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Post by The Eshva on Oct 23, 2020 19:36:41 GMT
This thread contains information on aircraft used during the later Great-War (1928 - 1950) era by the Empire of Ikhan. It does not include aircraft from earlier or later time-periods.
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Post by The Eshva on Oct 24, 2020 0:34:35 GMT
Kines IZ-13(Used: 1931 - 1938)General Characteristics • Crew: 1 • Type: Fighter • Length: 7.94 m • Wingspan: 12.09 m • Height: 2.42 m • Wing Area: 16.5 m² • Empty Weight: 1,496 kg • Gross Weight: 1,929 kg • Powerplant: 1 × V-12 liquid-cooled piston engine, 640 kW (860 HP) • Propellers: 3-bladed metal propeller Performance • Max. Speed: 402 km/h • Range: 700 km • Service Ceiling: 11,000 m • Rate of Climb: 14.85 m/s • Time to Altitude: 1,000 m in 1 minute 19 seconds Armament • Guns: • 1 × 20mm HZ.6 cannon, 60 rounds • 2 × 7.92mm MG30-1 machine guns, 300 rounds per gun
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Post by The Eshva on Oct 24, 2020 0:46:58 GMT
Vanas TZ-22(Used: 1928 - 1936)TZ-22A's at Aike Aerodrome, Eshun Province (c.1932)General Characteristics • Crew: 1 • Type: Fighter/Attacker • Length: 8.4 m • Wingspan: 11 m • Height: 3.2 m • Wing Area: 27.2 m² • Empty Weight: 1,460 kg • Gross Weight: 1,900 kg • Powerplant: 1 × V-12 liquid-cooled piston engine, 559 kW (750 hp) • Propellers: 2-bladed variable-pitch propeller Performance • Max. Speed: 330 km/h • Range: 570 km • Service Ceiling: 7,700 m • Time to Altitude: 1,000 m in 1 minute 24 seconds 6,000 m in 16 minutes 30 seconds Armament • Guns: 2 × 7.92 mm MG22-3 Machine guns in nose • Bombs: 6 × 10 kg bombs
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Post by The Eshva on Oct 24, 2020 1:24:23 GMT
Kines-Vanas F-2(Used: 1935 - 1943)General Characteristics • Crew: 1 • Type: Fighter (Multirole) • Length: 10.30 m • Wingspan: 10.89 m • Height: 2.65 m • Wing Area: 21.0 m² • Empty Weight: 1,642 kg • Gross Weight: 2,125 kg • Powerplant: 1 × liquid-cooled V12 engine, 480 kW (640 hp) Performance • Max. Speed: 415 km/h • Range: 800 km • Rate of Climb: 9.5 m/s Armament • Guns: • 2 × 7.92mm MG35-1 Machine Guns • 1 × 20mm HZ.7 cannon • Bombs: 3 × 10 kg bombs
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Post by The Eshva on Oct 24, 2020 1:47:02 GMT
KV F-5(Used: 1939 - 1947)General Characteristics • Crew: 1 • Type: Fighter (Multirole) • Length: 8.20 m • Wingspan: 9.40 m • Height: 3.60 m • Wing Area: 14.60 m² • Empty Weight: 1,810 kg • Maximum Takeoff Weight: 2,500 kg • Fuel Capacity: 300 kg • Powerplant: 1 × liquid-cooled V12 piston engine, 876 kW (1,175 hp) • Propellers: 3-bladed constant-speed propeller, 2.80 m diameter Performance • Max. Speed: 670 km/h • Cruising Speed: 552 km/h • Range: 1,010 km • Service Ceiling: 11,000 m • Time to Altitude: • 2.2 minutes to 2,000 meters • 7.8 minutes to 6,000 meters Armament • Guns: 1 × 20mm HZ.8 cannon firing through propeller hub, 2 × 7.92mm MG35-2 machine guns in wing root • Multiple secondary armaments possible
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Post by The Eshva on Oct 24, 2020 2:28:55 GMT
KV F-11(Used: 1941 - 1950)General Characteristics • Crew: 1 • Type: Fighter (Multirole) • Length: 8.95 m • Wingspan: 10.506 m • Height: 3.15 m • Wing Area: 18.3 m² • Empty Weight: 3,200 kg • Gross Weight: 4,417 kg • Powerplant: 1 × 14 cyl. air-cooled radial piston engine, 1,250 kW (1,677 hp) and up to 1,456 kW (1,953 hp) for up to 10 minutes of emergency power Performance • Max. Speed: 652 km/h at 5,919 m • Range: ~900 - 1,000 km • Combat Range: ~400 - 500 km • Ferry Range: ~900 - 1,000 km, ~1,800 - 2,000 km with droptank • Service Ceiling: 10,350 m • Rate of Climb: 15 m/s Armament • Guns: 2 × 13mm synchronized MG40-2B Machine Guns with 475 rounds per gun, and 2 × 20mm HZ.8 cannons with 250 rpg, synchronized in the wing roots, and 2 × 20 mm HZ.8 cannons with 140 rpg, free-firing outboard in mid-wing mounts. • Bombs: 1 bomb under fuselage (early variants only) or four bombs under wings • Multiple other armaments possible
