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North American A-36 Apache

37.9k AeroEngineering  7.8 years ago
Auto Credit Based on Vincent's A-36

Shes finally here! Now please stand by while i write a full description. The controls are self explanatory.

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The North American A-36 Apache (listed in some sources as "Invader", but also called Mustang) was the ground-attack/dive bomber version of the North American P-51 Mustang, from which it could be distinguished by the presence of rectangular, slatted dive brakes above and below the wings. A total of 500 A-36 dive bombers served in North Africa, the Mediterranean, Italy and the China-Burma-India theater during World War II before being withdrawn from operational use in 1944.

I'm not going to bore ya'll with a long Wikipedia copy paste, if you want to learn more you can go here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_A-36_Apache

This plane has many flaws, which i hope to fix in a remake of this sometime.
I had a ton of fun building her, especially the cockpit. (all the instruments are backlit) The wings presented a good challenge, but I think they came out well. The hardest part about them was angling the roundels to be flush with the wings.
The cockpit was a fun challenge too. I had to fix it multiple times while building her because of connection issues. I will upload it without a plane for anyone to use as a sub-assembly on Monday. It is, to my knowledge, the first backlit cockpit in simple planes.

I didn't make all of this by myself. Cedy117 helped me get the fuselage right. Sauce made the wonderful wire frame canopy. Lastly, Othawne built the gear for me. Without all of these people, i would not have been able to finish this plane

Controls:
The standard setup
Use brake for dive brakes
Use VTOL down for flaps
(in the cockpit view there is a flap indicator)

That's it, unless I forgot something.
I hope you all enjoy flying her.
I will take feedback and criticism too.

I'm going camping, i may not be able to answer any questions until Sunday afternoon.

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General Characteristics

  • Predecessor A-36
  • Successors 1 airplane(s)
  • Created On Windows
  • Wingspan 35.3ft (10.8m)
  • Length 31.4ft (9.6m)
  • Height 13.5ft (4.1m)
  • Empty Weight 5,852lbs (2,654kg)
  • Loaded Weight 10,321lbs (4,681kg)

Performance

  • Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.193
  • Wing Loading 22.2lbs/ft2 (108.3kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 465.2ft2 (43.2m2)
  • Drag Points 7628

Parts

  • Number of Parts 320
  • Control Surfaces 13
  • Performance Cost 1,275
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    1,563 TinyToucan

    Awesome work! It looks so good!

    +1 7.8 years ago
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    42.8k Kimo

    Very nice Cockpit! I can see you spend some time building this

    7.8 years ago
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    77.9k Cedy117

    its great!

    7.8 years ago
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    74.3k Mumpsy

    Superb build. Great cockpit too.

    7.8 years ago
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    Just incredible. The backlit cockpit is amazing.

    7.8 years ago
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    106k SimpleFlow

    Daaaaaaaaayum

    7.8 years ago