The Cairhienen Corporation/CF-14
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Type | Fighter-bomber | ||
Manufacturer | The Cairhienen Corporation | ||
Maiden flight | May 5, EY 24 | ||
Introduction | May 5, EY 24 | ||
Status | All still active | ||
Primary users |
Cairhienen Air Fighter Force UDFCLMW Aerial Division UDFCLMW Naval Division | ||
Produced | EY 24- | ||
Number built | ? | ||
Unit cost | 35 million Cairhienen marks |
CF-14 is The Cairhienen Corporation's (CC) third fighter after the dearmament. It is in essence a reverse engineered F-15E Strike Eagle, and is slightly better in some respects.
Contents
Specifications
General characteristics
- Crew: 1
- Length: 63.8 ft
- Wingspan: 42.8 ft
- Height: 18.5 ft
- Wing area: 608 sq ft
- Empty weight: 28,000 lb
- Loaded weight: 44,500 lb
- Max takeoff weight: 70,000 lb
- Powerplant: Cairhienen CEJ-J4-2 "Starburst II" axial compressor turbojets, 17,500 lbf (30,000 lbf w/ afterburners) each
Performance
- Maximum speed:
- Low Altitude: Mach 1.2
- High Altitude: Mach 2.5
- Ferry range: 3,750 mi
- Service ceiling: 65,000 ft
- Rate of climb: >50,000 ft/min
- Wing loading: 73.1 lb/sq ft
- Thrust/weight: 1.35
Armament
- Guns: 1× internally mounted 20 mm CM21 Vulcan gatling gun, 1,000 rounds
- Hardpoints: 4 wing, 4 fuselage, 2 wing stations, centerline station, optional fuselage pylons with a capacity of 20,000 lb
Cost for production
- CF-14
- 35,000,000 Cairhienen Marks
Cost for export models
Export models are modified to remove any proprietary devices that are not desirable for other nations to have access to.
- CF-14e
- 40,000,000 Cairhienen Marks
Cost for domestic/international production
- CF-14e
- 300,000,000 Cairhienen Marks for blueprints
- 100,000,000 Cairhienen Marks for production line setup (capable of producing 10 planes every Eternian Year(RL day))
- Total
- 400,000,000 Cairhienen Marks for domestic