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Post by The Eshva on Oct 24, 2020 3:12:58 GMT
KV F-15(Used: 1945 - 1953 (1955 in limited roles)General Characteristics • Crew: 1 • Type: Fighter (Multirole) • Length: 10.82 m • Wingspan: 14.44 m • Height: 3.36 m • Wing Area: 23.5 m² • Empty Weight: 4,031 kg • Gross Weight: 4,727 kg • Max Takeoff Weight: 5,217 kg • Fuel Capacity: 992 l • Powerplant: 1 × V-12 inverted liquid-cooled piston engine for take-off • 1,530 kW (2,050 hp) for take-off with MW-50 water/methanol injection • 940 kW (1,260 hp) at 10,700 m with nitrous-oxide injection Performance • Max. Speed: 580 km/h at sea-level with MW-50 boost • 759 km/h at 12,500 m with nitrous-oxide boost • Range: 2,000 km • Service Ceiling: 15,100 m with nitrous-oxide boost • Rate of Climb: 20 m/s at maximum weight of 5,217 kg • 25.4 m/s at 4,727 kg • Time to Altitude: 10,000 m in 10 minutes 6 seconds Armament • Guns: • 1 × 30mm cannon, 85 rds • 2 × 20mm cannons, 350 rds
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Post by The Eshva on Oct 24, 2020 3:31:53 GMT
KV F-20(Used: 1948 - 1971)Squadron of F-20's in flightGeneral Characteristics • Crew: 1 • Type: Fighter • Length: 10.23 m • Wingspan: 11 m • Height: 3.75 m • Wing Area: 24.15 m² • Empty Weight: 4,845 kg • Gross Weight: 8,375 kg • Powerplant: 1 × centrifugal-flow turbojet engine, 27.0 kN thrust Performance • Max. Speed: 1,060 km/h • Range: 1,100 km • Service Ceiling: 15,500 m • Rate of Climb: 32.1 m/s • Time to Altitude: Armament • Guns: • 4×20mm autocannon • Rockets: • 75mm air-to-air rockets • 145mm anti-armor rockets • 150mm HE rockets • 180mm HE anti-ship rockets • Missiles: • Air-to-air missilesNote: Despite being the first Arashin Jet Fighter to be adopted into regular service, several experimental fighters existed beforehand.
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Post by The Eshva on Oct 25, 2020 17:44:52 GMT
KV F-19(Used: 1944 - 1950Last surviving KV F-19General Characteristics • Crew: 1 • Type: Fighter • Length: 9.75 m • Wingspan: 10 m • Height: 3.225 m • Wing Area: 18.2 m²
• Empty Weight: 3,283 kg • Gross Weight: 4,860 kg • Fuel capacity: 1,625 l • Powerplant: 2 × axial-flow turbojet engines, 7.80 kN thrust each Performance • Max. Speed: 864 km/h (Mach 0.7) at sea level 910 km/h (Mach 0.74) at 4,500 m • Range: 800 km • Service Ceiling: 13,000 m • Rate of Climb: • G-limits: +6 • Rate of Climb: 22 m/s Armament • Guns: • 1 × 30mm cannon extending from nose intake divider • 2 × 20mm cannons extending from undersides of nose intake
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Post by The Eshva on Oct 25, 2020 17:59:07 GMT
Akhan B-6(Used:1931 - 1940)General Characteristics • Crew: 3 • Type: Bomber • Length: 17.98 m • Wingspan: 27.10 m • Wing Area: 90.00 m² • Empty Weight: 2,823 kg • Gross Weight: 5,083 kg • Powerplant: 1 × inline piston engine, 641 kW (860 hp) Performance • Max. Speed: 317 km/h • Cruise Speed: 260 km/h • Range: 2,800 km Armament • Guns: Single or twin 7.92mm MG30-1 dorsal machine guns • Bombs: 4 × 200 kg and 2 × 100 kg bombs (internal)
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Post by The Eshva on Nov 14, 2020 14:20:45 GMT
Ikaren B-9 (Used: 1938 - 1945)
