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F-23 Early Jet Fighter/Bomber

NOTE: all screenshots were taken with particle effects set to Reduced, because stormworks jet exhaust is funky. I recommend you do the same. cheers

The F-23 is an early jet-powered fighter-bomber, developed to share common parts with earlier piston-engined aircraft. It features impressive performance but has interesting quirks in flight. Perfect for bullying on the sector control servers!

FEATURES:

-Max speed 90 M/S in cruise, 144 M/S with afterburner
-1528 L fuel capacity (980 internal, 2x 274 permanent wingtip tanks)
-Fuel consumption approximately .2 L/S in cruise, .25 L/S with afterburner
-4x20mm cannon, 2x40mm cannon mounted internally and in wings respectively
-4x wing hardpoints
-Basic Large comms radio able to access channels 0-8
-Transponder receiver/transmitter


STARTUP:

-canopy close
-battery breaker ON
-fuel pump ON
-wing tanks L/R as desired
-press engine starter until RPS reaches .6
-Engine start may cause mild player injury. A medkit is provided.
-AoA warning system ON
-heater as desired
-lights as desired
-release parking brake
-taxi at .35-.42 throttle
-ground steering is done by differential braking, so expect to slow down on turns a lot


TAKEOFF:

-SLOWLY increase throttle to 100%.
-toggle gear so green light extinguishes


LANDING:

-deploy gear
-decrease throttle to .67-.69
-keep AoA at 5-6 degrees (green) as you approach runway edge
-once above runway, decrease throttle to .60
-DO NOT PRESS BRAKES ON TOUCHDOWN, airplane will slow by itself.
-Aggressive braking may cause nose-over


IMPORTANT FLIGHT TIPS:
-DO NOT EXCEED 25 DEGREES OF AOA. This will cause an aggressive spin due to the engine thrust being below the center of gravity.
-the AoA warning system will activate a horn and light the cockpit red when AoA is above 25. If activated, stop pulling elevator until warning stops. The point of no return is generally 30 degrees
-Spin recovery is done by reducing the throttle to 0 and shutting off the engine, once airplane is stable you may turn the engine back on, at low power.
-Spin recovery is only possible at 400 metres or higher

WEAPONS:

-gunsight ON, brightness as desired
-internal cannon arm switches are below gunsight. Cannons fired by pressing spacebar
-FIRE pylon 1/2/3/4 switches control firing rocket launchers, gunpods, bomb racks etc. Armed pylons will fire by pressing spacebar. If you want to use your own launchers, the firing system simply sends a composite signal on channel 1.
-LAUNCH pylon 1/2/3/4 switches will launch that pylon, for large bombs/rockets or jettisoning launchers. Armed pylons will launch by pressing 1.
-pod arm switch controls missile control pod usage. "pod active" light indicates a mounted pod is working. missile control pod may only be mounted on pylons 1 and 4 (the outer ones)


SUSPENDED ORDNANCE, LEFT TO RIGHT:

-6x small bomb rack, will launch bombs at a .2 second interval when trigger is held. Interval can be adjusted in its microcontroller
-medium bomb, medium warhead. Not much to say
-heavy anti-ship rocket, medium warhead. Recommended max range 1000 metres
-16 shot rocket pod. Fires 4 rockets per salvo
-AA-40 SACLOS missile. Used against large aerial targets such as bombers, or point ground targets. Should be familiar to anyone who has seen my F-93. Guided by looking at target, binoculars recommended. Requires the missile control pod to use.
-ANS/MG missile control pod. Activated by the pod control panel, only works on hardpoints 1 and 4. Allows guidance of AA-40 missiles.


CREDITS:

-Kobson, who made the SACLOS missile controller in the pod
-transponder distance measurer stolen from App1eJack: https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2660080756&searchtext=transponder+distance