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Supermarine Northampton

10.3k oldmate52  11 months ago
Auto Credit Based on MrCOPTY's Bi-Plane Challenge [CLOSED]

This aircraft is not real, I just made up a bit of history of it. So this is my biplane it’s called Supermarine Northampton, named after a town in the south of england. The plane was first built in 1942 to help the RAF with the war as long range over water surveillance aircraft. About 250 were built and all were lost in the line of duty.

The paint job has 2 purposes, one so if there is a plane above it the other plane will think that it is the ground and if they are under it they will think that it is the sky. Two from a long way above it looks like there are two planes flying together. So fighters are less likely to attack.

It is armed with 2 wing guns and In bombs it carries 2 torpedoes and 2 bombs. It also has a rear gunner.

How to fly

Flying the basic controls.

guns

ag1 armed the front facing guns and ag2 armed the rear gun. The VTOL slider moves the rear gun.

Top speed is about 510 mph

Take off speed is about 290 mph

Stall speed is about 170 mph

General Characteristics

  • Predecessor Bi-Plane Challenge [CLOSED]
  • Created On Android
  • Wingspan 40.7ft (12.4m)
  • Length 31.8ft (9.7m)
  • Height 11.6ft (3.5m)
  • Empty Weight 9,251lbs (4,196kg)
  • Loaded Weight 12,177lbs (5,523kg)

Performance

  • Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.492
  • Wing Loading 47.1lbs/ft2 (230.2kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 258.3ft2 (24.0m2)
  • Drag Points 3400

Parts

  • Number of Parts 77
  • Control Surfaces 7
  • Performance Cost 629