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SM-31 Aeroartico ''Marco Polo''

1,506 GoldenArrowCO  2.5 years ago
Auto Credit Based on FeatherWing's (CLOSED) Arctic Aircraft Challenge

History

Antartic exploration was very popular in this peroid, so Italy decided to start its own campaign. They needed a fast STOL cargo plane that could carry food, tools and medicines to explorators in the Antratic. Taking off from snow, ice and semi-prepared runways this aircraft was widely used until war broke out. It saved dozens of lifes among Italian, American, Russian and European explorators thanks to it fast-unloading system.

Performance

This is a particularly slow aircraft, with poor turning capability and slow rate of climb. It suffers from naturally rolling and needs some flap and trim to fly in a straight line.

Controls

I don’t remember them XD. But you can drop the supply tanks that are on the wings.

Spotlights

General Characteristics

  • Predecessor (CLOSED) Arctic Aircraft Challenge
  • Created On Windows
  • Wingspan 36.1ft (11.0m)
  • Length 31.5ft (9.6m)
  • Height 11.8ft (3.6m)
  • Empty Weight 10,514lbs (4,769kg)
  • Loaded Weight 13,594lbs (6,166kg)

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 0.198
  • Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.294
  • Wing Loading 66.8lbs/ft2 (326.2kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 203.5ft2 (18.9m2)
  • Drag Points 5659

Parts

  • Number of Parts 252
  • Control Surfaces 13
  • Performance Cost 1,106