SU1946 stands for Simple Universe 1946, it is a series of late-WWII (or prototypes) planes plus some fiction. Planes in this series would have significantly better performance than their historical counterpart, and would receive a "Z" in their names to distinguish them from other, more accurate replicas.
This is the Simple Universe version of the Messerschmitt Me 262 HG III, set to be a further development of the advantageous-but-dangerous Me 262 Z HG II PR. For the first time in the SU1946 Chinese Nationalist story, we have a plane that can actually takeoff light-loaded with full power (still requires pressing the yoke halfway down, not all the way down), which greatly increased its safety records. (however, it still doesn't work with AI or autopilot)
With a new design on engine mount and a new, larger, afterburning engine, the 262 Z HG III boasts an amazing 50% thrust increase from its predecessor, and with carefully adjusted airframe (centralized guns, smaller body cross-section, elongated body, just to name a few), the drag was slightly reduced, giving it superb speed, acceleration and maneuverbility.
However, with a much higher wing load due to spaces taken by the in-wing engine, the stall speed was significantly higher, limiting its STOL capability, making the drag chute sometimes a necessity rather than an emergency plan B.
The larger engine also resulted in a very high fuel consumption, and fuel took 50%+ of the weight of this aircraft. To compensate with this, each Z HG III comes with an aerial refueling pod, full probe-and-drogue aerial refuel compatibility, and is designed to be completely suitable for carrier operations in order to satisfy the needs of longer missions above the vast Chinese battlefield.
Performance: (with refuel pod removed)
Speed:2215 km/h at sea level, 3280 (approx) km/h at 6000 m.
Agility: 6.5 second to turn 360 degrees @ 1530 km/h (which is over 400Gs if you are curious) with full fuel, about 4.5 seconds with 30% fuel.
Armament:
4x 30mm MK213 revolver autocannons (150 dmg, 20 rounds per second, 900 m/s muzzle speed)
11 pylons (7 large, 4 small) for bombs, missiles, rockets and a refueling pod. (maximum advisable load is 20 tons, with 7 Cleavers and 4 Infernos that makes the MTOW 19,423 kg)
Activation Groups:
AG1: Tail-hook
AG2: Drag chute
AG3: Jettison all wing ordnance (due to a tendency of right wing ground contact, this is necessary before carrier landing if you are carrying large missiles/bombs on the wing hardpoints, if your hardpoints are damaged and cannot jettison correctly, DO NOT use arrest wire for carrier landing, use drag chute and full-length flight deck instead. Remember to deploy the chute BEFORE touchdown.)
AG4: Free for other assignments.
AG5: Magnet on the refueling drogue (if equipped)
AG6: Extend/retract refuel probe
AG7: Fold/unfold the wings
AG8: Unlock/lock the wing folding mechanism. You need to activate both 7 and 8 for the wing to fold. 8 is default on, so you can de-activate it to prevent misuse.
VTOL: Extend/retract Refuel drogue.
Do not arm the innermost pylon pairs with different missiles as they are directly tandem and very close to each other. If you put 4 identical missiles, they will fire the front pair first, but if you put different missiles, it could cause missile collision when you fire the rear pair first.
I hope someone can try this on multiplayer and tell me if the refueling pod actually works. take 2 identical Z HG IIIs and fly them at about 700 km/h (10% or less throttle), that should make the planes very stable, but the drogue... not so sure.
Mod used: Hispano-Suiza 20mm autocannon, overload, fine-tuning.
Specifications
General Characteristics
- Created On Windows
- Wingspan 37.1ft (11.3m)
- Length 40.1ft (12.2m)
- Height 10.8ft (3.3m)
- Empty Weight 10,081lbs (4,572kg)
- Loaded Weight 22,505lbs (10,208kg)
Performance
- Power/Weight Ratio 5.991
- Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.011
- Wing Loading 94.8lbs/ft2 (462.7kg/m2)
- Wing Area 237.5ft2 (22.1m2)
- Drag Points 4243
Parts
- Number of Parts 98
- Control Surfaces 4
- Performance Cost 523
Required Mods
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Hispano-Suiza 20mm Automatic Aircraft Cannon
by 14rovi
Version 1.2 (12/28/2018 9:35:05 AM)
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@EJBoss97 Long story short... yes it is a new version, and this series of planes are not meant to be historically dead-accurate anyway.
For instance, I believe none of the 262s ever had tail hooks, drag chutes or foldable wings or aerial refueling capabilities, let alone all of them in one plane.
@EJBoss97 The Me 262 HG III was a blueprint plane discussed by the Luftwaffe to further enhance the 262's performance. For the HG series, HG I was almost identical to the production model of Me 262 A1a, HG II has V-tail and 35 deg swept wing, and historically HG III has in-wing engines, 45 degrees swept wing and traditional tails.
HOWEVER,
both Wargaming (World of Warplanes) and Gaijin (War thunder) describes the HG III as having V-tails, and since in our Simple Universe story, the HG III was designed later than the HG II (rather than being discussed simultaneously as IRL), there's no point going back to traditional tailplanes after all that.
As for your question about the in-wing engines, the HG III did use in-wing engines because both the Germans (Me 262 HG III) and the Soviets (1946's Su-9, later model) discovered that by moving the engines into the wing, the drag can be reduced.
Unless it is a newer version then I don’ Really know
The Me262 has it’s engines below the wings