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The '''Chikai Type 40 fighter''', Chikai sallyŏng-sik jŏntugi) was a Menghean fighter aircraft designed during the late 1930s and introduced in 1940. It was powered by the Donghae Gi-27 12-cylinder inverted-V engine,}, giving it a sleek appearance and very good performance for its time. With over 5,500 units produced between 1940 and 1945, the Type 40 was the most widely produced Menghean fighter of the war, and it became a lasting icon of Menghe's military effort.
The K-40 Kestrel is the current Next Generation Fighter in use by most of the Concordat's Airforce, though the majority of early production aircraft are employed in the Kalaronian Airforce. Powered by two high-temperature OE-131 Turbofans, the Kestrel carries a larger weapon-payload than earlier stealthy designs produced by the Advanced Aeronautic Design Board of Velika Armaments. Designed to secure aerial supremacy in heavily reinforced airspace, the Kestrel has a secondary role in "cracking" that airspace open for less stealthy aircraft, aided by the introduction of the SVAM-13 "Small Volume Attack Missile" a year before it's adoption by Kalaron.  
 
When it arrived on the front lines in early 1940, the Chikai Type 40 represented a radical improvement over all Menghean fighter aircraft already in service, including the biplane  and the Striker-Fighter purchased from. Allied pilots considered it a formidable opponent with versatile flight characteristics, balancing speed, maneuverability, armament, and protection. In the right hands, it could outperform contemporary Allied fighters like the , and most of Menghe's highest-scoring aces scored their kills in the Type 40. As the war progressed, the Type 40 received new upgrades to its engine and armament, keeping it moderately competitive with later Allied fighters, though bombing attacks on its production facilities slowed the delivery of new airframes.


Additionally, the K-40 remains the most mass-produced of Velika's stealth designs. Of the several hundred airframes produced, Kalaron retained the first one hundred to furnish it's squadrons, with a further fifty held and devoted to the Joint Concordat Defense Militia as per the Member Obligations. It's versatile design, excellent thermal and radar stealth, and superb maneuverability have led to it seeing international customers, even beyond the official Concordat Members in small numbers.
==Background==
==Background==


Revision as of 07:15, 18 September 2020

Type 40 fighter
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Three common Type 40 variants spanning the course of the war
General information
TypeFighter
Designer
Chikai Aviation Company
Statuswithdrawn from service
History
Manufactured1939-1945
Introduction date1940

The K-40 Kestrel is the current Next Generation Fighter in use by most of the Concordat's Airforce, though the majority of early production aircraft are employed in the Kalaronian Airforce. Powered by two high-temperature OE-131 Turbofans, the Kestrel carries a larger weapon-payload than earlier stealthy designs produced by the Advanced Aeronautic Design Board of Velika Armaments. Designed to secure aerial supremacy in heavily reinforced airspace, the Kestrel has a secondary role in "cracking" that airspace open for less stealthy aircraft, aided by the introduction of the SVAM-13 "Small Volume Attack Missile" a year before it's adoption by Kalaron.

Additionally, the K-40 remains the most mass-produced of Velika's stealth designs. Of the several hundred airframes produced, Kalaron retained the first one hundred to furnish it's squadrons, with a further fifty held and devoted to the Joint Concordat Defense Militia as per the Member Obligations. It's versatile design, excellent thermal and radar stealth, and superb maneuverability have led to it seeing international customers, even beyond the official Concordat Members in small numbers.

Background

Development

Design

Operational history

Early service

Anti-bomber operations

Post-war service

Variants

The prototype flown in the 1939 fighter competition was designated Chikai WH 25, with WH indicating wŏnhyŏng (prototype). Six were built. Its armament consisted of four 7.5mm machine guns: two above the nose, and one in each wing. Each gun was fed from a 500-round belt.

Type 40-I

Type 40-II

Type 40-III

Type 40-IV

Type 40-V

Specifications (Type 40-I)

<imgur thumb="yes" w="500">34yFV4y.png</imgur> General Characteristics

  • Crew:
  • Length:
  • Wingspan:
  • Height:
  • Wing Area:
  • Empty Weight:
  • Loaded Weight:
  • Powerplant:

Performance

  • Maximum Speed:
  • Range:
  • Service Ceiling:
  • Rate of Climb:
  • Wing Loading:
  • Power-to-Mass ratio:

Armament

  • Guns:
    2x forward-firing
    2x forward-firing
  • Bombs:

See also

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