PFS - SF - Spitfire - A - Strike Fighter

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Update 31/5/17 - Added Whip's rotor thruster script. it is now no longer necessary to micro-manage the main thrust by pressing "1". The thrusters are now linked to the W key instead, and the craft flies like any other. Also added Naval logos

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Spitfire Strike Fighter

Mass: 78,101 kg (Empty) Length: 33m (Wingspan, full spread) Acceleration: 26 m/s^2 Connectors: 1 (Dorsal) Cargo: 2 Medium Containers Batteries: 10 Weapons: 6 Gatling Guns, 12 Rocket Launchers, 2 Rocket Turrets

Crew: 2 1 Pilot, 1 Co-Pilot/Gunner

Description

As Phoenix began to shift its attention towards atmospheric warfare, some of its older starfighter models began to get outdated. When Phoenix began to come under threat of a war with Earth, they knew a new starfighter would be needed, and fast.

Rather than building multiple fighter designs, as before, PFS set about developing a single fighter that could meet the roles required of the previous, aging models. The result was the Spitfire - Part Gunship, Part Fighter.

The Spitfire was designed to carry the firepower and cargo capacity of a gunship, but the speed and portability of a fighter. To this end, it was also designed specifically to fit into carriers that were designed to carry much smaller craft than itself.

Initial tests were more than satisfactory. The Spitfire proved its ability to not only take on larger ships with its heavy armament, but also possessed an interceptor like acceleration that allowed it to evade pursuing fighters easily, while its automated turrets could make short work of any enemy strike craft that dared get too close.

User Manual - Read This or Your Wings Will Explode

It is of extreme importance that you always lock your wings before moving the ship. This can be done via tab 1, button 4, as seen below. Obviously, you'll need to unlock the wings any time you want to change their position. The wings are also set to automatically lock once you reach over 10 m/s. This is a convenience zone so you can move them while docking with a carrier. However, you should always lock the wings down BEFORE activating the wing thrusters, or your ship will pitch forward and possibly break in the first 10 m/s of acceleration.

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Tab 1 - Flight Controls

[olist] [*] N/A [*] Gatling Guns [*] Rocket Sequenced Fire On/Off [*] Wings Lock/Unlock [*] Wings Deploy/Undeploy [*] Lights On/Off [/olist]

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Tab 2 - Docking Controls

[olist] [*] Left Cockpit Camera [*] Right Cockpit Camera [*] Docking Camera [*] Open Port Hangar 4 [*] Connector Lock/Unlock [*] Batteries On/Off [*] Battery Recharge On/Off [/olist]

Scripts

Whiplash141 - Weapon Sequencer, Rotor Thruster Manager

Misc

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