is this a real aircraft?

Nope, just something from my sleep that I saw flying over the Brazilian countryside.

well its very intrestin gnad the basic design looks amost as if it could work.

Two 30mm cannons and four 7.62 rotaryguns?
On a turboprop?

Sounds like you'd stall out from firing all at once.
And it's a shame this could'nt be used all over.

Very remnicent of the Do-224 "Destroyer" Of the late ww2 Luftwaffe.

The Pucarra got two 7.62s and four 20s onto a turbo-prop.

BC you heard about Blackwater buying the Pucarras yet? Got 28 of the bastids, and they're looking at merging with that anti-piracy security corp that got the Pegasus boats.

Really, Must be nice to have friends with the DoD and the State Department. They are starting to sound like Executive Outcome more and more. I wonder if the aircraft will be permanently based outside the US.?

Yeah they're definitely reminding me of EO. I'm just waiting to see what the next couple years hold but assuming they aren't run out of business by political events here could be very interesting in the Chinese sense.

Oh, she is so hot, I love the line on her...

Oh, my. Lovely design. I have something similar. Need to dig out those drawings I did . . .

I like very much the fusilage design, more the cockpit one, looks like somewhat sci-fi chopper i seen long ago

Dual 30mm cannons and laser guided air to ground missiles?

<3

(applause)

I loves me some airplane pr0ns!

Reminds me of the 'Mudfighter' concept put forth back in the 80's. The idea was to put together a simple, useful COIN and light ground-attack aircraft that was simple and easy to repair and maintain.

Wow, I didnt even know they still had prop fighters around @.@ you are into a big plane kick lately :D I wonder if you are going to do combat vehicles next :P

Well the aircraft aspect is because the Birdies, the alien invaders in A&K-1, have still not gained a strong base of operation on earth and the earth governments are doing everything in their power to keep that way. It is definitely a case of hit the enemy at the beaches and don't let them get ashore. In this case though the beach is sixty miles above the earth!

Now the Birdies having gotten some bases established on earth and we are starting to see some real efforts to knock out those strongholds. In particular there is a big offensive starting on the Russian/ Mongolian border that is involving not only Russian and Chinese forces, but for the first time since the WWII Western European Forces are providing air support to Russian Forces. This is significant since this a world where the USSR goes away in late 1950's but the Cold War still technically still going on. There is one Russian tank crew that is starting to appear in my dreams along with a West German Anti-Armor heliocopter crew that has been sent east to assist the Russians. I hope to post some AFV images soon.

That would be fun, since my dad was on the west German border in the mid 70's he was a M551 commander ^.^ but thats a little pre 50's, more like the bulldog and the preshing/patton running things :P

Oh, he commanded a M551 Sheridan?

yup, he was a stop gap measure. It was estamated that his units would be overrun first :P the 551 had lots of problems -.-

OOoooh, another vehicle that looks like it would fit in the Battletech universe. The lines of the fuselage work so well, and seeing the details like the refueling probe, it all just works.

With those thick, long-travel gear stalks, it looks like it could easily do duty as a carrier based craft. Especially with the wide wingspan, seems like it would have a pretty low stall speed....when it's empty at least.

I looooove COIN aircraft like a child I never had by a woman I only dreamed of! There's just something infinitely sexy about them. The Bronco was/is always one of my most favourite aircraft designs of all time, and the Pucara comes a close second as well. This is a worthy successor/contender to both! I love it. The weapon loadout fits nicely too! I imagine it can also carry bombs as required too? Great design, love it!

The tail makes me think about the acrobatic plane flown by Hikaru Ichijoe (Rick Hunter) at the beginning of Macross !!!

The butterfly tail is one those concepts that has been apparently very tempting for aeronautical engineers but has not alway worked out as well as hoped. It is my understanding that combining of the elevators and the tail into one unit does have several advantages if for nothing else it simplifies the overall design by combining two elements into one. The downside is a loss of stability and if it gets hit in combat you can lose both the elevators and the tail/ rudder! The only aircraft that I'm aware of that has made the Butterfly tail work on a large scale production is the Beechcraft Bonanza and it was considered very futuristic in the 1950's when it came out. the other one that comes to mind is the French primary jet trainer Fouga Magisters which also came into exstence during the 1950's. Supermarine also experimented with the idea when they were in the early stages of development for the Scimitar in 1950's also.

The Fouga indeed is THE reference speaking about Messerschmitt's idea of a V-tail (that has been planned for many german projects at the end of the war, including the Heinkel 162 Salamander), and the Bonanza is not to be forgotten, but you also forgot that the V-tail as a serial component is more spreaded around the gliders... and the F-117 and the Predator drone !!

To quote Homer Simpson "Duh!" yes the F-117 quailifies as a butterfly tail and in fact was chosen for its lower radar cross section.

... Also, many projects are being made with butterfly tails around the commercial jets, have a look for example at the Honda Cirrus Jet which is, contrary to many others, not a simple plan on paper anymore :)

Install an electric IR and Radar Jammer to the undeside. something tells me the propeller would scatter the Chaff once it's launched. And I have no way of proveing this theory.

That is so cool! I know that the Air Force has been kicking around some ideas for a counter-insurgency aircraft for a while, with one design being little more than a T-6 Texan II armed with similar weaponry to what you have here. However, this is at least a sleeker-looking design.

But fighting alien invaders? Sounds like there's an interesting story involved :)

At some point I will make a journal posting that will give basic plot outlines for the several dreamscape/ plotlines that are going through my sleep. Andur, Angel and Knight, Bravo Strike, The Little things matter, A&K-1, and now A&K-2.

Sweet, can't wait to read them :)