet they won't even know what they see before it's gone." Laughter erupted on both ends of the phone.
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Also if not stil, part of JAUST we wish extend our laser defence shield to all JAUST member and thanking for the new Fighter.

Our pilots will like much

-- Eleonor Riceseed, Ghostspeaker of NAN
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OOC: Really? I didn't know that.
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Jan 11 2007, 11:06 PM
OOC: Yeah don't forget, under the CP system, transports don't account for any costs to your CP (if I remember correctly) since they really only provide....well transport and do nothing to inflict damage.

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No this is just false! In order to have transports available, each unit of troops costs an extra CP. For example, a 1 CP unit of troops costs 2 CP with transports. At least, that was how it was in the beginning, and I don't remember us changing it.
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Supply transports? I thought that only referred to troop transports?
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Jan 12 2007, 10:29 AM
Supply transports? I thought that only referred to troop transports?

Oh whoops. Sorry about that. Didn't realize we were talking about something different :whistle:
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OOC: The CP system still confuses me. I need to review the rules again to refresh myself... :wacko:
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To: All JAUST Members
Regarding: The FS-1

The Republic has some alarming news about the FS-1's Performance, although they are not without expectancy, we have received word from our friends that a major flaw has been detected with the engines.

This can be fixed, we were using light weight metals to prevent from adding unnecessary weight to the Aircraft, unfortunately the fan blades of the engines themselves will shatter when pushed over a speed of 1970 mph, although it does take a few minutes for the metal to give way to the strain.

Our friends working with us on this project almost lost a pilot to this incident when he felt a violent shake with the aircraft, when he looked behind him he noticed fire shooting out of the rear of the craft itself, the fan blades ruptured while the engine was still running, cutting through the fuselage and severing fuel lines igniting them.

What's more the debris cut major functioning lines, the plane become very hard to control and upon landing the sensitive landing gear snapped, the Aircraft belly skid down the run way before coming to a halt on fire, the pilot himself is okay, but the Engine flaw is by far our worst nightmare.

After analyzing the hull of the plane they said it was a miracle he survived, hydraulic lines, electronics, and even the filtration systems were all badly damaged, and there were over thirty grapefruit sized holes through the top of the fuselage itself, a clear demonstration of the danger of these fan blades giving way at such high speeds, though this did prove that the FS-1 could be a very durable plane should gun fire strike the aircraft.

As a warning to All JAUST members I hereby put out a call to use the strongest titanium alloy in your possessions for the construction of the fan blades, it may add some extra weight to the Aircraft, but if I were you I would rather loose a few gas miles than have plenty of dead pilots.

Titanium is only part of the problem however, the engines are so powerful for their relatively small size that even titanium may give way under the tremendous stress that these engines can go through, unless we can refine a new alloy that will not give way under the strain, this fighter may never go its full 2155 mph as intended.

We did discover other facts about the Aircraft, it has a superior climb rate to anything our friends have ever seen, just below the redline speed it could reach its maximum operational ceiling in only a few minutes, it is also very maneuverable and possibly even more so than the F-22's and the F-35's fielded by the Veloryans -- once a friend now our rival.

There does seem to be trouble with inverted dives and inverted flight at high speeds, low speed inverted dives under 365 mph tends to cause the aircraft to become very cumbersome and prone to barrel roll -- also inverted flights in general over the speed of 1526 mph tends to cause moderate shaking of the aircraft, however there seems to be no effects on the maneuverability or stability of the craft itself besides being an annoyance to the pilot.

The aircraft performs its best at above sonic speeds, able to glide much more smoothly and turn more sharply than below sonic speeds, its clime rate is also increased as well. The largest advantage is the rear radar sensors, any fighter aircraft behind the FS-1 can be engaged by radar-guided Missiles, simply switch to the rear sensory system, gain a tone, and fire the missile -- it will turn over the top of the wing and engage the enemy craft head on before he has a chance to take any evasive action.

This is the latest information we have, plan accordingly.

One final note: The landing gear is very sensitive to rough landings, only land her where there is smooth terrain, if your pilots are forced to ditch, it would probably be better to either eject or fly low and gently bring the plane into a mild stall rear wheels first, an experienced pilot can pull this off.
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Berhausen Aircraft will be happy to investigate the problem independantly.

