Super Hornet Payload Questions

[Sauragnmon]

Alright... So I have the Hase 00829 F-18E Superhornet kit. I'm getting to the point of payload, and I have a few questions.

Let's start with intended role - Long Range Air Superiority Payload, with three tanks and missiles.

First - the Fuselage Hardpoints - is the Targetting pod Always carried, and is it always on the Pilot's Right side? Are the hardpoints wired for missile carriage, likely AIM-120?

Second - the Outboard Heavy Hardpoints - the Hase kit comes with the twin bomb racks, which have no place on my payload. Are these capable of carrying twin rails, and which rails should I look for?

Right now I have this setup in mind:

Wingtips - AIM-9

Outboard Wings - AIM-9

Center Wings - AIM-120 (twin rail?)

Inner Wings - Gas Bags

Outer Fuselage - Missiles?

Centerline - Gas Bag

That's the idea I have in mind, I'm just trying to figure out how feasible it would look to people. Input appreciated.

[mrvark]

AIM-9M or (far more likely today) AIM-9X on wingtip stations 1 & 11

AIM-120C mounted to a LAU-128D/A (blunt nose) or LAU-128E/A (pointy nose)on outboard stations 2 & 10

AIM-120C x 2 mounted to 2 x LAU-128D/A (blunt nose) or LAU-128E/A (pointy nose) mounted on the sides of a single LAU-115D/A on midboard stations 3 & 9

FPU-11 or 12 fuel tanks on inboard stations 4 & 8

AIM-120C on fuselage stations 5 & 7

FPU-11 or 12 fuel tank on centerline station 6