Q-107 Grackle
Q-107 Grackle | |
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Type | Multirole fighter |
Place of origin | Axdel |
Service history | |
In service | 2013 |
Used by | Axdelian Air Force Royal Cryrian Air Force Oscrelian Air Force Royal Tavari Air Force |
Wars | Auroran-Cerenerian War |
Production history | |
Designer | ARMS |
Designed | 2004 |
Manufacturer | ARMS (now Sentinel-ARMS), National Ballistics |
Produced | 2012-present |
Number built | ~500+ |
Variants | CTOL / VTOL |
Specifications | |
Crew | 1 |
Main armament | 4 × internal stations and 4 × external stations |
Secondary armament | 25mm Revolving gun |
Engine | Triache YF119 afterburning turbofan 120KN dry thrust 190KN with afterburner |
Operational range | 2200 km (CTOL) 1700 km (VTOL) |
Speed | mach 1.6 |
The Q-107 Grackle is a single-engined, multirole fighter jet developed by the Axdelian ARMS company. After merging with Sentinel in 2017 the plane is now produced by Sentinel-ARMS and exported globally. There are two variants, with the Q-107A taking off conventionally and the Q-107B having VTOL capability.
Development
(ARMS, an independent union-run arms company, runs out of money developing this thing and has to get bailed out by the even bigger Sentinel with a fat cheque from the government for good luck)
(This is partially because they were corrupt as hell and banking on being bailed out as an important supplier of military materiel, and thus blatantly overspent)
Operators
- Axdelian Air Force - 245 Q-107A of 250 originally ordered (5 were lost in the ACW) and an additional 52 are contracted to replace the Q-103ES in 2026
- Axdelian Navy - 72 Q-107B's to operate on the Khalanitas class carriers alongside the Q-104EQS
- Royal Cryrian Air Force - 20 Q-107A CTOL delivered in 2018
- Oscrelian Air Force - 50 Q-107A delivered from 2014 onwards
- Royal Tavari Air Force - 34 Q-107A delivered from 2017
- Rotal Tavari Navy - 16 Q-107B's to operate on their Blade of Storm class carriers.