Meanwhile, we have supplied an engine that should meet the needs to hit 2000...but no further. Also, the engine's center of gravity is more rearward than the aircraft's original engine specs called for. However, the weight is similar and it can put out 30 more miles per hour. However, after 2010, percentage of blowout is at 93%.

Ber-787 "Hogger" Jet Propelled Thruster
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To: JAUST Allies
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As the FS-1 project is a JAUST Standard, our allies may make modifications to the aircraft however they see fit, including different Engines -- but this may severely effect the aircraft's ability to maneuver as the fighter's airframe was designed to work with twin Pratt & Whitney motors.

Also do note that we said it was the engine fan blades that was the main problem, using your strongest titanium alloys should stabilize the aircraft up to 2000 mph without any effects to its maneuverability's.
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Berhausen Aircraft will make the modifications to all existing fighters.
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OOC: All right Scy here it goes.

IC:

Air Patrols were scheduled for today over Eleytheria, using the latest FS-1 Fighters and putting them to the test on daily activities would be useful to train the pilots to adjust from the old Fulcrums to the new Northern Eagles.

The RADAR Networks across Eleytheria detected three aircraft moving fast towards Eleytherian Airspace to the West, with tensions very high between the JAUST members and the Holy League they did not know if this was preemption or something else, Catherine ordered five FS-1 Fighters scrambled and all others, including the Veloryan planes, put on alert and standby.

The FS-1's took off from Sol Air Force Base and made their way towards the western borders of Eleytheria.

Hawk 1: Command we are in the air and heading towards the intended destination. Out.

Air Control: Roger Hawk 1, unknown aircraft currently heading east at 1800 mph and rising, 40,000 feet and dropping, proceed with caution. Out.

The FS-1's were moving at over 1500 mph streaking across the wide open snow plains when the unknown aircraft started slipping in and out of their radar, suddenly on the horizon the aircraft became visible and their speed exploded through the roof, blazing past the FS-1's causing their planes to vibrate from the concussion.

Hawk 1: Holy SH**! Did you see that Son of a Bi***!?

Hawk 2: Yes sir! What are your orders?

Hawk 1: Engage at will but do not open fire! They want to play cat and mouse than give them hell!

The FS-1s paired and broke scout formation to engage the extremely swift aircraft, their adversaries slowed down as if enticing the FS-1s to follow, then suddenly one of them shot over head of Hawk 3 and got behind his tail, his instruments were screaming "RADAR Lock".

"Jesus" the pilot screamed trying hard to shake the bogey with spins, and scissor rolls, finally an FS-1 seen that his wing man was in a bit of a bind, he fell behind the tail end of this aircraft and immediately noticed his RADAR would not lock onto the aircraft; "SH**! It wont lock! Switching to guns, permission to fire warning shots, out!"

Ground control gave permission to fire warning shots, large yellow bursts flew over the aircraft he was pursuing and it bolted straight up, he knew what it was trying to do and there was nothing that could be done, these aircraft they were facing were too fast and to maneuverable, he performed a split S and dived for the ground, his foe right on his tail.

The two were now over the Eleytherian City of Bathurst Inlet, the FS-1 pilot flipped his radio to contact the pursing aircraft and shouted "Welcome to my country you Son of a Bit**!"; he turned his Northern Eagle down towards the City, turning left and right blowing past the structures, exploding windows as he went, his foe still on his tail.

He lead the would-be foe into a nearby mountain range, they played tag with each other for over fifteen minutes at over 1900 miles per hour before finally the FS-1 lost sight of the aircraft, he finally lost his pursuing enemy in the mountain canyons but as he looked to his left to his astonishment the aircraft that was behind him was now in front of him low on the horizon, he took pursuit, now he was the one behind the craft -- they jerked violently through the mountains when suddenly his foe shot straight up, he followed -- both lit their afterburners pushing their engines to the maximum as they went to 5,000 feet, 10,000, 20,000, 40,000, 60,000...

