J.71 Torden

The J.71 Torden (Anglic: Thunder) is a retired Ringeriker single-seat, single-engine, lightweight combat aircraft. It is designed to be able to operate from dispersed airfields, and as such earlier versions were simple to maintain. The J.71 had a troubled start to its existence, with the first trials batch, delivered in 1966, being so unpopular with pilots that the project was put under serious threat of cancellation and the Ringerike government set about finding a potential foreign built alternative.

General Characteristics

 * Crew: 1
 * Length: 14.7 m (48 ft 3 in) excluding pitot boom
 * Wingspan: 5.84 m (19 ft 2 in)
 * Height: 3.15 m (10 ft 4 in)
 * Wing Area: 16.70 m2 (179.8 sq ft)
 * Powerplant: 1x KF Mk.32B turbofan, 32.4 kN (7,300 lbf) thrust dry, 47.2 kN (10,600 lbf) with afterburner

Performance

 * Range: 1,400 km (870 mi, 760 nmi)
 * Maximum speed: 2,100 km/h (1,300 mph, 1,100 kn) Mach 2.1
 * Service ceiling: 18,000 m (59,000 ft)
 * Rate Of Climb: 203 m/s (40,000 ft/min)
 * Wing Loading: 125.749 kg/m2 (25.755 lb/sq ft)
 * Power/mass: 0.88

Armament

 * Guns: 1× Stålgilde AK. 14 30mm Revolver Cannon
 * Hardpoints: Five, Four Underwing, One Ventral