KerbalX

Description

In the late 1960s, the U.S conceived a plan for a low altitude fighter/bomber for the Vietnam war, to work alongside the F-4 Phantom, prototypes of the Dolph first flew in 1967, and the production variant flying just a year later. It’s main purpose is to multirole between heavy fighter and bomber. It was one of the first aircraft of its time to incorporate thrust vectoring, having a gimbal of 25. The Dolph continued service until the late 1970s, where it was soon replaced by the F-15 Eagle.

The LRF-51 is able to get up to speeds of 260m/s with drop tanks, and 305m/s without drop tanks. Due to it’s high wing loading, it is only able to carry 2 AGM-65s on the wings, though is able to carry 4 more on the large fuselage. Having such power-to-weight ratio means that the Dolph can also get up to high altitudes if necessary, and can hastily get out of danger. On the nose, it carries a 20mm M61 Vulcan if in a dogfight.

Pilots in the Vietnam War noted that the best way to fly this aircraft during dogfights was boom and zoom, target your aircraft, fire the 20mm, and get out of there as soon as possible due to having limited manoeuvrability.

Details

• Type: SPH
• Class: aircraft
• Part Count: 296
• Pure Stock

• This aircraft is for HB_Stratos’ and Servo’s original aircraft design competition.

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• Government contract No.003

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• Generation 3 aircraft.