Northrop F5E Tiger II FACH for FS98/CFS1
Fuerza Aérea de Chile - Chilean Air Force
The Northrop F-5E/F Tiger II are part of a family of widely used light supersonic fighter aircraft, designed and built by Northrop in the United States, beginning in 1960s. Hundreds remain in service in air forces around the world in the early 21st Century.
After the F5A/B series, the improved second-generation F-5E Tiger II was also primarily used by American Cold War allies and, in limited quantities, served in US military aviation as a training and aggressor aircraft; Tiger II production amounted to 1,400 of all versions, with production ending in 1987. Many F-5s continuing in service into the 1990s and 2000s have undergone a wide variety of upgrade programs to keep pace with the changing combat environment.
The Chilean Air force operated the F5E Tiger II since the year 1976, operating with the Grupo Nº7, Antofagasta.
The Chilean upgrade program, developed with the help of Israel, called the F-5 Plus, incorporated a new Elta 2032 radar, RAFAEL Python air-to-air missiles and other improvements for development of two variants: The F-5E Tiger III, upgraded version of the F-5E fighter, and F-5F Tiger III upgraded trainer version of two seat F-5F.
F-5E Tigre IIIs are going to be replaced in 2010 by the F-16 Falcon.
General characteristics
Crew: 1
Length: 47 ft 4¾ in (14.45 m)
Wingspan: 26 ft 8 in (8.13 m)
Height: 13 ft 4½ in (4.08 m)
Airfoil: NACA 65A004.8 root, NACA 64A004.8 tip
Empty weight: 9,558 lb (4,349 kg)
Max takeoff weight: 24,664 lb (11,187 kg)
Powerplant: 2× General Electric J85-GE-21B turbojet
Dry thrust: 3,500 lbf (15.5 kN) each
Thrust with afterburner: 5,000 lbf (22.2 kN) each
Aspect ratio: 3.86
Internal fuel: 677 US gal (2,563 L)
External fuel: 275 US gal (1,040 L) per tank in up to 3 tanks
Performance
Maximum speed: 917 kn (1,060 mph, 1,700 km/h, mach 1.6)
Range: 760 nmi (870 mi, 1,405 km)
Ferry range: 2,010 nmi (2,310 mi, 3,700 km[40])
Service ceiling: 51,800 ft (15,800 m)
Rate of climb: 34,400 ft/min (175 m/s)
Lift-to-drag ratio: 10.0
Armament
Guns: 2× 20 mm (0.787 in) Pontiac M39A2 cannons in the nose, 280 rounds/gun
Hardpoints: 7 total (3× wet): 2× wing-tip AAM launch rails, 4× under-wing & 1× under-fuselage pylon stations holding up to 7,000 lb (3,200 kg) of payload.
Rockets:
2× LAU-61/LAU-68 rocket pods (each with 19× /7× Hydra 70 mm rockets, respectively); or
2× LAU-5003 rocket pods (each with 19× CRV7 70 mm rockets); or
2× LAU-10 rocket pods (each with 4× Zuni 127 mm rockets); or
2× Matra rocket pods (each with 18× SNEB 68 mm rockets)
Bombs: A variety of air-to-ground ordnance such as the Mark 80 series of unguided iron bombs (including 3 kg and 14 kg practice bombs), CBU-24/49/52/58 cluster bomb munitions, napalm bomb canisters and M129 Leaflet bomb
Others: up to 3× 150/275 US gallon Sargent Fletcher drop tanks for ferry flight or extended range/loitering time.
Original model by: Antoine Delacretaz.
Moving parts: Ricardo Oliveira.
Chilean textures, sound, new panel and damage profile for use with CFS1, with armament of two 20 mm. cannons mounted in the nose, rockets and bombs: Edmundo Abad.
Also special thanks to Juan Concha & Roberto Ibarra, former FACH officers, by the great provided information for the development of this virtual model.
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Converted to CFS1 and repainted as F5E Tiger II # J-801 with high visibility markings, Grupo Nº7, Antofagasta, 1978.
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Installation FS98/CFS
1. Unzip to Temporaly directory "f5e_fach.zip".
2. Copy "f5e_fach" folder to X:\CFS\aircraft directory.
3. Copy "gauges" folder to X:\CFS\gauges directory.
