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Blohm & Voss BV 145 'Schwertfisch'

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The Blohm & Voss 145 nickname 'Schwertfisch' Is a single seat multirole dual rottor propeller fighter, escort, interceptor and Torpedo bomber aircraft. The aircraft's first prototype was build in 1943 to test if a Dual Rottor in the middle of the aircaft was capable of Fighter and bomber capabilities as same with maneuverability , but due to more important and prioritized plans the Proyect was scraped and canceled. After the war, it luckly was not found by the Americans or the Soviets.The first prototype was found as same as it was left and with its plans, the recovering Luftwaffe started to build to what it remained of the aircraft within permission and funding of the West German Federation Defense Minister. The recovered Plane went into testing and further more examination, altough an outdated plane compared to other Fighters at the time, The Luftwaffe put the one and only Blohm & Voss 145 in service, Only to be retired in 1950, and remaining in a museum to be an odd but quite unique piece of history.

CONTROLS

AG 1 --- Lights

AG 2 --- Lights

VTOL --- Flaps

TRIM --- Trim

BRAKE --- AirBreaks
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Year Of Introdution

1946

Manufacturer

Blohm & Voss

Armament

2X Front Nose Machine Guns

2X Torpedos

General Characteristics

  • Successors 1 airplane(s)
  • Created On Windows
  • Wingspan 28.2ft (8.6m)
  • Length 32.0ft (9.7m)
  • Height 12.0ft (3.7m)
  • Empty Weight 10,683lbs (4,846kg)
  • Loaded Weight 12,223lbs (5,544kg)

Performance

  • Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.327
  • Wing Loading 12.6lbs/ft2 (61.5kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 969.8ft2 (90.1m2)
  • Drag Points 3810

Parts

  • Number of Parts 275
  • Control Surfaces 16
  • Performance Cost 1,282
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    I would recommend making one of the propers counter clockwise

    4.7 years ago
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    I love this design but just pointing out some unrealism if you want tips maybe? Good build but some tips (pontunes are way too small for this to ever float) (propellers are not supposed to hit the water) (props should be counter rotating or irl it would be unstable) FYI I love this plane! Just a few things u might wanna know 🙂

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    @ThomasRoderick Nope

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    Pray tell this is not from the same 'verse as those magnificent flyers from @RamboJutter?

    4.7 years ago