[Traben]

F-15S/MTD
- Experimental Fighter -




Origin: (Real World)
United States of America


Games Featured In:
Ace Combat 2
Ace Combat 04: Shattered Skies
Ace Combat 5: The Unsung War
Ace Combat Zero: The Belkan War
Ace Combat X: Skies of Deception
Ace Combat: Joint Assault


Operators:
"A World With No Boundaries"
Aurelian Air Force
Belkan Air Force
Federal Erusean Air Force
Independent State Allied Air Force
Leasathian Air Force
Martinez Security
Osean Air Defense Force
Special Tactical Fighter Squadron "Scarface"
Usean Rebel Force
Ustian Air Force
Golden Axe Plan Private Military

Ace Squadron Pilot(s):
Z.O.E. General / URF (AC2)
Halley / FEAF (AC04)
Grabacr / BAF (AC5)
8492nd TFS / OADF (AC5)
Sorcerer Squadron / OADF (AWWNB) (ACZ)
Habicht / BAF (ACZ)
Wuerger / BAF (ACZ)
Ofnir / BAF (ACZ)
Comet / LAF (ACX)
Kelpie / GAPPM (ACJA)

Variants:
F-15 ACTIVE (one seat version, AC04)
F-15S (early single seat version; used by the Usean Rebel Forces)
F-15S/MT (one seat. non-thrust vectored GRDF version)


Armament: (Special Weapons)
Gun / 1 x M61A1 20mm Vulcan Cannon
Standard Missiles / AIM-9M Sidewinder
FAEB / CBU-72/B (AC04) BLU-73/B Fuel-Air-Explosive (AC5/ACZ/ACX)
SOD / [unknown type] (ACZ) AGM-154 JSOW (Joint Standoff Weapon) (ACX)
XMAA / AIM-120C AMRAAM (AC04/AC5)
XLAA / MBDA Meteor (ACZ/ACX)


Ace Combat 2 Stats:
Power: 90
Defense: 60
Mobility: 80
Stability: 30
Climbing Ability: 100
Air-to-Air: 80
Air-to-Ground: 80


Ace Combat 5 Stats:
Speed: 83
Mobility: 89
Stability: 81
Defense: 66
Air-to-Air: 94
Air-to-Ground: 58


Ace Combat Zero Stats:
Speed: 83
Mobility: 89
Stability: 81
Defense: 66
Air-to-Air: 94
Air-to-Ground: 58


Background:
The F-15S/MTD (STOL/Manoeuvrability Technology Demonstrator) is an experimental technology demonstrator employed by NASA and built off of an F-15B airframe, initially used to test advancements in super-manoeuvrability and STOL technologies. Initially funded as a military experiment, the F-15S/MTD was eventually acquisitioned by NASA and modified with multi-dimensional thrust vectoring nozzles and ACTIVE (Advanced Control Technology for Integrated Vehicles) technologies, meant to improve aircraft control and survivability in combat. The aircraft was easily capable of pulling the Pugachev's Cobra manoeuvre, and in its S/MTD form, was equipped with thrust reversers, able to slow the aircraft down in a fraction of the time compared to conventionally equipped fighters. It managed a rotation speed of just 42mph, and could land on a runway only a fraction the size of that required by the F-15C. By 1991 the project had ended in its S/MTD form and was deemed a success, and the technologies pioneered in the program would eventually be adapted to serve with the joint U.S./German X-31 program, and ultimately the F-22 Raptor program and its offshoot contemporaries.

The F-15S/MT (sometimes omitting the "D"), in its numerous Ace Combat incarnations, has only just recently received a consistent design. In Ace Combat 2, a unique variant christened only "F-15S", looking to incorporate low-observable structures (Raptor-style engine nozzles, rounded off forward fuselage, modified wing and tail section) and a single-seat cockpit was used; this variant appears to be influenced by a conceptual F-15 "Kai" JASDF Eagle variant. Ace Combat 3's variant, the "F-15S/MT Eagle+" incorporated a single-seat COFFIN, redesigned canards, and traditional rounded nozzles, omitting the aircraft's signature thrust vector control. In Ace Combat 04, a single-seat variant of the S/MTD was used, known only as the F-15 ACTIVE (despite not incorporating the design features of the ACTIVE variant) but otherwise stayed faithful to the S/MTD's design. Following Ace Combat 5, each successor game has depicted the S/MTD with its traditional dual seat.


