Saturday, September 28, 2013

Season 3 Premier 1/72 Academy Super-Etandard French Naval Aviation

Hello everyone,

I would like to welcome you all back to the new season of my model posts. This season will promise some interesting aircraft and surface assets and may even include some ships. I have decided to build tanks, high mobility and artillery models in 1/35 because the bigger the models the more detail, plus some models aren't provided in 1/72 such as the Canadian LAV-III

1/72 Academy Super-Etandard French Naval Aviation

 You may be asking yourself why I decided to write about a French aircraft instead of something Canadian. Well, for the premier post I wanted to write about something I am really proud of and to really wow you guys. So I decided to write about this aircraft because it turned out very well in my opinion.

So here is my 1/72 Super Étendard belonging to French Naval Aviation... or the French navy's air force division.

I believe this aircraft turned out very very well. I used my air-brush to paint the entire exterior which is how the camo turned out so well.



The over all colour is Neutral Grey while the camo is Field Grey. The interior is Flat Black while the targeting screen is Clear Green. The exhaust is Metallic Grey and the missiles are White.

This plane was easy to assemble and since my air brush decided to work with me so painting was easy too.

The Super Étendard is made by Dassault and Breguet which are two large French defense companies. The aircraft was first introduced in 1978 and is due to be phased out in the next decade or so by the Dassault Rafale.

France has used this aircraft in many different conflicts, most recently Kosovo, Afghanistan and Libya.


The Rafale was also operated by Iraq and saw action during the gulf war. Most of these were either destroyed or captured when pilots attempted to flee the American invasion in 2003.

Argentina used the aircraft during the Falklands war and was responsible for sinking the HMS-Sheffield and the HMS-Atlantic Conveyor.
General characteristics
  • Crew: 1
  • Length: 14.31 m (45 ft 11½ in)
  • Wingspan: 9.60 m (31 ft 6 in)
  • Height: 3.86 m (12 ft 8 in)
  • Wing area: 28.4 m² (306.7 ft²)
  • Empty weight: 6,500 kg (14,330 lb)
  • Max. takeoff weight: 12,000 kg (26,455 lb)
  • Powerplant: 1 × SNECMA Atar 8K-50 turbojet, 49.0 kN (11,025 lbf)

Performance
  • Maximum speed: 1,000 km/h (637 knots, 733 mph) at low level
  • Range: 1,820 km (983 nmi, 1,130 mi)
  • Combat radius: 850 km (460 nmi, 530 mi)with one AM39 Exocet missile one wing pylon and one drop tank on opposite pylon, hi-lo-hi profile
  • Service ceiling: 13,700 m (44,900 ft)
  • Rate of climb: 100 m/s (19,700 ft/min)
  • Wing loading: 423 kg/m² (86.3 lb/ft²)
  • Thrust/weight: 0.42

Armament
  • Guns: 2× 30 mm (1.18 in) DEFA 552 cannons with 125 rounds per gun
  • Hardpoints: 4× underwing and 2× under-fuselage with a capacity of 2,100 kg (4,600 lb) maximum
  • Rockets: 4× Matra rocket pods with 18× SNEB 68 mm rockets each
  • Missiles:
    • 1× AM-39 Exocet Anti-shipping missile or
    • 1× Air-Sol Moyenne Portée nuclear armed missile or
    • 2× AS-30L or
    • 2× Matra Magic Air-to-air missile
  • Bombs: Conventional unguided or laser-guided bombs, provision for 1 × AN-52 free-fall nuclear bomb, provision for "buddy" air refuelling pod
 Info from Wikipedia and images from google



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