Ironfleet

Stormvane

IF-SVLight strike & recon aircraft

A tandem-wing airframe with a seven-cylinder steam radial in the nose, tilting rotor tips for slow flight and hover, and telescopic shock-dampening landing gear.

On the flight deck, legs down and steam up

Stormvanes can be launched and recovered at anchor or under way from the landing pad elevator forward of the main battery. She carries four wing rack mounts, one belly rack mount and two over-wing vent guns.

The plates

General arrangement — bow, side and plan, with the hover configuration inset

General arrangement, schematic — bow, side and plan

Specifications

Envelope

Span, upper wing: 11 m
Length over the nose fan: 8.78 m
Height over the gun foresight: 3.34 m
Ground clearance, legs down: 1.60 m

Payload

Useful load: 700 kg

Crew

Crew: Unmanned

Loadout

2x over wing vent guns; 1x belly rack mount - 4x under wing rack mounts
Belly mount: Cogsnare; Drop pod that takes control of an enemy command centre.
Belly mount: Hailstorm; Cluster bomb.
Belly mount: Longtether; Long-range comms pod.
Wing pylons: Shrike; Heat-seeking air-to-air missile.

Controls

Stormvane controls →

Field manual

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