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Cold War-Blackburn B-48 Firecrest

42.4k Supercraft888  8.7 years ago

Yes this is indeed part of my Cold War build, this is a Blackburn b-48 firecrest... Yes, a prop plane, while the US and USSR were building fighter jets, Britain is still building prop planes...not very good planing but whatever.
This flies not so well but still flies, I suggest starting mid air to prevent big kaboom a from happening

From Wikipedia

The Blackburn B-48 Firecrest, given the SBAC designation YA.1, was a single-engine naval strike fighter built by Blackburn Aircraft for service with the British Fleet Air Arm during World War II. It was a development of the troubled Firebrand, designed to Air Ministry Specification S.28/43, for an improved aircraft more suited to carrier operations. Three prototypes were ordered with the company designation of B-48 and the informal name of "Firecrest", but only two of them actually flew. The development of the aircraft was prolonged by significant design changes and slow deliveries of components, but the determination by the Ministry of Supply in 1946 that the airframe did not meet the requirements for a strike fighter doomed the aircraft. Construction of two of the prototypes was continued to gain flight-test data and the third was allocated to strength testing. The two flying aircraft were sold back to Blackburn in 1950 for disposal and the other aircraft survived until 1952.

General Characteristics

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  • Wingspan 32.5ft (9.9m)
  • Length 25.0ft (7.6m)
  • Height 13.0ft (4.0m)
  • Empty Weight 4,512lbs (2,046kg)
  • Loaded Weight 6,724lbs (3,050kg)

Performance

  • Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.148
  • Wing Loading 32.1lbs/ft2 (156.6kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 209.6ft2 (19.5m2)
  • Drag Points 1821

Parts

  • Number of Parts 53
  • Control Surfaces 11
  • Performance Cost 353