The NUSR Su-55P
Air Intecepter




The Su-55P, P not the Russian 'R' stands for Intercepter is a varient/upgrade from the Old Soviet Union (CCCP not HCCP) T-10 prototype which became the Su-27 series. The S-35 was redesignated the Su-35 when thrust vectoring and canards were added.

Brought back as the SU-55 post WWIII first as a multirole fighter, it was later specialized as an interceptor after the success of the SU-57.

The Su-55 is not as manuverable, not only because of its backward swept wings, but the thrust vectoring system does not move to the angles of the Su-57, allowing for greater thrust without stressing the engine nozzles.

Model Type: Su-55P Combat Aircraft.
Class: Fighter/intercepter.
Models: OGO40, OGO91, OGO98
The only difference between the OGO41 and OGO91 is the model of autocannon the 40 used pre-rifts rounds, the 91 used the NUSR Two Stage rounds, and the 98 used an Ion Cannon. The change from 41s to 91s was done in a week, Due to the power suply change the upgrade to 98s took 3 months.

Crew: One.
M.D.C. By Location:
Canards, Rudders, and Tailplanes (2 each) - 85
Main Wings (2) - 160
Main Body - 300
Pilots Compartment - 100
Landing gear (3) - 5
Ejection Seat - 3

Speed: Mach 3.0 Cruise/Mach 3.9 Afterburners
Afterburnner Fuel: 30 minutes/ capable of in flight refeuling.
Power Supply:
OGO40/OGO91 Batteries good for 72 hours of flight time. OGO98 Nuclear 8 years between refuelings.
Range: Effectively unlimited.
Doctorine does not allow for pilots to be in the air for more then 12 hours, the plane can do 16 hours before risking engine damage. It takes the engines an hour to cool down and then can be restarted safely. Doctorine would call for another hour for maintenance.

Statistical Data:
Height: 6.86 m (22.5ft)
Length: 21.94 m (72 ft)
Wingspan: 15.16 m (49.75ft)
Weight Empty: 18900kg (20.85tons)
Max Take-off Weight: 34000 kg (37.5tons)
Black Market Cost: Unavalible, none have been captured, talks between Free Quebec and the NUSR have been in the area of 40 Million per OGO98 in quantity.

Weapon Systems:
1) Underbelly Long Range Missles: Mounted 2 per side like F-4 Phantom Sparrows.
DamageAs Per Missile
RangeAs Per Missile
Rate of Fire1 or vollies of 2 or 4
Payload4

2) Underwing Hardpoints: 5 hard points per wings, can have 5 short, 3 medium, or 1 long range missile. Each Hardpoinnt must match its opposite.
DamageAs Per Missile
RangeAs Per Missile
Rate of Fire1 or vollies of 2 or 4 Except long range, which can only use vollies of 2 missles
PayloadVaries by Missle type

3) Wingtip Short Range Missles: .
DamageAs Per Missile
RangeAs Per Missile
Rate of Fire1 or vollies of 2
Payload2

4) Short Range Gun: Mounted on the right side of the nose This gun will vay by OGO type.
OGO40/GSh-1-30k Autocannon
Damage2d4x10 M.D.C.
Maximum Effextive Range5000ft/1524m
Rate of Fire1 three shot burst/pilots HTH
Payload150 rounds/50 3 shot bursts

OGO91/GSh-1-30DC Autocannon
Damage2d6x10+10 M.D.C.
Maximum Effextive Range6000ft/1829m
Rate of Fire1 three shot burst/pilots HTH
Payload150 rounds/50 3 shot bursts

OGO98/Ion-1-96 Cannon
Damage3d6x10 M.D.C.
Maximum Effextive Range1.5 miles/2414m
Rate of FirePilots HTH
PayloadUnlimited




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