IAR 95 preview

History

The IAR 95 Spey was a Romanian project to produce a supersonic fighter jet for the Romanian Air Force. The project was started in the late 1970s and canceled in 1981. Shortly after, the project was restarted again. The project was canceled for good in 1988 due to a lack of funds before a prototype could be built, although a full-scale mockup was being constructed.

The design was a high-wing monoplane with lateral air intakes, a single fin, and a single engine. Designs with two fins and two engines were also considered, but it was decided to go with the single-engine single-fin design. Other designations given to this project are IAR-101 and IAR-S and refer to different design layouts.

Romania considered a joint program with Yugoslavia, but the latter declined because it was designing its own supersonic fighter jet, the Novi Avion.

General characteristics

• Crew: 1
  Length: 16 m (52 ft 6 in)
  Wingspan: 9.3 m (30 ft 6 in)
  Height: 5.45 m (17 ft 11 in)
  Wing area: 27.9 m2 (300 sq ft)
  Empty weight: 7,880 kg (17,372 lb)
  Max takeoff weight: 15,200 kg (33,510 lb)
  Powerplant: 1 × Tumansky R-29-300 afterburning turbofan engine, 81.4 kN (18,300 lbf) thrust dry, 122 kN (27,000 lbf) with afterburner

Performance

• Maximum speed: 1,500 km/h (930 mph, 810 kn) +
  Maximum speed: Mach 2
  Armament
  3,200 kg (7,055 lb) of various missiles and bombs

To see my evolution in aircraft designing, I decided again to choose an old aircraft I made a couple of months ago and remake it, although, at this point, it looks like a remaster. I will change the missiles to look more realistic in the proper release of it without compromising its performance, something that sounds EZ, but it actually is hard AF.

Controls:

W - S - Elevators
E - Q - Aileron
A - D - Gear and Rudder
AG1 - Canopy
AG2 - Beacons
AG3 - Cargo bay
AG4 - Bombs
AG5 - A - A missiles
AG6 - Ground attack missiles
AG7 - Open parachute
AG8 - Gear (lower/retract)
AG9 - Auto Landing program
AG10 (0) - Jet engine

Comparison of the models:

SR2 old:

SR2 new:

Real model: