KÆM-24 Chara

The Klensærmonarcha KÆM-24 Chara is a Sahren twin engine single seat swing wing strike fighter. The Chara was first an experiment for swing wing designs from Tsaregorodtsev Aviation but was transferred to Klensærmonarcha after Operation Benzene for further developement.

KÆM-24 Chara
Interceptor, Strike fighter
A KÆM-24 flying over the Balaoigir mountains border region
National Origin		Sahr
Production History
Designer		Tsaregorodtsev Aviation Klensærmonarcha
First Flight		Gardo 4th, 2197
Unit Cost		41971(√)
Number Built		17
Service History
Used By		Sahr, Aontas

Development

The concept of the KÆM-24 can be traced back to the Abzalev Astrakhan but for varying reasons did not begin development until 2165. President Kelbert-dua Tengin sought to undo most of the actions of the previous liberal government. One of these changes was the development of a new fighter as the ADF-Type-85 was phased out in 2161 and the Sahren Republican Guard was using exclusively foriegn models from Zokesia and Phoenia.

“	We must fabricate the means of the defence of the perfect society we want to build in this corner of the world. If our aim is to create a perfect society, our national prestige should reflect it, and anyone across Kerbin should be able to see the efficiencies inherent in the Republican system	”
—Kelbert-dua Tengin

The programme was given out to Abzalev and Tsaregorodtsev specifically to avoid foreign competition sabotaging the development. The Abzalev design fell out of favour with the Republican Guard but continued development eventually becoming the Abzalev Anticyclone.

TSA-OBJECT-2165

Tsar got ahead of Abzalev early on as it was able to use Nuvalkan prototypes like the AE-22 and MAF-25 as reference. Already in the midst of industrial espionage of Cyten-Ward for the TSA-144, Tsar was able to implement the swing-wing mechanism by tech leaks, though this mechanism was incredibly unreliable and would not be properly finished until after Klensærmonarcha took over development. OBJECT-2165 took flight for the first time in 2177 after 12 years of development. Since the prototype was originally designed for the previous Model-2120 tubojets it was able to exceed agility and speed requirments after installing the new Model-2172 turbojets.

This early prototype lacked many features which would need a significant amount of time to properly implement. Along with this Tsar was overloaded with multiple developements while trying to navigate itself out of the ripple-effects of the Hysteria of 2160. The 25 year gap of developement between Tsaregorodtsev and Klensærmonarcha is the longest a Tsaregorodtsev design was delayed for to this day.

KÆM-24

TSA-OBJECT-2165 was lifted from Bastia to mainland Sahr by the Korych in 2197 under Operation Benzene due to political instability in the region. As Tsaregorodtsev was correctly predicted to become a main component of the Bastian military industrial complex, The Klens aerial factory was quickly made into its own bereau and Klensærmonarcha was formed. OBJECT-2165 was renamed to KÆM-C24 as it was the 24th piece of equipment they had recieved, and it kept this name into it's final iteration. The design was accelerated and finished by 2198.

Design

The most striking feature of the KÆM-24 is the variable geometry wing, which consists of a straight edge gunfighting mode and a 54 degree general flight mode. While in this 54 degree fold the elevators become ailervators to combat roll instabilities. Two Alkan type 2172 turbojets power the vehicle fed by two rectangular side mounted intakes. Underneeth the fuelselage is an internal weapons bay, and fore of this is a smaller weapons bay only capable of holding 20-25mm autocannons. A large variety of additional armament can be attached underneeth the wings by a mount which juts outward underneeth the wings, as the rotating pylon was omitted to save time.

Operational History

KÆM-24 twenty-seven kilometres above Bastio.

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