Q-103 Swift
| Q-103 Swift | |
|---|---|
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| Top view outline of a Q-103 | |
| Role | Multirole Fighter |
| National origin | Axdel |
| Manufacturer | Sentinel Co-Operative Industries |
| Designer | Aerial Warfare Division of Axdel |
| First flight | March 4th 1971 |
| Introduction | February 10th 1973 |
| Status | In active service |
| Primary user | Axdelian Air Force |
| Produced | 1973-1995 |
| Number built | 2000 |
| Unit cost |
♅7 Million
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The Q-107 Swift is a single-engined multirole fighter jet designed during the Auroran Imperial War by the Aerial Warfare Division of Axdel, originally to serve an air superiority fighter.
Specifications (Q-103A)
General Characteristics
- Crew: 1
- Length: 15.9 m
- Wingspan: 9.6 m
- Height: 4.6 m
- Wing area: 34 m2
- Empty weight: 7966 kg
- Gross weight: 13,000 kg
- Max takeoff weight: 19,000 kg
- Fuel capacity: 3,850 kg internal
- Powerplant: 1 × Yk145 Koriba-3 Low-Bypass Turbofan (80kN dry thrust 145kN with afterburner)
Performance
- Maximum speed: Mach 1.8 (1920 km/h) at high altitude
- Mach 1.12 (1,372 km/h) at sea level
- Combat range: 800 km full combat load
- Ferry range: 3000 km with 2x drop tanks
- Service ceiling: 18,500 m
- g limits: +9 / -3
- Wing loading: 353 kg/m2
- Thrust/weight: 1.1 (full fuel and combat load)
Armament
- Guns: 1 × 20 mm Aekon-220 Gast autocannon with 360 rounds
- Hardpoints: 8 x Hardpoints (6 x underwing, 2 x on fuselage)