Jeffersonian Engineering Corporation/F-4 "Flamberge"

Design

The F-4 "Flamberge" was designed to replace the older CF-14 strike fighters in the Air force, and provide the navy with a viable strike plane to supplement the F/A-16. It was not made to replace the F/A-15, but to supplement it as a cheaper alternative.

Airframe

The F-4 is based on a larger version of the airframe of the F-2, to allow for a larger payload.

Powerplant

The F-4 uses the powerful Hyperion engines used in every JEC fighter to date.

Armament

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Avionics

/*The F-3's avionics suite includes a powerful 360* search RADAR, with a range of nearly 500 km, a more powerful forward RADAR with a 10* cone to the fore and a range of over 700 km. Additionally, the F-3 has a Fly-by-wire system identical to that of the F-2, and a powerful jamming suite for both communications and RADAR. Finally, the F-3 includes a forward IR sensor for the AA-2 "Bolt" or AA-4 "Hydra" missiles.*/

Specifications

• Type: Strike Fighter
• Length: 22 m
• Wingspan: 17 m
• Height: 6 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: 15,000 kg
• Maximum Take-Off Weight: 40,000 kg
• Minimum Fuel Weight: 10,000 kg
• Maximum Fuel Weight: 14,000 kg internal, up to 10,000 kg external, up to 24,000 kg total
• Normal Payload: 11,000 kg
• Maximum Payload: 11,000 kg
• Normal Combat Weight: 40,000 kg
• Thrust-to-Weight Ratio: 1.02 dry, 1.27 wet
• Combat Range: 900 km without drop tanks
• Ferry Range: 4,000 km with drop tanks, 3,200 km without drop tanks
• Operational Ceiling/Altitude: 15 km
• Maximum Altitude: 17 km
• Cruising Speed: Mach .8 at sea level, Mach 1.1 at altitude
• Maximum Speed: Mach 1.0 at sea level, Mach 1.6 at altitude
• Crew: 1
• Armaments:
  • 30x164 mm cannon
    • 46 kg cannon mass
    • 2,385 rounds (400 g each, 954 kg total)
    • 1,500 RPM rate of fire each
  • 10 underwing hardpoints for up to 1,000 kg each (capable of supporting one (1) 1,000 kg drop tank, one (1) 1,000 kg bomb, two (2) 500 kg bombs, or 4 AAMs, all guided or unguided, each)
• 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

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