The Stories of a Dreamlander

My Little Pony: Warfare is Magic

Kingdom of Ambleon: Aircraft (Royal Ambleonian Air Force/Royal Ambleonian Navy Fleet Air Arm)

Prance was very proud of its local Pegasi flying clubs before the war, and were often the winners of the Eurocup Cloud Football League. This translated VERY well into powered aircraft, and the two premier aero theorists in the nation, Kaplan Sauter and Danelle Machiore, formed a joint venture company to study and manufacture combat aircraft. Both Pegasi themselves, they travelled to the Crystal Kingdom as soon as practicable to learn from the remaining airship desingers in the nation. By and large, this led to the development of two aircraft - one as a fighter/scout, and the other as a strike fighter.

Machiore-Sauter MS.401

DESIGNATION:

MS.401

ROLE:

Scout/Anti-Submarine Aircraft

AIRCRAFT TYPE:

Neutral Bouyancy, Lifting Body

GUN ARMAMENT:

1 x 25mm Dewoitine, 2 x 11mm AA.4

ORDNANCE ARMAMENT:

2 x 120kg Depth Charge OR 1 x 300kg Depth Charge

HARD POINTS:

1 internal with 2 mounting points

OVERALL LENGTH:

3.2 meters/10.5 feet

WINGSPAN:

6.3 meters/20.6 feet

ENGINES:

2 Fiat MPF-2 Fractal Petroleum

CRUISE SPEED:

118kts/220kph/137mph

MAXIMUM SPEED:

145kts/270kph/167mph

FERRY RANGE:

1320 nmi

Unusually for most aircraft, the machine guns are under the fuselage, and peek out from a rounded casemate. The AA.4 is based on the AA.2, but redesigned for aircraft use, with a different belt feed mechanism. The Dewoitine 25mm automatic cannon was offered to the Navy, but turned down, as they feared it might be underpowered, and they went with a dual 55mm gun system instead, similar to the Roaman 57mm. As a result, the cannons were used on Prench aircraft instead. The intakes at the ends of each wing are a forced air cooling system. The cockpit is unusual in that it slides forwards and up, and the pilot slightly reclines inside. There is only room for one pony. Bouyancy is totally neutral with a pilot and a full load of machine gun and cannon ammunition, or with no cannon ammunition, and the internal bomb bay loaded with two depth charges. Only the Prench carriers have the full sized 300kg depth charges available, as a fully loaded 402 requires a running start to take off. The internal hardpoint has a removable cover that is not attached when the hard point(s) are loaded.

Machiore-Sauter MS.402

DESIGNATION:

MS.401

ROLE:

Multirole Fighter/Strike Aircraft

AIRCRAFT TYPE:

Neutral Bouyancy, Lifting Body

GUN ARMAMENT:

1 x 25mm Dewoitine, 2 x 11mm AA.4

ORDNANCE ARMAMENT:

Up to 800lbs of ordnance

HARD POINTS:

5 undercarriage

OVERALL LENGTH:

4.8 meters/15.75

WINGSPAN:

5.66 meters/18.56 feet

ENGINES:

2 Fiat MPF-2 Fractal Petroleum

CRUISE SPEED:

120kts/222kph/138mph

MAXIMUM SPEED:

200kts/370kph/230mph

FERRY RANGE:

1200 nmi

Using the same engines as the 401, the 402's resulting performance is decreased, making the 401 better as a fighter. They have the same gunpod under the fuselage, however, meaning the 402 can easily engage enemy fighter aircraft when needed. The 5 internal hard points can carry a variety of munitions, from 70mm "Hydra" rocket pods, to naplam ordnance, to conventional bombs, to torpedoes (the port and aft hardpoints are arranged in-line to allow two to be carried), to depth charges of various kinds. With NEIGHTO standardization, these munitions are largely the same across all forces. Interestingly, the wings of the 402 and 401 both fold for maximum compactness.