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1944 Arado Ar 555-12 Amerika Escort Minor/Emergency fix

2,175 justanotheranon  6.1 years ago
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I dont know why it doesnt mark the previous one as a succesor but here it is.

Shortly after the satisfactory result of the Junkers Ju 390, the Reichsluftfahrtministerium say that an escort plane needed to be created for the bomber.
When Arado see this they knew that they have the perfect airplane for this job, so they take their own bomber an transform it in a gunship, They change the 2 of their BMW 018 below the airplane and upgrade their weaponry putting 4 MK 103 for their turrets and 2 massive BK 3.5 as primary weapons, as well as 2 rocket pods.
They only make a few of these airships but what they created were real beasts
AG1=Activate Upper turret

Ps: Thanks to its smooth surface the airplane is capable to make water takeoffs and landings., but because of time and resources the engineers doesn´t finish this features

Ps2/ Update: I dont know why but sometimes the airplane shoots itself so I repair this and added a few things:
- Added a gyroscope (AG8) so you can shoot the guns without worry about the control of the airplane(Control of the turrets is Vtol amd trim)
- Added a basic sight for the guns so now you can know more-less the direction of the bullet
- The tracers are now a little bit darker, so you can see better
-Added an upper layer. because the thing explode when you shoot even whith the stock guns
-Added reverse thrust (AG7)

The plane in theory can reach 45k ft of altitude and is capable of that but at that height the airplane is very unstable so be careful with that.

General Characteristics

  • Predecessor Arado Ar E.555-12 Amerika Escort
  • Created On Windows
  • Wingspan 87.4ft (26.6m)
  • Length 51.7ft (15.8m)
  • Height 16.2ft (4.9m)
  • Empty Weight N/A
  • Loaded Weight 53,321lbs (24,186kg)

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 5.5
  • Wing Loading 27.2lbs/ft2 (132.8kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 1,959.7ft2 (182.1m2)
  • Drag Points 25428

Parts

  • Number of Parts 205
  • Control Surfaces 14
  • Performance Cost 955