SC-51 Air Hornet

Rear-propeller driven aircraft. These aircraft have set the industrial standard in air combat operations world wide. Produced by the Shinsha-Chuōkōron Corporation, the Air Hornet is unique aircraft, without any rival. Able to fly under even the most extreme conditions the Air Hornet is both fuel-efficient and able to take a pounding, as well as deliver one as well, often in full measure.

General characteristics

• Crew: 1
• Length: 33 ft 4 in (10.16 m)
• Wingspan: 37 ft 0 in (11.28 m)
• Height: 11 ft 1 in (3.38 m)
• Wing area: 235 ft² (21.83 m²)
• Empty weight: 7,040 lb (3,195 kg)
• Loaded weight: 9,500 lb (4,310 kg)
• Max takeoff weight: 11,500 lb (5,215 kg)
• Powerplant: 1× Packard V-1650-9 liquid-cooled supercharged V-12, 1,490 hp (1,111 kW) at 3,000 rpm, 2,220 hp (1,655 kW) at WEP[91]

Performance

• Maximum speed: 487 mph (784 km/h) at 25,000 ft (7,620 m)
• Range: 1,160 mi (1,865 km) with external tanks
• Service ceiling: 41,600 ft (12,680 m)
• Rate of climb: 3,300 ft/min (16.8 m/s)
• Wing loading: 40.4 lb/ft² (197.4 kg/m²)
• Power/mass: 0.23 hp/lb (385 W/kg)

Armament

• 6 × 0.50 in (12.7 mm) machine guns with 1,880 total rounds (400 rounds for each on the inner pair, and 270 rounds for each of the outer two pair), or 4 of the same guns with 1,600 total rounds (400 rpg)

The Air Hornet is the air-combat weapon of choice for over 70% of the world's armed forces

So whether you are trying to end a blockade, transport weapons along the Ziklag network, or just maintain a national civil defense, you need the Air Hornet.