HAL HF 24 MARUT

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A preliminary model for one of the best aircraft ever to have ever flown. The man behind this beautiful machine: The legendary Kurt Tank. Extremely stable at high AOAs during low speed. Could not perform as designed (Mach 2) due to unavailability of powerful engines at that time (cold war era-the west did not transfer technology to India) I will come up with an improved version of this as very little data of this aircraft exists online General characteristics Crew: 1 Length: 15.87 m (52 ft 0¾ in) Wingspan: 9.00 m (29 ft 6¼ in) Height: 3.60 m (11 ft 9¾ in) Wing area: 28.0 m² (301 ft²) Empty weight: 6,195 kg (13,658 lb) Max. takeoff weight: 10,908 kg (24,048 lb) Powerplant: 2 × Bristol Siddeley Orpheus Mk 703 turbojet, 21.6 kN (4,850 lbf) each Performance Maximum speed: 1,112 km/h (600 kn, 691 mph) at sea level Stall speed: 248 km/h (133 knots, 154 mph) (flaps and landing gear down) Combat radius: 396 km [1] (214 nmi, 246 mi) Service ceiling: 13,750 m[citation needed] (45,100 ft) Armament Guns: 4× 30 mm (1.18 in) ADEN cannon with 120 rpg Rockets: Retractable Matra pack of 50× 2.68 in (68 mm) rockets Bombs: Up to 4,000 lb (1,800 kg) on four wing pylons