North American T-28 Trojan (OAI)

North American T-28 Trojan
Summary
manufacturer	Outcast Aerospace Industries
designer	Jade Kangas, Shana Carpool
introduction	Unknown
role	Trainer aircraft
crew	1-2 (Pilot/co-pilot)
capacity	2 (Total)
weapons	VICE/TCS combat systems: x2 machine-gun pods x2 rocket pods
fuel	Not applicable
prims	50

The North American T-28 Trojan (ICAO: T28 / WAKE: LIGHT) is a piston-engined military trainer aircraft. Created in Second Life by Outcast Aerospace Industries and powered by Shana Carpool Aircrafts, the aircraft was based on the real-life T-28 Trojan, produced for the United States armed forces by North American.

Background

The real-life North American T-28 Trojan was a piston-engined military trainer aircraft used by the United States Air Force and United States Navy beginning in the 1950s and continuing into the early 1980s. Besides its use as a trainer, the T-28 was successfully employed as a Counter-insurgency (COIN) aircraft, primarily during the Vietnam War.

Features

• Animated components (front/rear canopy, landing gear, tail hook, control surfaces, etc.).
• Tail hook/catapult system (Shana Carpool's catapult and arrestor system).
• x2 versions provided: T-28C unarmed and T-28D armed (VICE/TCS combat systems with rocket and machine gun pods).
• Proprietary paint-kit system.

Images

North American T-28 Trojan stationed at MCAS Chase Field.

Open canopy revealing cockpit with pilot and co-pilot seating.