Space Saab

I wish they had cooler grills on planes =w=

It is always odd for me to see spacecraft with wings, vertical stabilizers etc.
For atmospheric craft? Sure. But spacecraft? Not really. Especially since all those protrusions would likely burn up during atmospheric entry if it were to combine the two.

As far as Rule-of-cool is concerned, it certainly works just fine. Only when physics get involved do things fall apart - literally.

It's likely a spaceplane rather than a spacecraft and uses controlled re-entry to avoid burning up. A good real world example of a similar sized spaceplane is the MiG-105. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikoy.....revich_MiG-105

For that to work it would have to have essentially a flat bottom like your example does. Without it the unequal pressure and buildup of plasma would tear the craft apart.
Decelarating from orbital velocities means a LOT of energy to bleed off after all. And the more widely distributed this bleeding-off occurs, the lower the stress to the object.
Essentially it is the same principle by which a parachute operates.

Mmm, that's all a function of speed. There are several ways to bleed enough speed off for a subsonic re-entry, where the shape of the craft wouldn't matter at all. The obvious answer is to aerobrake with the outer atmosphere multiple times, bleeding off a little speed each time until you go for the aerocapture. Another possibility is to fire the engines retrograde, then turn around and glide in like the Shuttle did- although at a much lower speed than the Shuttle did.

We also don't know what materials this craft is made of, so it might be capable of withstanding more than it looks like. And it may just be pure sci-fi with shields or something, which is perfectly valid in many settings.

I have at no point claimed it was invalid. I just say that to me it feels odd.

O 3 O May I interject!?

It was never meant for reentry, it rides in a larger ship meant for that. Its just supposed to be able to fly in space or on planet.

In the whole world I have going its just a piece of mil-surp that some pirate picked up and use for raids.

And its still just a concept with possibility to change XD

So essentially it is cocooned inside a bigger re-entry-capable vessel for ascent or descent? That would work - although folding wings would be a must for saving space aboard the carrier.

I would imagine the cockpit arrangement inside the fighter to be a bit peculiar though, considering that it would need to adapt to perceived gratity to be (mostly) perpendicular to the trajectory while in atmosphere, and linear thrust-generated simulated gravity in space. Perhaps a cockpit-capsule that freely rotates as necessary?
Unless of course technology allows for manipulation of gravity - which in turn would then beg the question, why this gravity-induction is not also used for propulsion (which would render aerodynamics literally unnecessary)

As you might have guessed: sci-fi worldbuilding is a bit of a hobby of mine.

I see you guys are already hard at work brain-gaining eachother, so I'll just let that happen and enjoy the results.
Everything so far is great periphery for future designs.

Not sure I am understanding you correctly. I'm going to keep my brain exactly where it is, thank you very much.

Reminds me of the Jedi Starfighter design

I had someone else bring that up to me, which then made me wonder why I didn't just base it on that in the first place, but I guess I can't constantly remind myself of all the different sci-fi fighter craft out there >.O

Awesome design

Thank you ^^

The design resembles a MiG 29 with wider and shorter wings. But, it looks nice.

Interesting choice for a comparison, given the modern look, but it is in the same production family. The core desig inspiration was the Mig23 with the obvious adaptations as shown :3

Well, I'm not that good with my fighter jet knowledge, so that's what my mind came up with.

ohhhh! these are fantastic! I can see the soviet influences. BITCHIN!

Thank you ^^

This looks cool, but definitely reminds me a bit of the vic viper. As always you do good work.

Had to google it, I like the design xD

Originally I asked for a space ship like a catamaran and suddenly we shifted gears and decided to bastardize a Mig xD

I can see the design influences. Ipokes talent is awing sometimes. He did quite a great job.

Another interesting choice for a comparison, though I definitely see why it's a choice.

Thanks for the praises =w=

My main critque is just how much the wings project forward. With them that far forward in relation to the cockpit, the pilot is going to have essentially zero downward vision to the sides

That's a fair point, but given that the majority of modern aircraft engagements is carried out far beyond visibility range and space is likely to involve even longer distances, I don't think it'll be a true problem as far as combat operability is concerned.

That is true, I hadn't really considered it from a combat point of view. But even just a flight aspect, and assuming given the airfoils that it is a transatmospheric craft, it would presumably still needs to be able to see the ground at some point.
All aircraft, when landing, flare their nose up to bleed airspeed, and often this means they can no longer see the runway past the nose of the aircraft, necessitating them to be looking out the sides of the aircraft for reference to the runway.

Clearly a super-deformed su-34
Cute and very interesting ^^

Killll meeeeeee~

Thank you ^^

Ha ha ha, are you depressed at the fact everybody is comparing this fighter to some existing model, without even finding the right source??

Looks like a Flanker and an Assault Gunboat from Star Wars had a baby.

Now there's an interesting vision XD

The Soviet aircraft influences are there.

This design has "high thrust to mass ratio" written all over it. Must be fun to fly.

This looks like it'd make a fun bomber.

All that engine thrust ftw.