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Junkers-Presto Heavy Aircraft Model 4B 1932

5,244 AnHNWhiteCornet  2.5 years ago
Auto Credit Based on LarryTad's Pre-WW2 Challenge (CLOSED)

Description
After the 1928 Hendon Aerodrome even, observers from a far away island nation inquired to Junkers about their Junkers S 36 aircraft. A single example was purchased and sent for evaluation. The Presto Aircraft Company tested the aircraft and envisioned many uses for a aircraft such as the S 36 including medium transport and mail duties. But with 1932 coming up, the government sought to further modernize the armed forces including the aviation field. A bomber featuring modern technology was wanted, and so using the building techniques from the S 36 bought four years earlier, the Model 4b was submitted. The aircraft features mild inverted hull wings which differs the aircraft from the original S 36, the aircraft was also fitted with rip-off Hispano Suiza 18R W engines that were reverse engineered putting out around 850 HP. Far less then the original 1,680 Horsepower a genuine engine would produce. Nevertheless, it was quickly picked up, ordered, and given the name Nightjar after a species of bird. The Nightjar family of aircraft would be modified and modernized along it’s lifespan but would serve a short career in military service with the rapid growth and development of aircraft during the 1930s. But latter models would see employment as a special mail plane in the remote regions of the nation.
Features
It has what attempt to be Junkers Flaps, but I’m not sure if they operate as intended.
Two working gunner stations are located in the nose and ventral position using @AntonWings machine gun mounts from their ki-45.
The Cockpit is somewhat detailed with independent RPM and Throttle gauges corresponding with each engine.
Controls
Normal plane controls, but it has fixed landing gear so the gear button instead operates the landing light. Ag 1 and 2 activate the engine, 3 arms the bombs, with 5 and 6 unlocking the ventral and nose gun stations.

Specifications
Wingspan: 92 ft
Length: 50.1 ft
Height: 16.7 ft
Empty weight: 10,000 lbs
Loaded weight: 18,170 lbs
Top Speed: 165 mph at 13,000 ft
Wing loading: 15.4 lbs/ft^2
Wing area: estimated 1176.4 ft^2
Armament:
2 x single 7.7 Madson Machine Guns in flexible mounts
6 x 250 lbs general purpose Bombs


Here’s a look at the instrument panel

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General Characteristics

  • Predecessor Pre-WW2 Challenge (CLOSED)
  • Successors 1 airplane(s) +14 bonus
  • Created On iOS
  • Wingspan 92.0ft (28.1m)
  • Length 50.1ft (15.3m)
  • Height 16.7ft (5.1m)
  • Empty Weight 15,775lbs (7,155kg)
  • Loaded Weight 18,170lbs (8,241kg)

Performance

  • Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.092
  • Wing Loading 15.4lbs/ft2 (75.4kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 1,176.4ft2 (109.3m2)
  • Drag Points 13513

Parts

  • Number of Parts 433
  • Control Surfaces 0
  • Performance Cost 1,707