Sad it was never finished but it’s enough to add under Gaijin’s rules. Though it would be a stand alone aircraft so you won’t get anything after it. It’s nice we won’t just have an import for the top tier of Japan
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This could be at the end of the domestic fighter (F-1/F-2) line, with F-35 in the import fighter (F-4/F-15) line.
I could see GCAP eventually coming after it, but it will be years before that even exists, while 5th gen is probably less than a year away.
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I dont think 5th gen is going to be what people think it will be cracked up to be. But Mitsubushi 26DMU will be effective enough.
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Mmm, you know, im considering changing the name of the thread / suggestion. Cause while the model used as a reference for this is the 26DMU, thats not really the project name. And imo it being named after the actual project would put the suggestion in better faith for a lot of people, rather than naming it after a design configuration mockup of the project.
So, what do we think its name should be?
- Mitsubishi 26DMU
- i³ Prototype
- F-X Preliminary Prototype
- F-X 26DMU Study
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Yes ik calling it i³ isnt technically correct, but they are very closely related in research and development, so…
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Honestly I feel like there isn’t an ideal solution at all.
Just going for 26DMU is a bit weird because the entire DMU series was only design mockups for the F-X aircraft that’s suggested.
That is just about the equivalent of making a KF-21 suggestion named C-109. It’s technically the right design, but not really the name of the final aircraft.
KF-21 designs
But it also can’t be named (X)F-3 because that would overlap with the future GCAP, and just “F-X” is too vague because it’s used for other projects as well, again including GCAP.
I usually call it “5th gen F-X” to avoid the confusion with 6th gen F-X / GCAP, but that just doesn’t sound good for a name in game.
So I think something like “F-X (26DMU)” would be the best compromise. It’s the F-X fighter based on the 26DMU design.
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