General Characteristics • Crew: 5 (pilot, co-pilot, bombardier, radioman/gunner, gunner) • Type: Frontline Bomber • Length: 16 m • Wingspan: 21 m • Height: 4.2 m • Wing area: 66.2 m² • Empty weight: 4,650 kg • Gross weight: 7,250 kg • Max takeoff weight: 7,650 kg • Powerplant: 2 × 9-cyllinder air-cooled radial piston engines, 690 kW(930 hp) each • Propellers: 3-bladed variable-pitch propellersPerformance • Maximum speed: 417 km/h • Cruise speed: 335 km/h • Range: 1,550 km • Service ceiling: 8,550 m • Time to altitude: 5,000 m in 13 minutes 6 seconds Armament • Guns: 1 × 20 mm HZ.7 cannon for the nose gunner 5 × 7.92 MG35-2 in dorsal, ventral, and lateral positions, as well as tail cupola • Bombs: 1,200 kg of bombs
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Post by The Eshva on Nov 14, 2020 14:33:12 GMT
KV R-11(Used: 1937 - 1946) • Crew: 3 (Pilot, bombardier/radioman, Gunner • Type: Recon/Light Bomber • Length: 9.95 m • Wingspan: 13.95 m • Height: 3.3 m • Wing area: 26.8 m² • Empty weight: 2,200 kg • Gross weight: 3,100 kg • Max takeoff weight: 3,525 kg • Powerplant: 1 × 14-cylinder air-cooled two-row radial piston engine, 720 kW • Propellers: 3-bladed adjustable-pitch metal propellerPerformance • Maximum speed: 365 km/h • Range: 1,400 km • Service ceiling: 8,500 m • Time to altitude: 4,000 m Armament • Guns: 2 × 7.92 mm MG35-1 machine guns in the fuselage sides 1 × 7.92 mm MG35-1 machine gun on flexible mount, aft facing in dorsal and ventral positions • Bombs: Up to 700 kg of bombs on external racks underneath the wings
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Post by The Eshva on Nov 14, 2020 15:24:57 GMT
Adler H26(Used: 1941 - 1948)H26C Over the Feltasi Mountains (c.1943) • Crew: 2 • Type: Helicopter • Capacity: 4 passengers • Length: 12.25 m • Wingspan: 24.50 m span over rotors • Height: 4.36 m • Empty weight: 3,180 kg • Gross weight: 3,860 kg • Max takeoff weight: 4,315 kg • Powerplant: 1 × nine-cylinder radial, 750 kW at take-off • Main rotor diameter: 2 × 12 m • Main rotor area: 226 m²Performance • Maximum speed: 176 km/h at 2,000 m • Cruise speed: 136 km/h • Range: 437 km internal fuel • Ferry range: 700 km auxiliary fuel • Endurance: 2 hr 20 min • Service ceiling: 4,875 m • Rate of Climb: 4.1 m/s (vertical rate of climb), 5.6 m/s with forward speed Armament • Guns: 1 × MG35-2 machine gun (manually aimed from the nose) • Bombs: 2 × 250 kg bombs or 2 × depth charges Other Information • Variants: H26A (Anti-submarine warfare variant; carried 2 × 250kg bombs or depth charges) H26B (Recon variant, fitted with auxiliary drop-tank) H26C (Search-and-rescue variant, fitted with a steel winch cable) H26D (freight variant, used to resupply troops) H26E (dual-control trainer)
The Adler H26 was the first mass-produced helicopter used by the Ikhani military, though it only went into mass-production in 1943. It saw limited use in the offensives against the Ardian Empire after they had been largely driven from Ikhan in 1944. The aircraft would later be used outside of the military for search-and-rescue missions within the Feltasi mountains until 1954.
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Post by The Eshva on Dec 22, 2020 20:33:35 GMT
Ikaren B-11(Used 1941 - 1953) General Characteristics • Crew: 4 • Type: Medium Bomber • Length: 13.8 m • Wingspan: 18.86 m • Height: 4.13 m • Empty Weight: 7,601 kg • Gross Weight: 10,538 kg • Max. Takeoff Weight: 11,768 kg • Powerplant: 2 × 14-cyllinder air-cooled radial piston engines, 1,380 kW each • Propellers: 3-bladed propellers, 3.8 m diameter, weight: 178 kg, Pitch range: 23-53° Performance • Max. Speed: 528 km/h • Range: 2,020 km • Service Ceiling: 9,000 m • Rate of Climb: 8.2 m/s Armament • Guns: 2 × 20mm HZ.8 fixed forward-firing cannon 3 × 7.92 mm rear-firing MG35 machine guns in the canopy, dorsal, and ventral hatches. • Bombs: 1,500 kg internally and 2,270 kg externally
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