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Michar-Duuce Heavy Fighterby *JazzLizard

Digital Art / 3-Dimensional Art / Vehicles / Aerial (for air)

Michar-Duuce produced many of the Venrock air forces fighters and transports during the Great War. They were a civilian aircraft supplier before the war, and were amalgamated into the Concentric Semi-Circle Corporation after the conflict concluded.

The MD HF 4 was the fourth heavy fighter fielded by the
Venrock air force, the first two being prop-powered. It's a fast, well armed and armored ground and airship-launchable fighter, capable of defeating any Vulpesant aircraft it faced during the war. The aircraft-carrier launchable variant wasn't introduced till near the end of the war, and was equipped with rocket-bottles to assist in take-off. It was armed with four "half-lob" machine guns and hardpoints for two "thirty-lob" bombs and up to twelve "seven-lob" rockets. Its cockpit was equipped with a self-freeing ejection seat, which was the first used on any Venrock fighter, and was also heated for the comfort of the cold-blooded pilot.

The fighter was powered by a hybrid rocket turbine, which inhaled air that cooled water flowing through coils within the turbine. This water was then sprayed in bursts into a catalytic chamber where it would explode into steam, propelling the vehicle. The waters reaction was much more vigorous at colder temperatures, so the fighter saw much action near the poles and at high altitudes. With an endurance of over six hours, this fighter was a favorite of long distance raids and bomber escort missions.

When launching from the ground, the fighter would use it's main landing gear, which would then tuck up into recesses between the wings and fuselage. The front landing gear would fold against the hull, but was prone to damage due to excessive vibration. This was rectified in the Mark 3 model of the aircraft, with gear that folded away completely. Due to the possibility of the hybrid rocket's nozzle hitting the runway on take off or landing, it was protected by a pair of skid plates to prevent damage.

`CrimsonMagpie Apr 9, 2012 Professional Traditional Artist

I'd say the cutouts in the wings would make for a serious structural defect, but otherwise it's an awesome design, and good-looking too. I'd personally enlarge the control surfaces though, and some slats would help it when taking off and landing.

*JazzLizard Jul 9, 2012 Professional Digital Artist

Well it's not a defect if it was designed that way, the rest of the wing is reinforced enough to support itself. However, this was just a WiP, and I'll take your ideas into consideration for the final model

`CrimsonMagpie Jul 11, 2012 Professional Traditional Artist

Indeed, it's a cool design, and would work well as long as the main wing spars and ribs were very strong.

~azeta Apr 1, 2010

totally awesome

*JazzLizard Apr 1, 2010 Professional Digital Artist

Thanks a bunch!

~Arkanjel8 Mar 31, 2010

Great design and great back-story, love it!

*JazzLizard Mar 31, 2010 Professional Digital Artist

Thanks a lot! I'm working on a higher detail version of this model right now, actually.

~triadenforcer Mar 18, 2010

give it a shark face......

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*JazzLizard Mar 18, 2010 Professional Digital Artist

I am going to to tail and nose art for my planes in the future.

~Shrrgnien Mar 17, 2010

Now that is cool. REminds me of a mix of the 'Dog Sabre' variant of the F86, combined with an oldschool prop-fighter plane. Seems like it has a pretty nasty payload too ^^

Awesome design, man.

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