SOURCE:
The Ace Combat Series
www.wikipedia.org


ACCREDITATION:
Original Article By: "Millie"

[kuroi tsubasa]

It'd be a dream come true for me if the F-15S was released as a DLC, in it's Z.O.E colors. It just looks amazing.

[Grastens 7]

That it would be.

Interesting that the F-15S is actually a real designation for a variant of the F-15C, without canards or thrust-vectoring.

Excellent article.

[Green Giant]

That it would be.

Interesting that the F-15S is actually a real designation for a variant of the F-15C, without canards or thrust-vectoring.

Excellent article.

It's not based on the "C" model, but on the two seat trainer "B" model as stated in the article. And the Canards are actually the rear stabilizers from an F/A-18 Hornet.

[Zaku]

F-15Ss are just F-15Es with downgraded radar (1/3 the resolution of normal AN/APG-70s) sold to Saudi Arabia; they're not at all related to the F-15S/MTD.

[Grastens 7]

It's not based on the "C" model, but on the two seat trainer "B" model as stated in the article. And the Canards are actually the rear stabilizers from an F/A-18 Hornet.

Wasn't thinking there, but the stabilizers to canards are interesting.

F-15Ss are just F-15Es with downgraded radar (1/3 the resolution of normal AN/APG-70s) sold to Saudi Arabia; they're not at all related to the F-15S/MTD.

I'm sorry. I was thinking of the Slam Eagle too. I'll read the article more accurately next time I comment.

Would a second crew-member be of any use in the F-15S/MTD?

kuroi, he meant me. I made that mistake.

[kuroi tsubasa]

F-15Ss are just F-15Es with downgraded radar (1/3 the resolution of normal AN/APG-70s) sold to Saudi Arabia; they're not at all related to the F-15S/MTD.

If this was meant at me and Grastens 7, I was referring to the F-15S in Ace Combat 2 that had the Raptor style engine nozzles, different wings, canards, single seat, etc... not the F-15S that exists in real life.

Oh, I see. Nvm, then.

This post has been edited by kuroi tsubasa: 20 May 2008 - 05:13 PM

[Grastens 7]

Edited grammar and spelling.

I also edited my opinion on the F-15S/MTD.

[JakeHarlow]

Sorcerer team had a great paint scheme for this plane. I'd like to see a DLC for it on AC6 for the F-15E. I'd fly that.

[JianDaoXiao]

Sorcerer team had a great paint scheme for this plane. I'd like to see a DLC for it on AC6 for the F-15E. I'd fly that.

[Green Giant]

Updated the article format.

[Phoenix378]

OK, someone should really fix this error. The F-15 S/MTD is not featured in Ace Combat 2. It was in fact a fictional F-15. The fictional F-15 has TVC engines, new wing area, and elevators resembling closely to the F-22 Raptor. It is the F-15S.

[Millie]

Interesting you brought that up, cause I'm about to update this article to clarify that.

Thanks to Antare, I now know where Ace Combat 2 got that design: http://electrosphere.info/index.php?showto...40&start=40

Reference the third page in this topic.

But why would it be referenced as the F-15S if it was not meant to be an F-15S/MTD derivative? It's clearly not the Saudi Arabian F-15S Strike Eagle, and its not referenced as the F-15 Kai either.

For simplicity's sake, I beleive it should remain in this article as a variant of the F-15S/MTD.

[Phoenix378]

But why would it be referenced as the F-15S if it was not meant to be an F-15S/MTD derivative? It's clearly not the Saudi Arabian F-15S Strike Eagle, and its not referenced as the F-15 Kai either.

For simplicity's sake, I beleive it should remain in this article as a variant of the F-15S/MTD.

Yes, that would be very good indeed. But since the F-15 Kai is based from the anime Patlabor II, I suppose Namco got this idea from the show when creating Ace Combat 2? Besides, the anime was released in 1993, way before Ace Combat 2 was released.

[Millie]

Which would be consistent with Namco's reasoning back then too, since we see heavy Macross lineage with the XFA-27.

[Phoenix378]

Well that is true. Most of the super planes or fictional planes that Namco is either based off from anime. Well only a few to say, though. THe X-02, Fenrir, XFA-27, CFA-44, ADFX-01 Morgan, and the F-15S. It's probably named S just to save the copyrights.

[JakeHarlow]

This may have already been asked, but I have a question concerning this airframe. What are the main distinctions between the F-15S/MTD and the F-15 ACTIVE? (Sorry for being absent for a stretch, things have been busy for a few weeks.)