The Cairhienen Corporation/CF-16

Specifications

General characteristics

• Crew: 1
• Length: 33 ft
• Wingspan: 34 ft
• Height: 13 ft
• Wing area: 280 sq ft
• Empty weight: 30,000 lb
• Loaded weight: 45,000 lb
• Max takeoff weight: 70,000 lb
• Powerplant: 3x Cairhienen Corporation "Tristar" afterburning thrust vectoring turbofan, 13,500 lbf (25,000 lbf w/ afterburners) and 15 degree thrust vectoring each.

Performance

• Maximum speed: Mach 2.5 at altitude
• Cruise speed: Mach 0.8
• Ferry range: 3,250 mi
• Wing loading: 160.71 lb/sq ft
• Thrust/weight: 0.9 dry, 1.67 wet

Armament

• Guns: internally mounted double 18 mm CM18 Vulcan gatling gun, 10,000 rounds total
• Hardpoints:
  • 28 underwing external hardpoints
    • Capable of mounting Cairhienen AAMs or 500 lb bombs
    • Larger explosives can be slung across multiple hardpoints (eg: 1,000 pound bomb attached to two hardpoints)

Price

• 75 million Marks to manufacture
• 100 million Marks to purchase the CF-16e