Nation of Origin: Iosia
Role: Heavy Fighter
First Flight: 13th January 1939
Introduction: May 1942
Status: Retired
Iosia (1951)
El Salvorco Del Mauno (1982)
Number Built: 13,860
"From the depths of hell in silence
Cast their spells, explosive violence
Russian night time flight perfected
Flawless vision, undetected"
- Sabaton - Night witches
The aircraft that almost never was; the P-49 Night Witch is an all weather, night heavy fighter/bomber and bomber escort aircraft that from the beginning, was riddled with problems. Initially designed in 1939 as a high speed fighter aircraft, the tri-engined fighter plane suffered from many issues from suspension issues upon landing that would shatter the props to outright engine fires upon startup, the aircraft was almost completely discarded until the second global war broke out and Iosia needed a high speed interceptor and long range bomber escort. The P-49's unique design and engine layout was built for both speed and livability, coupled with a noise reduction during night bombing where the pilot would kill the forward facing engines and then use the power of the center engine to fly over the target with relative silence and be able to restart the main engines with little to no conflict.
The Night witch ultimately became one of Iosia's primary bomber escort and heavy fighters up until the end of the Second Global War and the dawn of Jet engined aircraft.
The P-49L was capable of flight distance that far exceeded it's bomber escortees and was often used to patrol the coasts of Iosia, Nordenvok, and Allied territories of Andosnia. the L variant boasted a modified pylon structure, larger fuel tanks, and lengthened elevators for more mobility for dogfighting.
Action groups:
Ag:1 Start front engines
Ag:2 drop bombs
Ag:3 drop external tanks (LEVEL FLIGHT ONLY)
Ag:4 Open/Close canopy
Ag:5-6 none
Ag:7 landing assist control
Ag:8 disable/enable throttle input to central engine
VTOL down for Flaps, 50% for combat, 100% for landing/ take off
Specifications:
Crew: 1 - Pilot
Max speed: 486 MPH
Max Ceiling: 34,100 ft
Time to altitude: 12 min to 20,000 ft (6,100 m) (1,667 ft/min)
Armament: 8 × .50 in (12.7 mm) M2 Browning machine guns
2 × 500 lbs bombs
Inspired partially by:
Lockheed P-38 Lightning
Northrop P-61 Black Widow
Po-2 "Kukuruznik"
Specifications
Spotlights
- This craft is curated
- KerlonceauxIndustries 2.9 years ago
General Characteristics
- Created On Windows
- Wingspan 60.3ft (18.4m)
- Length 44.5ft (13.6m)
- Height 17.7ft (5.4m)
- Empty Weight 21,394lbs (9,704kg)
- Loaded Weight 26,101lbs (11,839kg)
Performance
- Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.234
- Wing Loading 18.4lbs/ft2 (89.6kg/m2)
- Wing Area 1,422.2ft2 (132.1m2)
- Drag Points 14669
Parts
- Number of Parts 540
- Control Surfaces 4
- Performance Cost 2,261
@Tsuchiisan the night witches is the translation right? Check out the video of the real night witches on the channel yarnhub they have some pretty interesting videos about history and a video on the night witches.
@AndrewGarrison Oh no thank you so much for fixing this! I really appreciate that! I want everything to be perfect for all users so that is extremely helpful! thank you so much again
I tweaked the XML on this to fix some issues in VR. The yoke was not providing full input for roll or pitch so I couldn't fly it in VR. Also, I fixed the compass and airspeed gauges. It's an awesome build and I just want to make sure SPVR players will be able to enjoy this when SPVR launches. If you are unhappy with my changes, let me know and I'll roll the XML back to your version.
@ThomasRoderick Fixed some performance issues, I believe that it should be more... reliable.
@ThomasRoderick so the tough turning and pitch were deliberate due to its sheer size as it's size wise almost on par with them, it's a really heavy fighter, and the engines with ZoD I should have done that, that was an oversight on my end as well as forgetting to fix the drag, I might fix all these issues shortly.
Brave soviet women
@Tsuchiisan I can see that, never heard of them until recently on my Gavran but it's pretty wild how well these can work.
Some people upvote other stuf bcs they like the builder
Other upvote bcs they are simps
And i upvote bcs this plane is awsom