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FV-4 Venus | Fighter Aircraft

This aircraft has been made for the Stormworks National Airshow build challenge

History of this IRL and In-game aircraft:
The FV-4 Venus is named after a Venus Fly Trap, which is in conjunction with all of Alternative's fighters being named after a plant related subject. The FV-4 is based of the YF-23, Northrop's answer to the Advanced Tactical Fighter program. The YF-22 from Lockheed won this contract, and the YF-23 was never put into production. While the YF-22 was more agile and had more internal weapon surface area, the YF-23 had better stealth and speed.
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There are two versions of the YF-23. One is called the Gray Ghost and the other is the Black Widow. I've chosen use the the Black Widow variant as I was able to make it look better on such a small time slot. The Gray Ghost variant will be available later.
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The '4' in FV-4 stand for where on the timeline this aircraft was conjured up. This means that there is 3 other separate aircraft that I have yet to post. These will be coming out in the near future, with the FV-1 soon to be posted next. You can see their development on my discord.
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Around this time last year, I started working on the FV-1 Raphide. The FV-1 is a technologically advanced aircraft comparative to the FV-4 as it boasts HMDs, Datalink, better weapon systems, and more internal hardpoint space, making it a true multi-role fighter. It's nearly year long development by now paved the way for the FV-4 to happen in under 2 months.


Specification:
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Crew Capacity: 1 Pilot
Length: 2.25m (<-- Edit: That doesn't seem right)
Wingspan: 13.75m
Height: 2.25m
Height w/ Gear: 3.75m
Cost: $169,402 including hardpoint weapons
Mass: 57362 Units
Hardpoints: 9 Hardpoint in total. 3 of them are internal
Internal Gun: 2 Machines guns w/ 100 rounds each. Can be reloaded within cockpit
Speed: Top speed is around 500 m/s, can get to 550 m/s on a good day
Range: Estimated to be over 1000km at full speed (not tested)
Preformance Impact: Low-Mid Ranges


Features:
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- Fully automatic weapons bay. Can support 3 3x1 weapons or 1 3x3 weapon.
- Mouse fly control
- Precision guidance mode
- Fuel pylon support (very good)
- Internal bay fuel pylon support (also very good)
- Adaptive maneuverability based on aircraft speed

Documentation on the FV-4 may release in the future. Most of the thing you may want to know will found in the FV-1 documentation when that releases.

Credits:
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thatcoolcat1 - NNTC Gyro V2, Jet Engine Controller, AIM-9Xs boat load of menu micros
Klara - EHCS, HEVS heads-up display, Fuel Pylons
Space - AIM120 Drop Version
Kahstrom - General Radio (I'm an idiot, this is for a 3x1 screen. Will need to be changed)


- Do Not Re-upload This Creation Without My Permission -


If you want to see my other projects, or if you want to contact me, join the Alternative Industries SW discord server:
https://discord.gg/GJpjJ3bYER
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Anyways, have fun!