DmitriKozlowsky Posted September 1, 2018 Posted September 1, 2018 Have this concept with for a custom bird. Take a WWII warbird , and treat it as a modernization, keeping it plausible. P-38 along with P-61 being my favorite WWII types. So lets take P-38 P-38X "Battledragon' or "Silent Knight" variant Mission: COIN, anti-armor, light ground attack. Crew : 1 , 2 for "Silent Knight" training and 2 seat sub-variant. Modern turboprop X2 to replace piston motors. Rated for fuel grades typically found in Southern Hemisphere. Low noise propfan or 8 bladed quiet proppelers Engine passive acoustic dampening , at expense of fuel for Silent Knight Sensor nose housing A-G folliage penetrating radar with ISAR capability, and FLIR, and gimballed IR/CCD/UV sensor Embedded GPS Inertial Navigation In Flight Refueling probe-drogue adapter. LM/GARMIN glass tactical cockpit. Strengthened gear for rough field operations. Epoxy skin covering for reduced observables. ARC and SINGAARS radio, IFF, and ILS Weapon pod for either GAU-19B .50BMG rotary gun, or M-134 7.62 Minigun. Guided munitions; GBU-39 ,GBU-38, GBU-53 JDAMs, or GBU-12, AGM-114 family, Brimstone Unguided: MK-82 family, Zuni rocket family, unguided AG rockets Any lightweight munition compatible with NATO link16 bus and pylon rating.
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