What is the fighter?

The fighter assumes the empty war against the enemy aircraft, and has a high mobility performance and the antiaircraft attack power. Generally, it is smaller than the attack aircraft and the bomber, and installs the powerful engine for the size of the airframe. It is possible to excel in mobility performances of the movement and manoeuverability, etc. , and to fly brilliantly and lightly. In the number of crew, the greater part of machines are about 1-2 people. When the performance of the fighter is measured, the point that should be paid attention is enumerated as follows.

Speed
High-speed power is demanded by all scenes of prompt retaliation against the pursuit and the combat airspace of the enemy plane etc.It is one of the important performances of the fighter. However, Mach reaches two or more as for valuing so-called “Maximum speed” in the 1950′s. A speed any more assumes that there is no necessity and is not valued after this.
Accelerating force
Ability to be getatable at necessary speed in a short time. It is one of the valued abilities though arrives unlike the above-mentioned speed now.
Rising power
Ability to be getatable to times at most promptly. When it scrambles from the ally base, and the enemy plane is intercepted, it becomes important.
Time ability at most
Even high high degree or more is times and the abilities that the flight can be maintained the ability that can rise and at most. When the enemy plane is flying times at most, the ability to reach up to the same altitude as the enemy plane is necessary. Because a high technology had been demanded so that times might fly at most in the [reshipuro] machine age, it was especially valued. It is not valued so much now so that the installing missile only has to be getatable to the high degree when the missile is installed in the fighter. The missile equipped with the fighter also has the one of getatable to the space satellite orbit.
Cruising capacity
When [todokookara] is done for a long time by the invasion, and the patrol duty etc. to the enemy’s territory in the distance, it becomes important. In drawing the cruising capacity, there is methods of [zousou] of the dropping type or the sticking type (increase fuel tank installed outside of the airframe) and the midair refueling, etc.
Movement, stability, and manoeuverability
A high movement and manoeuverability are important to stand dominant at an empty war. The missile turns out an important thing in the evasion of the missile etc. , and is valued again in a present fighter for a certain period of time though is done and has been disregarded versatility [mi].
The movement will deteriorate when stability and the movement are the one of the conflicting character, and stability is prioritized though stability is an important factor in the aircraft whole. It tends to be balanced for the fighter in moving more valuing compared with other aircraft on the character.
It tends to round down the stability of the airframe by adopting the CCV technology in recent years and to prioritize the movement (The decreasing stability is supplemented with the computer control).
Thrust-to-weight ratio
Value in which thrust of engine is divided by weight of airframe. An acceleration performance, a kinematic performance, and rising performance, etc. rise greatly, and when combatting, it is advantageous (jet plane).
Power weight ratio
Value (propeller plane) in which weight of airframe is divided by engine power (work rate). An acceleration performance, a kinematic performance, and rising performance rise small because of calculating contrary to the above-mentioned.
Wing loading
Value in which weight of airframe is divided by area of wing. It is a value related to a takeoff and landing performance and the above-mentioned movement.
Span loading
Value in which weight of airframe is divided by width of main wing. It is chiefly related to the flying performance at subsonic speed.
Thermal power
It is possible to control it even by the performance such as missiles equipped with the machine gun and the performance in the shooting system like the sight and the fire control system, etc.
Detection range
It is decided by view in the control compartment and the performance of the detective device such as radar.
Secret
A miniaturization, camouflage painting, and the Stealth performance of the airframe become important because of a decrease at the rate to be discovered.
Few crew
The number of crew should be little, and many are single-seateds for the miniaturization of the airframe. However, it is likely to get on as a charge another workers of radar and a ground offensive soldier of taking off and the handling of [no], etc.
Bulletproof ability
Ability that it can be endured when enemy plane and bullet and cannonball of blank shot are hit. It is not valued so much to cause a weight increase now though it came to be valued since the structure of the fighter becomes metallic all.
Ability to take off and land
the fighter can be operated, and the operational condition of the fighter broadens a small-scale airport (short glide slope) broadening of it is possible to take off and landEspecially, it is an indispensable ability to the carrier-borne fighter. Moreover, if it is possible to take off and land, the load of the navigator becomes small, too. Only the distance of the glide slope might be not short, and the ability that takes off and lands even on the road for the glide slope and the car where the maintenance situation is bad be demanded.