FD AU 5

[F-16V Block 72]

My first unique design. It borrows from the F/A-18, YF-23, F-35, F-16, and F-22.

Crew: 1
Length: 56.0 ft
Wingspan: 41.5 ft
Empty Weight: 23,210 lbs
Max takeoff weight: 56,000 lbs
Fuel capacity: 15,000 lbs Internally
Powerplant: GE XA-100 (47,300 lbf)

Maximum speed: Mach 2.25
Supercruise: Mach 1.5
Service ceiling: 60,000 ft
G limits: +10 −4
Thrust/Weight: 1.21 (100% Fuel, 2 EM A2A missiles, 2 IR A2A missiles, Centerline, Gun)

Cannon: Mauser BK-25 (25x137 mm) 500 rds



Not sure if I'm happy with how the tank and pylons look.

[KIKE92]

Mirage 4000CA Argentine Air Force

[The_Sprinklez]

USA, McDonnell F-3D Demon


Air Forces of the Second American Civil War (Kaiserreich)


USA, McDonnell Douglas T-45 Goshawk Aggressors


USA, Boeing F/A-18E Super Hornet (VFA-201)


USA, Boeing F/A-18F Super Hornet (VMFA(AW)-332)


USA, Boeing C-32A (VR-59)


USA, Alenia C-27K Spartan (VRC-30)


Union of Columbian Communes, Lockheed LoK-47U Starstreak


USA, Alenia WC-27J Spartan/Weatherbird

[The_Sprinklez]

Since the rules prohibit posting of non-entry drawings in the challenge thread, I'm posting any bonus drawings for the Flying Boat Challenge here.

First, a Route Map of the Polaris Expedition



Next, the Royal Air Force Scheme for the S.24

[The_Sprinklez]

Back in October for the Cold War Primary Trainer Challenge, I mentioned that the Philippines and Mexico had also been operators of my entry, the Piper PA-50. Here are the schemes for their aircraft, as well as a pair of modern civilian operators. Better (three months) late than never, I suppose!

Mexico


Philippines


Civilian Operators

[The_Sprinklez]

2011 Cessna 162 SL-PKE (Slovetinia)

[Sheepster]

Bf 109 in Iraq

While reseaching the Nazi Fliegerführer Irak I came across photos of a Bf109E in Iraqi colours. First though was "Oh, I've never heard of that before". But of course a bit of digging showed it was a "what-if", but a great one in that it's reasonably plausible, and potentially a one-off that never got much publicity and details have only just been found somewhere.
There are some quite good created pictures of fantasy aircraft, the A-51 Stallion comes to mind, but now with the rise of AI we'll find pictues of even more models that seem like they were real, but weren't.



I liked that 109, so I've modelled it here. Just to re-iterate, it never existed for real.

[The_Sprinklez]

A few one-off drawings that I never got around to posting here:

[The_Sprinklez]

West Germany, General Dynamics F-16C Block 25 Fighting Falcon

[Hood]

Excellent additions, the F-16 looks good in Luftwaffe colours.