Academy Models 12105 F-16I SUFA

Description

The F-16I is the Israeli Air Force’s advanced tactical aircraft building upon their extensive combat experience in the earlier F-16 variants.

One of the most notable differences between the F-16I and earlier Vipers is the inclusion of the second cockpit. While F-16B and F-16D trainers have nearly identical combat capabilities as their single-seat counterparts, these two-seaters are used primarily for training.

The F-16I, like the F-15E Strike Eagle and the F-4 Phantom II before it, makes use of that crucial second set of eyes to aid the pilot with situational awareness as well as to operate the on-board mission systems leaving the pilot free to fly the aircraft.

Features

Nice all-glass cockpits fore and aft

Re-tooled instrument panel covers

Choice of clear or tinted canopies

Positionable canopy

Choice of narrow or widemouth inlets (the Sufa uses the narrow mouth)

Choice of Pratt or GE afterburner sections (again, the Sufa uses the Pratt)

Full-length inlet with engine face

Nicely detailed wheel wells

Choice of standard F-16C/D tail base or dorsal spine (Sufa uses the dorsal)

Choice of standard rear tail fairing or parapack housing

Late block landing/taxi lights on nose gear door

Bulged main gear doors and heavy duty main gear (so no backdating to a Block 25/30/32 without raiding the Hasegawa kit)

Positionable speed brakes

Positionable trailing edge flaps

Positionable radome to reveal detailed radar

Turned aluminum pitot tube and AOA sensors

Sufa-specific lateral nose antennas (stock antennas also in the box)

Advanced IFF antennas

RHAW/EW antenna fairings on the inlet sides and under the inlet (standard nav light fairings also in the box)

Optional boarding ladder

Optional crew figures