S-49

The S-49 is a multirole combat Starship in service with the Spino Space Federation Military. It is a Vertical/Short takeoff and landing Aircraft and can takeoff and land anywhere. It features variable geometry wings for extra speed or extra lift/agility when needed. It is armed with a

The S-49 Is A Tri-Engine, Long-Range, VTOL, Hypersonic, Fusion-Powered, Warp-Capable, Stealth Multirole Combat Spacecraft.

The S-49 is a Large Bomber/Attacker/Fighter Starship that is 165 feet long, 42 feet tall, and has a wingspan of 175 feet when fully extended forward. It's empty weight is 545,000 pounds and it's maximum takeoff weight is 600,000+ pounds.

The S-49's fuselage, wings, and tail are composed of Aegyptanite, Aluminum, Steel, Titanium, Tungsten, and other materials.

The S-49 in Spino Space Federation service comes in

The S-49 is a Large Bomber/Attacker/Fighter Starship that is 165 feet long and has a wingspan of 175 feet when fully extended forward. It's empty weight is 545,000 pounds and it's maximum takeoff weight is 600,000+ pounds.

The S-49's canopy opens up or slides back depending on the version. it also has a rear-facing door underneath it's engines.

The S-49 has 1 canopy and many sensors.

The S-49 has 2 main Afterburning Nuclear Fusion Engines used for atmospheric and interstellar travel. These engines use oxygen as a propellant, making them less fuel efficient, but giving them much more thrust than conventional hydrogen. Other gaseous elements can be also vented into the engine as propellant if no atmospheric oxygen is available, with the caveat of reduced thrust. During atmospheric flight, oxygen is vented into the engines from the spacecraft's air intakes. when shifting into interstellar flight, the intake doors seal shut and an onboard supply of liquid oxygen is used. When the oxygen travels through the engine, it eventually meets the fusion reactor. this reactor fuses it's fuel supply of deuterium and tritium to generate the copious amounts of energy needed to power the S-49. This reaction super-heats the oxygen propellant and, along with the spent fusion products are vented towards the final section of the engine, the afterburner. This section is only activated when the afterburner is engaged. The afterburner chamber is constantly cooled by a secondary propellant flow of cold oxygen. When the fusion products and heated oxygen meet the secondary cold propellant, causing the average temperature to lower, which decreases the exhaust velocity, but the propellant mass flow goes up, increasing the exhaust velocity. A large majority of the engines, especially the reactor, are made out of Aegyptanite to prevent engine overheat and also prevents too much radiation from escaping. Magnetic rings installed on the inside of the afterburner nozzles keep the extremely hot plasma from burning through the nozzles. The afterburner on this Spacecraft is a bright blue color as oxygen in its plasma state appears somewhat bluish. All of these features produce one of the most powerful proportional engines ever made.

The Spino Space Federation company Aegaph Engineering are the designers and manufacturers of the S-49.

The S-49's maximum speed is warp speed. It's maximum atmospheric speed without loadout is around Mach 14. It's stall speed in normal flight is 60 kts and in V/STOL with the nozzles down it can hover.

The S-49 has a range of 6 light years (around 35,271,769,157,994 miles)

The S-49's fuel source for conventional travel is Nuclear Fusion of Deuterium and Tritium to generate enough energy for it's 3 massive engines. For high speed and warp travel, the S-49 uses the largely classified warp reactor

The S-49 is a very safe aircraft/spacecraft to fly. Only 3 of the 349 in service have been lost due to accidents, so the loss ratio is phenomenally good. None have been lost in combat, which is a significant record.

The Spino Space Federation manufactures the S-49.

42,000,000,000 SFC's.

The S-49's empty weight is 545,000 pounds and it's maximum takeoff weight is 600,000+ pounds.

The Spino Space Federation is the only operator and manufacturer of the S-49. The majority of the S-49s are stationed on the Spino Space Station, and on Aegaph for
planetary defense, as it is the SSF's most important planet. S-49s are also stationed at other secure and important locations as well.

There are many different variants of the S-49.

The jobs you can have pertaining to the S-49 are: ground crewmen, Pilot, WSO, Navigation/RIO, and up to 2 airmen.

You need to have training in how to operate combat aircraft to operate the S-49. You also need to be an officer in the military to operate it.

The Spino Space Federation Military owns all of the S-49s.