KaF-41
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| KaF-41 Super Soko | |
|---|---|
 KaF-41 in flight | |
| General information | |
| Type | Supermaneuverable fighter aircraft |
| Manufacturer | NAT Kaminski |
| Designer | |
| Status | Active |
| History | |
| Manufactured | 2005-present |
| Introduction date | 2005 |
The Kaminski KaF-41 Super Soko (Super Soko meaning Super Falcon in Serbian) is a twin-engine, 4+ generation supermaneuverable fighter aircraft designed by the Nikolian aerospace manufacturer Kaminski. The KaF-41 is a modernised and further developed version of the KaF-40. The main design differences of the two is that the KaF-41 has additional canards behind the cockpit, and thrust vectoring engine nozzles, which improves maneuverability of the aircraft. The aircraft also features improved avionics and radar, and fully digitalised cockpit.
Development
Design
Cockpit
Sensors and radar
Operators
Specifications
General characteristics
- Crew: 1
- Length: 21.9 m (72 ft 11 in)
- Wingspan: (with wingtip pods) 15.3 m (50 ft 2 in)
- Height: 5.9 m (19 ft 5 in)
- Wing area: 62 m² (667 ft²)
- Empty weight: 17,200 kg (37,920 lb)
- Loaded weight: 25,300 kg at 50% internal fuel (56,660 lb)
- Max. takeoff weight: 34,500 kg (76,060 lb)
- Powerplant: 2 × Luna TF-251M1 afterburning turbofans
- Dry thrust: 86.3 kN (19,400 lbf) each
- Thrust with afterburner: 142 kN (31,900 lbf) each
Performance
- Maximum speed:
- At altitude: Mach 2.25 (2,400 km/h; 1,490 mph)
- At sea level: Mach 1.13 (1,400 km/h; 870 mph)
- Stall speed: ff ()
- Combat radius: around 1,600 km (932 mi; 810 nmi)
- Ferry range: 4,500 km (2,800 mi; 2,430 nmi) with 2 external fuel tanks
- Service ceiling: 18,000 m (59,100 ft)
- Rate of climb: >280 m/s (>55,000 ft/min)
- Wing loading:
- With 50% fuel: 408 kg/m² (84.9 lb/ft²)
- With full internal fuel: 500.8 kg/m² ()
- Thrust/weight: 1.13 at 50% fuel (0.92 with full internal fuel)
- Maximum g-load: +9 g
Armament
- Guns: 1x internally mounted 35mm Filipovski AT-35 autocannon with 160 rounds
- Hardpoints: 12 hardpoints, consisting of 2 wingtip rails, and 10 wing and fuselage stations with a capacity of 8,000 kg (17,630 lb) of ordinance
Avionics