KerbalX

Description

The F-42 line was the predecessor of the humongous Draconian interceptor, in which the former never made it past the prototype stage until 1998, where it was finally produced.
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In 1991, Kerbin Air Force realized they need to have ground-attack aircraft in their arsenal. As the result, they’ve launched Project Superstrafe, which was aimed to have supersonic flight-capable ground-attack aircraft. Frontinco approached KAF with their entry, designated as XF-42. Alas, the project was shelved in 1994 due to budgetary constraints and submission delays.
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In 1998, air forces of several allied nations came to Frontinco, asking for a cheap, highly maneuverable & easy to maintain air-superiority fighter. The result, they’ve took the XF-42, retained the GAU-8 Gatling cannon which was origianlly built for air-to-ground strafings, changed the armament of AGM-65 Maverick air-to-ground missiles to AIM-120 AMRAAM air-to-air missiles, installed an additional pylon under the main fuselage and removed the air-to-air refueling system after the potential customers told Frontinco they have no air-to-air tankers. The result, F-42 Ali-A was born.
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Several variants are being developed, using the naming convention after outdated memes.
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A mod aircraft called Frontinco F-42A Ali-A. Built with 48 of the finest parts, its root part is Mark2Cockpit.

Built in the SPH in KSP version 1.9.1.

Important

• Afterburner is on by default. This is to ease flight as the aircraft is made as a challenge entry and AI Pilot will fly the aircraft.
• Flare & Chaff is set to action groups as it was unavailable in the BD Weapon Manager.However, with the aircraft will be flown using AI Pilot and fight with Guard Mode, Flares & Chaffs, as well as an ECM Jammer, those might be triggered automatically. However, if you wish to fire both manually, refer the Action Groups section for more information.

Details

• Type: SPH
• Class: ship
• Part Count: 48
• Mods: 2
• KSP: 1.9.1

Mods

• BD Armory Continued
• Squad (stock)