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Description

A stock aircraft called Sukhoi Su 25 ‘Frogfoot’. Built with 249 of the finest parts, its root part is Mk1FuselageStructural.

Built in the SPH in KSP version 1.12.5.

Short history lesson about the aircraft:

In early 1968, the Soviet Ministry of Defence decided to develop a specialised shturmovik armoured assault aircraft in order to provide close air support for the Soviet Ground Forces. The idea of creating a ground-support aircraft came about after analysing the experience of ground-attack (shturmovaya) aviation during the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s. The Soviet fighter-bombers in service or under development at the time (Su-7, Su-17, MiG-21 and MiG-23) did not meet the requirements for close air support of the army. They lacked essential armour plating to protect the pilot and vital equipment from ground fire and missile hits, and their high flight speeds made it difficult for the pilot to maintain visual contact with a target. Having taken into account these problems, Pavel Sukhoi and a group of leading specialists in the Sukhoi Design Bureau started preliminary design work in a comparatively short period of time, with the assistance of leading institutes of the Ministry of the Aviation Industry and the Ministry of Defence.
This Su-25UB of the Russian Air Force is a two-seater version intended for both combat and training.

In March 1969, a competition was announced by the Soviet Air Force that called for designs for a new battlefield close-support aircraft. Participants in the competition were the Sukhoi design bureau and the design bureaus of Yakovlev, Ilyushin and Mikoyan. Sukhoi finalised its T-8 design in late 1968, and began work on the first two prototypes (T8-1 and T8-2) in January 1972. The T8-1, the first airframe to be assembled, was completed on 9 May 1974. Another source says November 1974. However, it did not make its first flight until 22 February 1975, after a long series of test flights by Vladimir Ilyushin. The Su-25 surpassed its main competitor in the Soviet Air Force competition, the Ilyushin Il-102, and series production was announced by the Ministry of Defence.

During flight-testing phases of the T8-1 and T8-2 prototypes’ development, the Sukhoi Design Bureau’s management proposed that the series production of the Su-25 should start at Factory No. 31 in Tbilisi, Soviet Republic of Georgia, which at that time was the major manufacturing base for the MiG-21UM Mongol-B trainer. After negotiations and completion of all stages of the state trials, the Soviet Ministry of Aircraft Production authorised manufacture of the Su-25 at Tbilisi, allowing series production to start in 1978.

Source: Wikipedia, why? Well, because after building an aircraft in a pixel game for days, you lose the ability to even bother.

Details

• Type: SPH
• Class: aircraft
• Part Count: 249
• Pure Stock
• KSP: 1.12.5

I am super exited about the release of this craft!
After a lot of time and effort my first replica (non-fictional) craft has now released! With that being said, I hope you like it! :)

It is also my first craft to use advanced grabbing unit jr.s to make the cockpit instead of oscar-b fuel tanks that i’ve previously used (which i think makes the craft nicer)

Note:
While the real-life Su-25 has a top speed of 288 m/s this one only has a top speed 140 m/s with max fuel.
Trust me, it might not sound that impressive but it was a lot harder than you think to even get this craft off the runway.