Matca D7M Taipan
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| Matca D7M Taipan | |
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| Taipan drawing | |
| Role | Stealth attack helicopter |
| National origin |  Meridon
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| Manufacturer | Matca Aerospace |
| First flight | 14 August 2021 |
| Introduction | 17 August 2023 |
| Status | In limited service |
| Primary user |  Meridon Defense Forces
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| Produced | 2021-present |
| Number built | 60 initial production, 10 pre-production |
| Unit cost |
86.1 million MD (F9M A)
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The Gruening F9M Osprey is a Meridonian carrier-capable, supersonic, single engine, single seat, twin tail, stealth jet fighter, created by Gruening as a readily-available derivative of the F7M Wedgetail to respond to an urgent requirement of the Meridon Defense Forces for the acceleration of its fighter modernization program. Utilizing a large pool of common components including engines, control surfaces, avionics, weapons systems, and software, it was able to proceed from pre-production to flight testing relatively quickly.
Development
Design
Operational History
Variants
Operators
Current Operators
Former Operators
Specifications (D7M)
General Characteristics
- Crew: 2 (pilot, copilot/gunner (CPG)
- Length: 48.5 ft (14.8m)
- Width: 6.6 ft (2m)
- Height: 12.1 ft (3.7m)
- Rotor Height: 14.7 ft (4.48m)
- Wingspan: 15 ft (4.6m)
- Empty Weight: 7,441.9 lbs (3,375 Kgs)
- Max Takeoff Weight: 14,839.7 lbs (6,730 Kgs)
- Powerplant: 2x Regnault-Dawson HMA23 Turboshaft Engines (2,300 HP / 1,715.11 kW each)
- Fuel Capacity: 4,354.1 lbs (1,975 Kgs)
- Rotor Diameter: (x2 - Coaxial) 39.7 ft (12.11m)
- Main Rotor Area: 2,479.57 ft2 (230.36 m2)
Performance
- Maximum Speed: Mach 2.02 (2494 km/h, 1,549 mph) at altitude
- Service Ceiling: 17,290' ft (5,270m)
- Rate of Climb: 34 seconds @ 2,012 feet per minute (10.23 M/Sec)
- Wing Loading: 100 lb/sq ft (492 kg/m2)
- Thrust/Weight: 509.69 HP/Ton (0.50 kW/Kg)
- Disc Loading @ MTOW: 5.98 Lbs/sq ft (29.21 Kg/m2)
- Cruise Performance: 620 nmi (1,148.24 Km / 713.48 miles) in 3 hours 50 minutes @ 160 knots (296.62 Km/H / 184 MPH)
- Maximum Performance: 290 nmi (537.08 Km / 333.72 miles) in 1 hour, 15 minutes @ 230 knots (425.96 Km/H / 264.67 MPH)
Armament
- Guns: 1 × Type 40 25mm cannon with 450 rounds
- Payload: 6x internal hardpoints, with option for 4x wing-mounted hardpoints, capacity of 17,000lb (7711kg)
- 4x centerline internal weapons bay hardpoints
- 2x fuselage weapons bay hardpoints for SRAAM/equivalent
- 4x optional (2x per wing) external hardpoints
Avionics
- TA-46E active electronically scanned array radar
- AE-161D radar warning reciever
- AO-62 electro-optical distributed aperture system (EO-DAS)
- AE-202 Electronic Warfare/ Defensive Electronic Countermeasures System
- AO-104 electro-optical multifunction targeting system
