[Traben]

XFA-36A Game
- Advanced Multirole Fighter -


UPEO's XFA-36A

Picture A - Picture B - Picture C - Picture D - Picture E

GAMES FEATURED IN:
Ace Combat 3: Electrosphere (NTSC-J)
Ace Combat 3: Electrosphere (Other Formats)

OPERATORS:
General Resource Defense Force
Ouroboros
Universal Peace Enforcement Organization (non-JP)

ACE SQUADRONS/PILOT:
Keith Bryan / GRDF (AC3)

WEAPONS:
Vulcan Machine Gun
Heavy Machine Gun
Cannon
Standard Missiles
Short Range Missiles
MIRV

STATS:

Power: 80
Attack: 100
Defense: 80
Stability: 70
Mobility: 80

SPECIFICATIONS:
Length : 19.51 m
Wingspan : 13.2 m
Height : 2.8 m
Weight : 32116 kg
Max speed : 3304 km/h

OVERVIEW:
The XFA-36A Game is General Resource LTD's ultimate fighter. The Game is capable of nearly anything its pilot could imagine. Its airframe, like its avionics and weapons systems, is extremely advanced and uses a unique tailless system, supplemented by vertical wingtips and 3D thrust vectoring. As the Game reaches supersonic speeds, the wingtips pivot to a 90-degree angle to improve stability and manoeuvrability during high-speed flight.

The XFA-36A was first deployed by the General Resource Defense Force in mid-2040, immediately preceding GR's major offensive operations. It was the XFA-36A which performed the famous "Operation: Hit and Run" and led the GRDF attack on Port Edwards. Ouroboros operatives also captured and utilized these advanced aircraft. They were deployed sporadically during their operations, but were heavily used during the attack on Megafloat. The UPEO also deploy XFA-36A in the non-JP version of AC3.


Sources:
Ace Combat 3 Electrosphere : mission & world view book)
Ace Combat 3: Electrosphere (In-game data)

* Original Article By: Rena Hirose

[JianDaoXiao]

XFA-36a Game blueprints, General Resource Paint Scheme, with General Resource Defence Force Roundel


XFA-36a Game blueprints, Ouroboros ps


XFA-36a Game model:

[PhantomPhanatic]

Incoming images....BTW main image was taken by yours truely



okay, maybe just one....I know I had tons of them....I think they were in the graphics forum at ES 1.0....if you guys still have access there....it'd be nice to see them again....I remember putting them all in a PSD file for Ribbon---ack...who was it again? Used to be X-49.....

[Heinkel]

Ribbon-Silver, and ES 1.0 doesn't exist anymore

[PhantomPhanatic]

Yeah, that's him. Ouch, that kinda sucks....I had a bunch of stuff there that was in odd places not likely to be found by most members....

Anyway, found another pic...

[Tazuren]

I have a question here. How can it have 3-D thrust vectoring? The vanes which move the jet exhaust are basically identical to the CFA-44 Nosferatu, which can only vector it's exhaust up and down. With 3D vectoring you have to move the whole exhaust nozzle, and from the pictures here it doesn't appear to have a nozzle per say. I could be wrong, as I havn't played the game that this plane appears in.

[Edit: Fixed for grammer]

[Heinkel]

The two vertical vanes move to the sides to adjust the exhaust to the sides.

[Tazuren]

I see them but woulding that cause the exhaust to go in a more upward direction, as they are slanted at an angle?

[Edit: Fixed for spelling]

[Ribbon-Rena]

It is, but the lower "panel" can block the upwards air and make it turn. Think of it going diagonally, and then blocked by the lower panel. Not very efficient maybe..
The nozzle looks like the ones in X-31, only a big bigger, so i guess there's some i-dunno-what physics to make it turn..

[Tazuren]

I've done some reading on Thrust Vectoring tech and for 3D vectoring the whole nozzle has to turn to do so. 2 and 3 vanes only allow for 2D vectoring.

[Traben]

Maybe that particular screenshot is shown as an ascending shot. The angle of the plane itself in relation to the horizon would support that.

[Zaku]

Working in conjunction with each other, that design probably could work. In order to yaw, the two top vanes could direct thrust in that direction and slightly down while the lower one slightly corrects that downward slant.

[Grastens 7]

Grammar and spelling edited.

[Antare]

Added stats pic.