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Hs 293

19.2k Waemoth  8.8 years ago

I was going to submit this to a challenge, but I couldn't get it into a subassembly, so I just posted it. Has a tendency to start rolling if you pitch hard at high speeds, other than that I haven't found any issues. It has almost exactly the historical armanent, and it looks pretty much like the real deal.
Do not touch the VTOL bar, or it'll go crazy. It (obviously) requires an airspawn, but I think that this might be useful in the new version, since it actually works both as a drone and as a remotecontrolled bomb.

The Hs 293 project was started in 1940, based on the "Gustav Schwartz Propellerwerke" pure glide bomb that was designed in 1939. The Schwartz design did not have a terminal guidance system; instead, it used an autopilot to maintain a straight course. It was intended to be launched from a bomber at sufficient distance to keep the aircraft out of range of anti-aircraft fire. A Henschel team, under Dr. Herbert Wagner,[1] developed it the following year by adding an Walter HWK 109-507 rocket engine underneath, providing 590 kg (1,300 lb) thrust for ten seconds. This allowed the bomb to be used from a lower altitude and at an increased range. Some examples used the BMW 109-511 of 600 kg (1,323 lb) thrust. The first flight attempts took place between May and September 1940, with unpowered drops from Heinkel He 111 medium bombers used as carrier aircraft; the first Walter rocket motor-powered tests had been conducted by the end of 1940. The weapon consisted of a modified standard 500 kilogram SC 500 bomb[3] with an added "Kopfring" on the nose for maritime use, with a thin metal shell and a high explosive charge inside, equipped with a rocket engine beneath the bomb, a pair of wings, and a Kehl-Straßburg MCLOS guidance and control system. Only the elevator, operated with an electrically powered jackscrew as the only proportional control, with the ailerons operated with solenoids provided flight control through the Kehl-Straßburg link, with the Hs 293's control setup having no movable rudder on the ventral tailfin. The rocket provided for only a short burst of speed making range dependent on the height of launch. From a height of 1,400 m (4,600 ft) the Hs 293 had a range of about 12 km (7.5 mi; 6.5 nmi). The Hs 293 was intended to destroy unarmoured ships, unlike the unpowered, armour-piercing Fritz X, which used the same Kehl-Straßburg system. Five coloured flares were attached to the rear of the weapon to make it visible at a distance to the operator. During nighttime

General Characteristics

  • Successors 1 airplane(s) +14 bonus
  • Created On Windows
  • Wingspan 13.7ft (4.2m)
  • Length 19.9ft (6.1m)
  • Height 5.8ft (1.8m)
  • Empty Weight 4,141lbs (1,878kg)
  • Loaded Weight 6,334lbs (2,873kg)

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 2.128
  • Wing Loading 92.3lbs/ft2 (450.7kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 68.6ft2 (6.4m2)
  • Drag Points 881

Parts

  • Number of Parts 42
  • Control Surfaces 5
  • Performance Cost 153
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    19.2k Waemoth

    @Tully2001 I will today, and I will also fix some minor issues, to prevent it from me being a pure repost.

    8.8 years ago