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Short S.25 Sunderland

9,295 JetstreamAeroEngineering  8.8 years ago

this is the biggest and most detailed plane I have make yet. After many game crashes and 16 hours of building time I finally completed this monster of a plane. Even tho it has an absurd amount of drag points it can still take off. sadly the turrets don't turn yet, but if anyone wants to try to get it to work then be my guest. *WEAPONS* 4x 500kg bombs (boom 50) | 2x 7.62mm fixed guns | 4x 7.62mm turret guns (group 1 front group 2 back) |

The early 1930s saw intense competition in developing long-range intercontinental passenger service between the United Kingdom, the United States, France and Germany, but the United Kingdom had no equivalent to the new American Sikorsky S-42 flying boats or the German Dornier Do X. However, in 1934, the British Postmaster General declared that all first-class Royal Mail sent overseas was to travel by air, establishing a subsidy for the development of intercontinental air transport in a fashion similar to the U.S. domestic program a decade earlier. In response, Imperial Airways announced a competition to design and produce 28 flying boats, each weighing 18 long tons (18 t) and having a range of 700 mi (1,100 km) with a capacity for 24 passengers.

General Characteristics

  • Successors 2 airplane(s) +28 bonus
  • Created On iOS
  • Wingspan 85.3ft (26.0m)
  • Length 67.8ft (20.7m)
  • Height 23.6ft (7.2m)
  • Empty Weight 10,941lbs (4,963kg)
  • Loaded Weight 41,568lbs (18,855kg)

Performance

  • Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.192
  • Wing Loading 37.3lbs/ft2 (181.9kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 1,115.6ft2 (103.6m2)
  • Drag Points 21835

Parts

  • Number of Parts 212
  • Control Surfaces 6
  • Performance Cost 753