Polar Industries XDF-M12 "Sparrowhawk"

The Polar Industries XDF-M12 "Sparrowhawk" is a light air superiority figter designed by Boye.

History (Lore)
As one of the competing designs in Polar Industries' latest light fighter program, the XDF-M12 places a focus on maneuverablility over ordinance. It weighs just 10 tons fully laden due to the use of composite materials in non-critical areas and has substantially above-average lift for its size. The XDF-M12 exhibits strong traits of supermaneuverablilty, due to no short extent to the engine design, a downsized and refined version of the prototype design used on the SMFM-13 FS1. This agility combined with dual 20mm rotary cannons makes it a terrifying adversary at close range, with many hand-to-hand kills being scored in simulations. The XDF-M12 also sports advanced radar missiles capable of firing on detection alone and heat seeking munitions with an exceptionally large warhead, making it a credible threat at all ranges.

Design (Real Life)
This craft was inspired in no small part by my own XDF-M1 "Starfury". The resemblance can be clearly seen in the similar wing shape (although larger on this comparatively smaller airframe), shoulder-mounted sylph canards and F18/F15-style horizontal stabilisers.

"Lumpy Intakes". This was only my second time creating custom intakes and I probably couldn't have made it much more painful for myself if I tried; this comes as a result of their edge conforming to the shape of a biconvex PWing edge. However, you can't see the great number of imperfections from a distance and I wasted too much time on this project to care enough to properly fix them.

Variants
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Major Variants



 * XDF-M12A
 * The first models of the XDF-M12 came under this variant. They were unpainted and utilised many components such as missile rails and landing gear taken from the part reserves of production aircraft such as the SMFM-13 "Peregrine" and SFML-10 "Switchblade".
 * XDF-M12C
 * The final variant of the XDF-M12 brings various changes and a far greater degree of polish to the design, including: Significant alterations to the avionic systems, low profile missile rails and a complete production paint scheme just to name a few.
 * The final variant of the XDF-M12 brings various changes and a far greater degree of polish to the design, including: Significant alterations to the avionic systems, low profile missile rails and a complete production paint scheme just to name a few.