GOVERNMENT: VARAUTA
MANUFACTURER: NORTHROM & GRUMMAN/MIKOYAN-VARAUTA
FBz-99 SAUBERGERAN
COMMENT:
TYPE: Variable fighter-bomber.
PROGRAMME: Design modeled after the VAB-2D variable fighter-bomber which was developed by Northrom & Grumman/Mikoyan beginning in the 2035 period and deployed beginning in 2042.
VARIANTS:
FBz-99G: Version in service.
CUSTOMER: Varauta
DESIGN FEATURES: Spritia absorption beam gun.
POWER PLANT: Four 52500 kg class (maximum instantaneous thrust in space) Shinnakasu/Daimler FF-2200G engines. Two 24600 kg class (maximum instantaneous thrust in space) Roice/Daimler FR-60C thermonuclear rocket engines to assist mobility in Heavy Battroid mode. Two overfuselage air intakes. Two vectored exhaust nozzles, for VTOL performance and maneuverability. Two sub-nozzles for Heavy Battroid use. P&W/Daimler HMM-5C high-maneuverability vernier thrusters.
ACCOMMODATION: Pilot with provision for second member.
ARMAMENT: Two internal pulse guns mounted fore of lower main wing in Fighter-bomber or in manipulator in Heavy Battroid mode. Four fixed anti-air beam guns mounted over main fuselage's engine intakes in Fighter-Bomber mode or on shoulder section in Battroid mode. Fixed 22-micro-missile launchers mounted fore of main wing in Fighter-Bomber mode or in shoulders in Heavy Battroid mode. Two fixed rotary missile launchers mounted in lower forward fuselage in Fighter-bomber mode or in lower main body in Heavy Battroid mode. Two missile launchers stowed in dorsal area in Fighter-Bomber mode and mounted on shoulder sections in Heavy Battroid mode. Spiritia spark gun mounted over main fuselage in Fighter-Bomber mode or on head turret in Heavy Battroid mode. 6 hard points. Total capacity for nonfixed weapon loads exceeding 60 t.
| Wing span: fully extended forward | 37.81 m |
| Length overall: | 18.18 m |
| 22.95 m |
| 22600 kg |
| Mach 3.8+ |
| Ceiling: | Unlimited (Capable of attaining satellite orbit over an Earth-class planet) |
| Max rate of climb at S/L: | 26400 m/min |
| Combat action radius: in atmosphere | Nearly unlimited |
| g limits: | +30.0/-20.0 |
| 0 m (VTOL capable) |