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McDonnell-Douglas McD-24 Falcon

119k DestinyAviation  8.0 years ago
Auto Credit Based on DestinyAviation's McDonnell-Douglas McD-24 Falcon (Sneak Peek)

Notes:
-It got too laggy to continue testing, so I was only able to get the top speed to around 250mph
-Huge

History: In the early 1950s, nuclear bomb carrying aircraft were a necessity to counter a Russian strike (which never happened because the threat of nuclear war was a huge problem for both the USA and the USSR). McDonnell and Douglas joined forces to create a bomber capable of meeting and beating the B-36. The proposed aircraft would have had a crew of thirteen: Pilot, Co-pilot, navigator, radio operator, tail gunner, bombardier, and seven weapons officers. The aircraft was meant to carry atomic and nuclear bombs about twice to three times the size of the ones dropped on Japan during World War Two. The project was cancelled after the first test aircraft flew on June 26, 1957.

General Characteristics

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 1.189
  • Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.211
  • Wing Loading 34.8lbs/ft2 (170.1kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 1,626.9ft2 (151.1m2)
  • Drag Points 26872

Parts

  • Number of Parts 258
  • Control Surfaces 5
  • Performance Cost 1,424
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    I could swear this resembles the B-36 aside from the cockpit and the longitude position of the wing (b-36s were a little farther back if I remember correctly0

    6.8 years ago
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    21.4k SimpleEric

    Really beautiful plane with a nice cockpit!

    8.0 years ago