Jeffersonian Engineering Corporation/F-2 "Rapier"

Specifications

• Type: Air Superiority
• Length: 17 m
• Wingspan: 13 m
• Height: 5 m
• Propulsion: 1 "Hyperion" Afterburning, 3D Thrust Vectoring Turbofan (200 kN dry, 250 kN wet) (weighs ~2,000 kg)
• Total Net Thrust: 200 kN dry, 250 kN wet
• Empty Weight: 10,000 kg
• Maximum Take-Off Weight: 25,000 kg
• Minimum Fuel Weight: 6,250 kg
• Maximum Fuel Weight: 8,750 kg internal, 1,500 kg external, 10,250 kg max
• Normal Payload: 1,500 kg (4 AAM)
• Maximum Payload: 5,000 kg
• Normal Combat Weight: 20,250 kg
• Thrust-to-Weight Ratio: 1.01 dry, 1.26 wet (typical); 0.93 dry, 1.16 wet (max load out)
• Combat Range: 850 km
• Ferry Range: 4,000 km with drop tanks, 3,400 km without drop tanks
• Operational Ceiling/Altitude: 15 km
• Maximum Altitude: 17 km
• Cruising Speed: Mach .75 at sea level, Mach 1.25 at altitude
• Maximum Speed: Mach 1.25 at sea level, Mach 2.25 at altitude
• Crew: 1
• Armaments:
  • 30x164 mm cannon
    • 46 kg cannon mass
    • 1,135 rounds total (400 g each, 454 kg total)
    • 1,500 RPM rate of fire each
  • 4 internal bays for AAMs
  • 12 underwing pylons for AAMs (12), Bombs (6 at 500 kg each) or drop tanks (6 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

• 25 million credits to manufacture
• 30 million credits for sale