This little warplane was no joke. The Polish Air Force wanted an economical, modular design that could be easily modified, and Short Take-Off and Landing (STOL) capability. The Skorpion was armored and manuverable plus it could really do some damage. A later version even had some stealth capabilities. Compare it to the A-10 Thunderbolt II... Not sure you can do that, because the project was cancelled due to budgetary constraints, we'll never know how well it really could perform.
If I ran a country, I'd have a HUGE fleet of these little planes.
General characteristics
Crew: 1 (pilot)
Length: 10 m (32 ft 10 in)
Wingspan: 12.1 m (39 ft 8 in)
Height: 4.2 m (13 ft 9 in)
Wing area: 25.4 m2 (273 sq ft)
Gross weight: 11,000 kg (24,251 lb)
Performance
Maximum speed: 1,000 km/h (620 mph; 540 kn)
Maximum speed: Mach 0.85
Combat range: 300 km (186 mi; 162 nmi)
Service ceiling: 12,000 m (39,370 ft)
Rate of climb: 90 m/s (18,000 ft/min)
Takeoff distance: 300 metres (980 ft)
Armament
Internal gun; up to 4,000 kilograms (8,800 lb) ordnance
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