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M.W. 740 Heavy Recon

31.3k Mostly  7.3 years ago

I’m going to real talk with you guys for a bit; One, I didn’t quit SP. Just took a week break from it; mainly because the ‘daily upload’ thing did not really feel nice for me. Two, i’m still a noob; don’t set high expectations for me, this plane is a clear example of mediocre performance.

Ok, now let’s get to the plane:
This is a land based air defense fighter. And a, or course, heavy reconnaissance aircraft. It is mainly used to intercept bombers; but It pretty much can’t: Dogfight, carry (over 500kg) of bombs, evade missiles, or strap rockets onto. Pay attention to that third one. I tried. I wanted to spice it up a bit and just add a ‘red tails’ color scheme because why not. This plane does OK at high altitudes. It goes quite fast at low altitudes for light ground pounding. This plane has a nice amount of fuel (2k+ gallons). Sometimes on takeoff the plane could have a mind of it’s own and drift to the right, so make sure to keep swapping the yaw direction consistently while taking off if you have bad luck. This plane is a mix between a De Havilland Mosquito and a Breda 88 (aka the most terrible of twin prop in WW2)

Features: Two low caliber guns, infinite style points ;), 500kg of bombs, OCS, a fully operational downward pointing 'spy camera' and airbrakes.

Controls: Act1: Nav Act2: both pylons, basic flight controls.

General Characteristics

  • Created On Mac
  • Wingspan 59.9ft (18.3m)
  • Length 50.4ft (15.4m)
  • Height 13.1ft (4.0m)
  • Empty Weight 10,606lbs (4,811kg)
  • Loaded Weight 25,498lbs (11,565kg)

Performance

  • Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.156
  • Wing Loading 51.4lbs/ft2 (250.9kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 496.1ft2 (46.1m2)
  • Drag Points 9903

Parts

  • Number of Parts 73
  • Control Surfaces 6
  • Performance Cost 448