Post by Inferno Rodan on Apr 3, 2009 19:00:21 GMT -5
Name: IS-VTOL(F)-03 Harpy
Type: Air (Air-to-air fighter aircraft/gunship)
Faction: GDF (Imar Science)
Weapons:
1. AIM-120D AMRAAM x6- Mid-range (100 miles) radar-guided air-to-air missiles.
2. AIM-9X Sidewinder x6 - Short-range (10 miles) heat-seeking air-to-air missiles.
3. GAU-8/A Avenger x4 - Four powerful 30mm Gatling guns that spew armor-piercing incendiary ammo rounds at a rate of 3900 rounds per minute.
Description/Picture: Imagine an Apache fuselage, minus the tail and rotors. It’s also about twice as wide. Two pairs of pivoting thrusters are mounted on the ends of pylons which extend to the sides and slightly upwards from the upper half of the craft. Like the Apache, Harpies have small “wings” on the sides onto which their weapons are mounted. These are slightly longer on the Harpy, with the missiles arranged in two sets of three on each wing (AMRAAMs being the inner sets and Sidewinders being the outer sets). Two Gatling guns are mounted internally, one above the other, on either side of the craft’s nose.
Imar Science’s air-to-air combat craft emphasizes extreme maneuverability over speed. With a top speed of mach 1, they can still scoot when necessary, but they won’t outrun even outdated fighters like the F-15. Their heavy (for an aircraft, anyway) armor and nigh-unparalleled agility more than make up for this, however, and grant them immense survivability.
Type: Air (Air-to-air fighter aircraft/gunship)
Faction: GDF (Imar Science)
Weapons:
1. AIM-120D AMRAAM x6- Mid-range (100 miles) radar-guided air-to-air missiles.
2. AIM-9X Sidewinder x6 - Short-range (10 miles) heat-seeking air-to-air missiles.
3. GAU-8/A Avenger x4 - Four powerful 30mm Gatling guns that spew armor-piercing incendiary ammo rounds at a rate of 3900 rounds per minute.
Description/Picture: Imagine an Apache fuselage, minus the tail and rotors. It’s also about twice as wide. Two pairs of pivoting thrusters are mounted on the ends of pylons which extend to the sides and slightly upwards from the upper half of the craft. Like the Apache, Harpies have small “wings” on the sides onto which their weapons are mounted. These are slightly longer on the Harpy, with the missiles arranged in two sets of three on each wing (AMRAAMs being the inner sets and Sidewinders being the outer sets). Two Gatling guns are mounted internally, one above the other, on either side of the craft’s nose.
Imar Science’s air-to-air combat craft emphasizes extreme maneuverability over speed. With a top speed of mach 1, they can still scoot when necessary, but they won’t outrun even outdated fighters like the F-15. Their heavy (for an aircraft, anyway) armor and nigh-unparalleled agility more than make up for this, however, and grant them immense survivability.
