F-30 Medium Fighter

F-30 Medium Fighter
F-30 Medium Fighter
Tech Level	TL–10
Mass	30 tons
Cost	Cr. 2,107,271.05
Mode	Flight (Jet Aircraft)
Type	Fighter
Speed	1,092kph
Cargo	0
Crew	2
Passengers	0
Armament	(4) 10kg Missiles, 6 Barreled 4cm Medium Velocity Electric Action Auto Cannon
Reference	Fan: Ronald B. Kline, Jr.
Striker Design Sequence Used

The F-30 Medium Fighter is a combatant Aircraft.

• It is a military vehicle and a Fighter.
• It was commissioned and designed for the Pessent Household Guards.

Description (Specifications)

F-30 Medium Fighter (TECH LEVEL 10) manufactured on Pessent (world) B979535-A. The airplane has a crew of 2, a pilot, gunner/RIO in complex cockpits with ejection seats, with powered controls in a transonic airframe. It can carry four 10kg TAC missiles on launch rails for homing missiles designed to intercept air to air targets. There is a huge autocannon in the nose to deal with surface targets.

Basic Vehicle Characteristics

Vehicle volume: loaded combat ready 1,800m3, with wings removed for transport loaded 600m3.

Total mass: empty: 30 tons loaded: 30 tons.

Production Cost: Cr. 2,107,271.05

Movement:

Maximum 1,092kph/910cm, Cruise 819kph/682cm, Minimum 176kph/146cm.

Movement effect on fire: None

Damage Points: 300 loaded.

Agility: 13

Turns: 55^o

Equipment: 10 power target acquisition RADAR, 1,000 power radio.

Power: The transonic airframe mounts 0.8214MW high performance turbofan power plant producing 28.749 tons of thrust and consuming 1,971.36 liters of fuel per hour, internal fuel capacity 7,165.8 liters, enough for 3.6 hours. Thrust to weight produce 0.91G's fully loaded. Patrol Radius: 1,474.2km on internal fuel.

Weapons: There is a stabilized air-cooled six barreled, 4cm medium velocity, electric action, auto cannon in the nose of the plane. It is equipped with TL–8 direct fire control. Rounds mass 2kg and there is storage for 6,400 rounds, which is enough for 20 fire phases. A full load of KEAP rounds is included in the purchase price. It has a ROF 320 and can engage 16 targets. Its direct fire characteristics are:

Effective Long Extreme

2km(20) +6 3km(18) +5 4.5km(16) +2

There are four 10kg capacity TAC missile launch rails. There is no on-board guidance provided. The missile has homing guidance, they mount 6cm HE 13/2/2 warheads for air-to-air targets. The HE version cost Cr309.9 each and have a 40km range. The range exceeds their sensors. Four missiles are included in the price.

Maintenance:

Vehicle: 12

Electronics: 12

Weapons: 15

History & Background (Dossier)

Only three of these jets have been procured so far. More are on order as budgets allow. They are large planes and are the same size as the B-30 Medium Bombers. Skilled forward observers are required to coordinate these planes for close air support.

Class Naming Practice/s & Peculiarities

No information yet available.

Selected Variant Types & Classes

Smallcraft - Fighter:

1. F-30 Medium Fighter

References & Contributors (Sources)

This list of sources was used by the Traveller Wiki Editorial Team and individual contributors to compose this article. Copyrighted material is used under license from Mongoose Publishing or by permission of the author. The page history lists all of the contributions.

• Striker Design Sequence Used
• Traveller Wiki Editorial Team
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis), Captain, and Lead Naval Architect Ronald B. Kline, Jr. of the Imperial Navy
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science