In 1940, the USA needed a new carrier-based fighter, and there was a competition created to build one. The specifications were that it had either 6 50 caliber (13mm) machine guns or 4 20mm autocannons, and that its wingspan was below or at 40 feet (I may have messed that part up) and could fly for up to 1,000 miles round trip and have a speed of somewhere close to 400 mph at 10,000 feet.
This plane, the Bell Model 22 (which was later redesignated to another plane that was a jet) was a contra-rotating propeller-driven twin-boom carrier-based aircraft that was equipped with 6 50 caliber machine guns and was single seat. It was never built, but I found a model of it and a design that I used to build it (no blueprints, so I made it fly as I though it would :/).
Weapons:
- 6 Browning M2 50 caliber autocannons (basic shell; 100 rounds each
Controls:
AG1= Arresting Hook
I hope y'all enjoy!
PS: I made this look pretty good for only 83 parts. I'm quite proud of that. Doesn't fly too fast, though :(
Pictures:
Specifications
General Characteristics
- Created On Android
- Wingspan 52.5ft (16.0m)
- Length 44.3ft (13.5m)
- Height 11.9ft (3.6m)
- Empty Weight 4,839lbs (2,195kg)
- Loaded Weight 10,398lbs (4,716kg)
Performance
- Horse Power/Weight Ratio 2.307
- Wing Loading 24.0lbs/ft2 (117.0kg/m2)
- Wing Area 434.1ft2 (40.3m2)
- Drag Points 3299
Parts
- Number of Parts 83
- Control Surfaces 8
- Performance Cost 485
BTW, this was a real plane design, not fictitious. It just was redesignated from the Bell Model 22 to the XP-59, and then was just turned into the Airacomet jet fighter
Ah-ha! I got the second picture to load
thanks! @Boelin
It's like a modernized DH.2
@PapaKernels thanks!!!
Cool man!
@Hira629 @PhantomAviator @Treadmill103 @Cabbage17 thank you all so much!!!
Lit
It is good plane!
The position of the propeller is characteristic.
Striking resemblance, I do say... nevermind, I forgot to make the horizontal stablizer a straight line in the back smh :/