Airspeed had a design (Experimental and not built as far as i can tell) called the Airspeed AS31 which had an unusual design where the engine was mounted on the front of a wing and the cockpit was mounted on the tail which itself was attached to the wing via booms. Now i thought id take that concept 1 step further, as an alternative to the DH Mosquito and the Bristol Beaufighter i present to you the Airspeed AS.43.1 which meets the design criteria of being a twin engine light bomber / interdictor. It is armed with 4 bombs and 6 20mm cannon, the engines are in a push pull configuration which negates any yaw diffiiculties the others would suffer from combat damage (i.e. 1 engine out of commision)
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Specifications
Spotlights
- flyingsteve88 5.8 years ago
General Characteristics
- Successors 1 airplane(s)
- Created On Windows
- Wingspan 32.2ft (9.8m)
- Length 22.2ft (6.8m)
- Height 7.6ft (2.3m)
- Empty Weight 9,562lbs (4,337kg)
- Loaded Weight 10,517lbs (4,770kg)
Performance
- Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.19
- Wing Loading 11.6lbs/ft2 (56.4kg/m2)
- Wing Area 909.8ft2 (84.5m2)
- Drag Points 1339
Parts
- Number of Parts 449
- Control Surfaces 0
- Performance Cost 1,634
@flyingsteve88 glad to be of service :)
this weird design always makes me laugh
@RamboJutter Yeah but if something goes wrong with the tail...
@BlackhattAircraft yeah it would be a bit drafty, but at least if you bail out the props are in front of you =)
@RamboJutter I would hate to be the pilot 😬
@SimpleMatt I made it, if you download it you can see how it's made
how did u get the camo?
Well ok then I have no words to describe how.... odd and unnatural this thing looks.
Nice build btw
@Killjoy876 press ag1 normally on my builds
How do you make the flaps go up
@TheAmericanPilot lots of bits, just set out a rought scheme with the big panels then overlay with smaller panels to form final shape. not difficult just time consuming and part intensive.
Pod racer lol
@TheAmericanPilot Thanks =) im a bit bored of conventional aircraft now, so am enjoying a dabble into the unusual.