Wyvern Dynamic Fighter

WDF-A
File:PWMk1 skin01.png An airborne K-26A
General information
Type	Fighter
Status	Active
History
Manufactured	2018-Present
Introduction date	2020

Background

With Cordium fueled engines becoming more practical following the development of solid steel-alloys derived from Deactivated Cordium, the prospect of developing aircraft and vehicles with the astounding performance of even early CFEs was attractive to Weapon Manufacturers across the world. This was especially true in Kalaron's Experimental Design Division, a cross-corporation Development Group meant to fast-track the creation of new innovations. Having been part of the creation of the first cordium fueled engines, they were on the forefront of adapting and improving these designs, including the creation of several unmanned prototypes (SP-132, L4NC-3, D12-K) that all demonstrated increasing agility, thrust and performance. Ultimately, the performance of these designs reached the limits possible with their relatively fragile first generation alloys. However, while flawed, these preliminary airframes did expose another substantial problem to be overcome.

The design of the L4NC-3 was radically different from a conventional-winged jet, optimized for agility with reverse-swept wings and a radically new aerodynamic adjustment system that enabled extremely high-G maneuvers up to the limits of the airframe's constitution. However, conventional sitting positions for the cockpit would have reduced the allowed gee-forces by a massive amount. At other times, this would have been discarded by the incoming Kyrsian Government, however, the rise of the Iron Cross mixed with a terrifying new possibility: Cordium Bombs. Testing in the Greylock Saltflats revealed two facts to Kalaronian Scientists, Cordium was both explosive under the right conditions, and required relatively little to induce large explosive effects. Worse yet, taken alongside the advances in Engine Development, this opened new possibilities in the delivery of weaponry that a conventional air-defense system might not necessarily be able to deal with. Because of this, the absolute maximum in agility and resilience -both in Pilot and in aircraft- was needed. The decision was made, the next fighter in development would retain the L4NC-3 designation, becoming the L4NC-3α, and would receive an innovative full-body Augmented Reality Display System to deal with their new prone position.

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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.

Specifications (Type 40-I)

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: