The Cairhienen Corporation/CF-10
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Type | Fighter-bomber | ||
Manufacturer | The Cairhienen Corporation | ||
Maiden flight | December 9, EY 2 | ||
Introduction | May 9, EY 3 | ||
Status | All still active | ||
Primary users |
Cairhienen Air Fighter Force UDFCLMW Aerial Division UDFCLMW Naval Division | ||
Produced | EY 3-27 | ||
Number built | 1,296 | ||
Unit cost | 10 million Cairhienen marks |
CF-10 is The Cairhienen Corporation's (CC) first fully military plane after the dearmament. It is also CC's first ever military jet. It is in essence a reverse engineered F-4S Phantom II, though is slightly worse by all accounts.
Contents
Specifications
General characteristics
- Crew: 2
- Length: 63 ft
- Wingspan: 38 ft 4.5 in
- Height: 16 ft 6 in
- Wing area: 530.0 ft²
- Empty weight: 35,000 lb
- Loaded weight: 41,500 lb
- Max takeoff weight: 61,795 lb
- Powerplant: 2× Cairhienen CEJ-J4-1 "Starburst I" axial compressor turbojets, 16,000 lbf each
- Fuel capacity: 1,800 US gal internal, 3,000 US gal (12,627 L) with three external tanks
Performance
- Maximum speed: Mach 2.1 at 40,000 ft
- Cruise speed: 512 knots
- Combat radius: 400 mi
- Ferry range: 1,250 nm with 3 external fuel tanks
- Service ceiling: 57,500 ft
- Rate of climb: 40,000 ft/min#
- Wing loading: 78.30 lb/sq ft
- Thrust/weight: 0.70
Armament
- 1x 20 mm CM21 Vulcan gatling cannon, 600 rounds
- Up to 18,650 lb (8,480 kg) of weapons on nine external hardpoints, including general purpose bombs, cluster bombs, TV- and laser-guided bombs, rocket pods, air-to-ground missiles, anti-runway weapons, anti-ship missiles, targeting pods, recce pods, and nuclear weapons. Baggage pods may also be carried . External fuel tanks of 300 US gal capacity for the outer wing hardpoints and either a 600 US gal fuel tank for the centerline station can be fitted to extend the range.
- 4x fuselage recesses plus 4x wing pylons for missiles
Cost for production
- CF-10
- 10,000,000 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-10e
- 12,000,000 Cairhienen Marks
Cost for domestic/international production
- CF-10e
- 100,000,000 Cairhienen Marks for blueprints
- 50,000,000 Cairhienen Marks for production line setup (capable of producing 25 planes every Eternian Year(RL day))
- Total
- 150,000,000 Cairhienen Marks for domestic