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Clux -> RE: Aircraft Design, help needed (7/30/2021 3:07:11 AM)
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Well, we need more info in order to know what do you want to achieve.
Do you want an interceptor? a long range fighter? a CAS fighter-bomber?
There are key elements in the building of a plane:
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*Engine: Don't brother using regular propeller engines unless you have a good mbar/gravity ratio, stick to turboprop/turbo jet and plasma engines
*Wings: Normally the bigger they're, the more payload and further you can go (due "gliding"), however, if you increase it too much it will slow down a lot the aircraft and it will severely shorten its range
*Fuel: You need at least 3K fuel if you want to achieve a +10 hex range, you can increase or decrease it depending on the final weight of the plane (due payload)
*Air to Air Weapons: You will always use missiles if available, they have the best attack score (for air and hard targets) and don't have a handicap for the first three combat rounds
*Air to Ground Weapons: If you want to kill tanks I suggest you to use rockets, they're kinda cheap, light and effective, precision bombs aren't bad but they get expensive to use fast, if you want to kill infantry the ordinary bombs payloads get very heavy and expensive to use extremely fast, I would suggest you to use tanks instead. If what you want to do its strategic bombing, you're way better using rocket/missile launchers since they do waaay more asset damage per attack and cost a ton less ammo wise.
Also, applied science techs are necessary if you want good planes, if you're going to use turboprop for a while (or chopters) invest into propeller optimization, if you want your planes to go further invest into lightweight alloys (it reduces the overall weight of the plane, minus payload), if you want more firepower invest into payload optimization.
PS: As a rule of thumb, a good multirole fighter has the following components (depending on the mbar/gravity ratio you will need to increase the wing size/fuel load, also if you have invested into applied science techs the plane will be faster and fly farther)
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* Heavy Turboprop
* 10mts wings
* 3K fuel
* Medium Missiles and medium rockets
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