Mi-10.2 Taguato

Revision as of 14:32, 16 November 2022 by Arthurista (talk | contribs)
(diff) ← Older revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)
Jump to navigation Jump to search
Mi-10.2 Taguato
Aerial view of jet aircraft, carrying cylindrical fuel tanks and ordnance, overflying desert
A Redisan Taguato in flight in Itayana
Role Multirole fighter, air superiority fighter
National origin Sante Reze
Manufacturer Idk lmao
First flight
  • 20 January 1974; 50 years ago (1974-01-20) (unplanned)
  • 2 February 1974; 50 years ago (1974-02-02) (official)
Introduction 17 August 1978; 46 years ago (1978-08-17)
Status In service
Primary users Sante Reze Air Force
25 other users
Produced 1973–2017, 2019–present
Number built 2,405

The Mi-10.2 Taguato is a single-engine multirole fighter aircraft originally developed by XXX for the SANTHFORCE. Originally designed as an air superiority day fighter, it has since been converted into an all-weather multirole aircraft. Over 2,400 aircraft have been produced and it serves as the primary fighter of the SANTHFORCE. The Royal Redisan Air Force also operates several squadrons. The aircraft's key features include a frameless bubble canopy for better visibility, side-mounted control stick to ease control while maneuvering, an ejection seat reclined 30 degrees from vertical to reduce the effect of g-forces on the pilot, and the first use of a relaxed static stability/fly-by-wire flight control system that helps to make it an agile aircraft. It has an internal cannon and 11 locations for mounting weapons and other mission equipment.

The Taguato prototype would be licensed and modified by Arthuristan Dynamics in the late-1970's to create the Arthuristan Dynamics Fury, a navalised fighter featuring a slightly enlarged airframe.


Operational History

Designation and testing

Introduction into service

Maintenance and training

Deployments

Operational problems

Future Upgrades

Design

Overview

Armament

Avionics, Controls, and Cockpit

Variants

Specifications (Mi.10.2-M15)

3-view drawing of an Mi.10.2
View of underside of Mi.10.2 during a vertical climb
Weapons Storage and Security System vault in raised position holding a B61 bomb, adjacent to an Mi-10.2. The vault is within a Protective Aircraft Shelter.

General characteristics

  • Crew: 1
  • Length: 49 ft 5 in (15.06 m)
  • Wingspan: 32 ft 8 in (9.96 m)
  • Height: 16 ft (4.9 m)
  • Wing area: 300 sq ft (28 m2)
  • Airfoil: NACA 64A204
  • Empty weight: 18,900 lb (8,573 kg)
  • Gross weight: 26,500 lb (12,020 kg)
  • Max takeoff weight: 42,300 lb (19,187 kg)
  • Fuel capacity: 7,000 pounds (3,200 kg) internals
  • Powerplant: 1 × Falcus Designs RE300 afterburning turbofan (for M15 version), 17,155 lbf (76.31 kN) thrust dry, 29,500 lbf (131 kN) with afterburner

Performance

  • Maximum speed: Mach 2.05 1,145 kn (1,318 mph; 2,121 km/h) at 40,000 feet, clean
    • Mach 1.2, 800 kn (921 mph; 1,482 km/h) at sea level
  • Combat range: 295 nmi (339 mi; 546 km) on a hi-lo-hi mission with 4 × 1,000 lb (454 kg) bombs
  • Ferry range: 2,277 nmi (2,620 mi; 4,217 km) with drop tanks
  • Service ceiling: 58,000 ft (18,000 m)
  • g limits: +9.0
  • Roll rate: 324°/s
  • Wing loading: 88.3 lb/sq ft (431 kg/m2)
  • Thrust/weight: 1.095 (1.24 with loaded weight & 50% internal fuel)[1]

Armament

  • Guns: 1 × 20 mm (0.787 in) 6-barrel rotary cannon, 511 rounds
  • Hardpoints: 2 × wing-tip air-to-air missile launch rails, 6 × under-wing, and 3 × under-fuselage pylon (2 of 3 for sensors) stations with a capacity of up to 17,000 lb (7,700 kg) of stores,
  • Bombs: *Others:

Operators

See Also

  1. Thrust (28,600 lb) / Loaded weight with 50% internal fuel (23,000 lb)