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Window shades (all)

480 AMPPL50  5 months ago
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The Window Shades was the main derivative of the Venetian Blinds. A smaller aircraft with the same general profile, this fast, surprisingly nimble aircraft was adopted in much larger numbers than it's bigger brother by virtue of being a considerable upgrade over the Twin Clothes Horse at the cost of requiring more specialized parts and overall being more resource-intensive.

As the examples here show, it wasn't just used to drop bombs: Shades were also used to drop supplies to insurgents behind Nova Evropan lines and would sometimes be configured as "Strafers" capable of lifting autocannons. All these variants are shown with bomb loads as well since supply runners usually dropped bombs on diversionary or opportunity targets while strafers were usually used to suppress AAA.

General Characteristics

  • Created On Windows
  • Wingspan 267.1ft (81.4m)
  • Length 53.1ft (16.2m)
  • Height 14.7ft (4.5m)
  • Empty Weight 5,142lbs (2,332kg)
  • Loaded Weight 8,050lbs (3,651kg)

Performance

  • Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.093
  • Wing Loading 9.1lbs/ft2 (44.3kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 888.0ft2 (82.5m2)
  • Drag Points 7114

Parts

  • Number of Parts 119
  • Control Surfaces 8
  • Performance Cost 2,031