The real aircraft behind the game
The aircraft in Sky Lords 3D are inspired by real machines. Here is a quick tour.
The fighters
- F-16 Fighting Falcon (United States): a light, widely used fighter in service since the 1970s.
- F-22 Raptor and F-35 Lightning II (United States): next-generation stealth fighters.
- Rafale (France): a multirole fighter built by Dassault.
- Eurofighter Typhoon (Europe): designed by several European countries.
- Su-57 Felon: Sukhoi's stealth fighter.
The bosses
- B-21 Raider: a next-generation American stealth bomber.
- Tu-160 Blackjack: a large supersonic bomber.
- SR-72 Darkstar: a hypersonic aircraft concept that is not in service.
In the game each has its own stats: see the aircraft table or the comparison. The models are fictional representations.
Six jets, four decades of design
The six jets in the game are not from the same generation, and you can see it in their stats. The F-16 first flew in 1974 and is the oldest design, a light and agile jet built for a pilot to fly by hand. The Rafale (first prototype in 1986) and the Eurofighter Typhoon (1994) are later designs with a delta wing and small front wings called canards, which makes them very agile. The F-22 (1997), the F-35 (2006) and the Su-57 (2010) are the stealth generation, built to be hard to detect.
How the game turns this into numbers
Sky Lords 3D is an arcade game, not a flight simulator, so the numbers are a simple way to give each jet a personality. The Rafale gets the best agility, the F-35 the fastest firing, and the F-16 a balanced start. Real aircraft are compared by many more things: range, radar, weapons and cost. If you want to know more about one jet, open its profile from the aircraft page.