Brief History
The Fairey Swordfish is a biplane torpedo bomber, designed by the Fairey Aviation Company. Originating in the early 1930s, the Swordfish, nicknamed "Stringbag", was principally operated by the Fleet Air Arm of the Royal Navy.
My build is a bit of mixup of two different swordfishes, I used the design of swordfish 4A and the weaponry of a model kit I found online in order to make it more fun to use. Feel free to remove the extra weaponry for a more realistic feel.
References/ Photos
-Swordfish 4A, which my build is based off
-demonstration of tail gun and shell ejection
-model kit demonstrating the wing folding ability
-A model kit with a full loadout and my build for comparison
-cockpit interior
How to fly
This is a bomber and it handles like one too, to climb I recommend a 25 - 30° angle, use trim to help, the rest is self explanatory.
Controls
A1- Fold wings for storage
A2- Lights
In order to use the rear gun, access the camera named "lewis gun" and simply look around, the gun will follow up to a certain angle.
Have fun!
few more cool pics for fun
Specifications
Spotlights
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General Characteristics
- Successors 3 airplane(s) +63 bonus
- Created On Android
- Wingspan 43.5ft (13.3m)
- Length 31.0ft (9.5m)
- Height 12.6ft (3.8m)
- Empty Weight 6,415lbs (2,910kg)
- Loaded Weight 9,960lbs (4,518kg)
Performance
- Horse Power/Weight Ratio 1.003
- Wing Loading 21.0lbs/ft2 (102.5kg/m2)
- Wing Area 474.5ft2 (44.1m2)
- Drag Points 11933
Parts
- Number of Parts 517
- Control Surfaces 6
- Performance Cost 1,918
I personally put bank indicator instead of artificial horizon because artificial horizon isnt a thing in the 1930s until around 1950-60s i guess, its not a big change on the build but it adds a bit of accuracy to its timeline
Gives me flashbacks
I remember when Spike Spiegel dogfought the Mars army in one of these!
@NotHome I mean im hitting the ship directly and it isn’t exploding
Do the bombs only work on land?
@ToeTips I Was Thinking About Bi-Plane Challenge For Months, But After I Saw This I Thought It's The Time To Do
@MrCOPTY
Is this where you got your challenge idea from?
Excellent 10/10
Am going to sink Bismarck with this
@combatwombat363 first like of the A10 P-51
@Jamawi cool thanks
@Robomo119E of course, just credit me!
May I use it? Also great build
Nice build. awesome, @MrCOPTY check this out
WHAO!
also im the 20th upvote
this is detailed!
@combatwombat363 appreciate that mate, will do!
@Jamawi This thing looks spectacular my man, keep it up!!