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Anti Submarine Patrol Plane

17.4k karlosdarkness  9.1 years ago
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The navy stipulated a requirement for a carrier capable Long Range Submarine Hunter and this is a pre production prototype. Four jets, folding wings, the ability to land on a short pitching deck or a rough short field and the lifting ability for a load of fuel and a stack of stores make this plane a firm favourite with pilots. The crew tasked with hunting the submarines also quite like it as the small engines and low wing loading make it far more comfortable to sit in staring at a screen for up to six hours at a time. The plane isn't fast, doesn't have sparkling handling and won't win a prize in a beauty pageant but enjoy it for what it is and what the wings can and do do, she's best enjoyed skimming 200ft above the water at about 200mph.

General Characteristics

  • Successors 1 airplane(s) +21 bonus
  • Created On Android
  • Wingspan 59.4ft (18.1m)
  • Length 52.9ft (16.1m)
  • Height 18.3ft (5.6m)
  • Empty Weight 7,575lbs (3,436kg)
  • Loaded Weight 23,515lbs (10,666kg)

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 0.573
  • Wing Loading 18.7lbs/ft2 (91.4kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 1,256.2ft2 (116.7m2)
  • Drag Points 5894

Parts

  • Number of Parts 146
  • Control Surfaces 9
  • Performance Cost 601
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    3,690 LjSpike

    @karlosdarkness that's really cool, the idea of how the planes wings could fold though, is folding on two axis. See my vulture mp8c1

    9.1 years ago
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    8,797 Meawk

    I love the wings m8

    9.1 years ago
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    @LjSpike you wanted a twin folding wing design......

    9.1 years ago