Finally at 86,000 feet the FS-1 had pushed itself to its limits, while his enemy continued to climb as if nothing was happening his own aircraft began to shake violently and his airspeed plummeted, the craft stalled, its nose tilted to the right and he was forced to lower his altitude.

It appeared that the encounter was over, the aircraft that intercepted the Eleytherians were now heading west away from Eleytherian Airspace, as radar's continued to receive occasional blips, they tracked them all the way to the borders of Alaska... It was the USA whom authorized this atrocity...

The FS-1 Pilots were stunned at what they witnessed, although they were in a much better position to fight these craft with the Northern Eagle over the old Fulcrums, it was a rude awakening that their neighbor to the West did not appreciate the competition, and these aircraft were vastly superior to anything they had ever seen.

This was an insult to Eleytherian Honor...
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OOC- Whoa. Nice.

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Kasnyian air traffic controllers in Pacifica caught the dogfight on their sensors. They reported it to the local commanders, who in turn decided to get the story from the Eleytherians.
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To: Kasnyian Pacifica Command
From: Sol Air Force Base, Eleytheria-Duo

We've disturbing news, we have confirmed that the aircraft we have encountered were American Aurora class aircraft, our FS-1's were unable to keep up with their superior maneuverability and speed...

Their climb rate was comparable to our own, but they still have us beat in this category as well, one of our pilots know this all too well when his plane went into a stall after reaching 80,000 feet and could pursue the Aurora no further.

Although no aircraft were damaged, our pilots are rather shaken, and have lost much confidence in the preformance of their fighters, it will take some time but we will recover.

For all we can care, Fat fingered Goreprime can laugh his ass to death so he will trouble us no more...

Have you any advice and/or possible countermeasures against this threat?
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"YEEEE-HAAAAWWW!" cried Jones over the private band that linked the Aurora jets. "Did you see those Eleytherian saps? It was like they were hanging dead in the air, man. I wish I could have seen the looks on their faces. Ha ha!"

"Oh man, I had to have at least circled one of them a hundred times before they saw me," replied a bemused Jackson. "I had the sucker tagged for so long, I almost thought he was sleeping. Man, I love these jets. Only if we had more of the damn beauties.... We'd be genuinely unbeatable then."

"Best game of cat and mouse I ever played," agreed Franks. "This is my favorite part, though. Look up."

Jones whistled. "The stars are always beautiful to see. Think they even guessed how far up we went?"

"Not a chance... we were already above their radar before we lost the last of their planes from our tails," Franks stated flatly. "They'll most certainly see us again when we land in Alaska, though."

"If they say anything, the President will assure them that no hostility was implied," Jackson spoke up. "It was just a friendly game of 'Who Has The Better Jet?' after all."
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-Encoded Transmission-

To- Kasnyian Pacifica Command
From- Sol Air Force Base, Eleytheria-Duo

We suggest you tighten your borders, use the usual diplomatic channels, and give them...a warning of some sort.
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OOC: Kas, didn't you mean TO Sol Air Force Base? Not From?

That's like saying your sending a message to yourself... :lol:

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To: Kasnyian Pacifica Command
From: Sol Air Force Base, Eleytheria-Duo

Will do, Catherine is preparing to send a message on this issues.

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To: Thaddeus E. Goreprime
From: Catherine Nerdinskaya, President of the Federal Republic of Eleytheria-Duo

Mr. Goreprime Sir, your "Aurora" Aircraft had penetrated our airspace while tensions are high between the JAUST Pact and the Holy League, with all do respect this is not a time for games, you could have provoked a war!

Regardless, these Aurora fighters may be of amazing maneuverability but I understand that they are rather hard to come by, I have a distinct feeling your more common fighters stand no chance against our Northern Eagles, if you wish to truly see who has the better mass produced fighters, perhaps you should put aside your super sonic toys and put your other craft to the test, that is of course unless you are too afraid of the results...
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After the message was sent, Catherine smiled and looked at the young lieutenant who sent the message, she said to him "With as much pride as that man has in his military technology he would have to be smoking something brain toxic to refuse my offer..."

She chuckled and went back to her office, awaiting a reply.
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