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 2 massive fusion 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 249 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.

The S-49 has 2 fusion reactors are part of it's 2 main engines. These reactors fuse deuterium and tritium together to generate direct thrust and helium-4. This reaction is extremely powerful and

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, like helium-4, 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 engines ever made.

The S-49 has a secondary engine that is used to generate extra forward thrust, but is also used to generate thrust at different angles, due to the engine having variable-geometry exhaust nozzles that can rotate up to 180 degrees, leading incredibly efficient thrust vectoring and interstellar maneuvering when paired with the vectors provided by the primary afterburning fusion engines and the maneuvering thrusters that are positioned in various spots on the spacecraft. This engine runs on hydrogen-oxygen combustion and produces large amounts of thrust with the disadvantage of efficiency. This engine takes liquid oxygen slush from the propellant storage of the primary afterburning-fusion engines, which can decrease interstellar range if the secondary chemical Engine is used for extended periods. The secondary engine can also be used in forward flight for extra thrust during times of need, or can be used without one or both primary fusion engines as an emergency source of thrust (although in atmosphere the thrust generated is insufficient for high speeds and also cannot be used to efficiently egress from most planetary and all celestial gravity wells.) If both afterburning fusion engines are inoperable, landing at a FOB or other aerospace station/port is required as soon as possible due to the almost underpowered thrust. This starfighter has 2 reverse thrusts that are positioned on the rear of the fuselage. They each consist of 2 plates that are normally retracted and plated against the outer lining of the spacecraft. They all possess thermal plating and are constantly pumped with coolant, which is then processed by the afterburning nozzle radiators. When activated, these plates extend in front of the primary fusion engines to divert generated thrust in the opposite direction, to accelerate the aircraft backwards. This system can only be activated safely when the engines are no more than 50% throttle. If the engine is any higher than 50% throttle, the reverse thrusters will either melt or will be torn off their hinges in a matter of seconds due to the primary fusion engines having extremely high thrust, exhaust velocity, and exhaust temperature.