Jeffersonian Engineering Corporation/F-5 "Foil"

Specifications

• Type: multi-role VTOL fighter
• Length: 19 m
• Wingspan: 14 m
• Height: 5 m
• Propulsion: 2 "Hyperion" Afterburning, 3D Thrust Vectoring Turbofan (200 kN dry, 250 kN wet each) (each weighs ~2,000 kg)
• Total Net Thrust: 400 kN dry, 500 kN wet
• Empty Weight: 14,000 kg
• Maximum Take-Off Weight: 35,000 kg
• Minimum Fuel Weight: 8,750 kg
• Maximum Fuel Weight: 12,250 kg internal, up to 4,000 kg external, for a total of 16,250 kg maximum
• Normal Payload: 3,500 kg (full cannon, 2 AAMs and 8 AAMs/4 bombs)
• Maximum Payload: 5,500 kg
• Normal Combat Weight: 29,750 kg
• Thrust-to-Weight Ratio: 1.37 dry, 1.71 wet (typical); 1.28 dry, 1.61 wet (max load out)
• Combat Range: 850 km
• Ferry Range: 3,500 km with drop tanks, 3,000 km without drop tanks
• Operational Ceiling/Altitude: 12 km
• Maximum Altitude: 14 km
• Cruising Speed: Mach .8
• Maximum Speed: Mach 1.85
• Crew: 2
• Armaments:
  • 30x164 mm cannon
    • 46 kg cannon mass
    • 2,635 rounds total (400 g each, 954 kg total)
    • 1,500 RPM rate of fire each
  • 16 underwing pylons for AAMs (16), Bombs (8 at 500 kg each) or drop tanks (8 at 500 kg each)
  • 2 wingtip pylons for AAMs
• Fly By Wire System
  • 6 redundant boards each with 2 JP500M processors and 8 GiB RAM on JHB
    • at least 3 are always active, two calculating data and the third comparing results of the other two to counter non-fatal errors

Price

• 40 million credits to manufacture
• 50 million credits for sale