Cheap As F(ighter). Single engine jet for BDAc

[Galane]

Departing from the adventure in weirdness that is the O-Twisted development program. Alan Aerospace Recycling and Packaging chose a different tack for its second fighter jet. (Well, third, we don't talk about the failed Whipstick program to produce a lighter, cheaper plane.)

If you don't have the funds for two engines per plane, Cheap As F(ighter) is a less expensive and much lighter plane with a conventional swept wing plus canted tails and canards. Packing six AIM-20 missiles and two Vulcan cannons it is decently offensive. (The tastefulness or otherwise of the nose art is up to the buyer.) Wingtip missile rails may be added. When given a 3 to 2 numerical advantage it has managed to take down a pair of ADF-01 Falken Crewed, once all three on Team A managed to survive! Usually one or two C.A.F. get shot down, but last plane in the air wins, right? Two V Two doesn't usually turn out so well.

The low dry weight makes it quickly gain agility as ordnance is fired, so shoot early and often.

https://kerbalx.com/Galane/Cheap-As-F

screenshot9 by g_alan_e, on Flickr

[Schwarz]

Now that is really a Cheap As F package, great for small countries with hostile neighbors.
Too bad when BDA AI learns about energy fighting and how to use big lasers, the Falkens will once more obliterate everything in their path.

[Galane]

Could be even lower weight and cost if BDA had an inline RADAR with the capabilities of the pointy nosecone one. Or a radial mount RADAR pod. Something that would allow the fuselage to consist of the square front mount intake, RADAR, inline cockpit, fuel tank, engine.

Everything else would just be differences in aero surfaces and armament.