The T/A-30 Compass is a multi-functional advanced trainer jet well suited for light combat duty, featuring forgiving flight characteristics and particularly adept at low-altitude strike missions.
It features forgiving flight characteristics, such as high maneuverability at low to medium speed and redundant control surfaces such twin engines, which provide a fallback if one of the engines malfunctions.
Due to its high weapon selection, it is a very flexible jet, and it can be used for any purpose, including air-to-air combat using its MMR-S3 heat-seeking missiles, air-to-ground combat using the AGM-68 and AGM-48 optical missiles, 500kg bombs, and a multipurpose 25mm gunpod.
“An advanced jet trainer which is well suited for light combat duty, the T/A-30 is highly maneuverable at low to medium speeds and possesses forgiving flight characteristics. Particularly adept at low-altitude strike missions, the Compass features redundant control surfaces and twin engines to improve survivability.”
| Info | Value |
|---|---|
| ↔ Length | 13.2m |
| ⌀ Width | 12.1m |
| ↕ Height | 3.3m |
| $ Cost | 22m |
| ㎏ Empty Weight | 5200kg (5.2 Tonne) |
| ㎞ Max Speed | 980km/h (272m/s) |
| ⚠ Stall speed | 180km/h |
| ༄ Maneuverability | 8.0g |
| Compartment | Weapons |
|---|---|
| 🗁 Weapon Bay | 25mm gunpod 500kg bomb AGM-68 MMR-S3 [IR] x2 Nuclear Bomb (1.5kt) |
| →🛦 Inner Wing Pylons | AGM-68 AGM-48 (x1/x2) MMR-S3 [IR] (x1/x2) 500kg bomb 20mm gunpod |
| ↔🛦 Middle Wing Pylon | AGM-48 (x1/x2) AGM-68 MMR-S3 [IR] 500kg bomb |
| ←🛦 Outer Wing Pylon | MMR-S3 [IR] AGM-48 |