Nation of Origin: La Pointe Nord
Role: Torpedo Bomber
First Flight: 7th October 1945
Introduction: May 1948
Status: Retired
Nordenvok (1960)
La Pointe Nord (1988) (Target tugs)
Number Built: 6,280
The L' otarie (Sea Lion) was a carrier based Torpedo bomber and attack aircraft developed by La Pointe Nord during the tail end of the Second Global War to compliment the new Benoît Joguet class aircraft carrier used to carry La Pointe Nord's aircraft in the late 1940's. The L' otarie's small frame and modest payload permitted the aircraft to be a favorite to pilots despite its lacking in mobility.
L' otarie in patrol 1957
In the 1950s, the L' otarie became increasingly obsolete as more nations introduced jet fighters, many of these newcomers having adopted a swept wing instead of the L' otarie's conventional straight wing, despite this, the L' otarie remained in service until the the Benoît Joguet class ships were decomissioned in 1958, the Kingdom of Nordenvok would further use the aicraft for another two years as a close air support during the Hon-Kain Crisis.
Action groups:
1: Drop torpedoes
2: none
3: none
4: none
5: none
6: none
7: none
8: Lock/Unlock wings
VTOL:
Down for landing flaps
Up for airbrakes
Performance:
Maximum speed: 523 mph at sea level
Maximum speed: 703 mph at 25,000 ft
Never exceed speed: 752 mph
Combat range: 8,590 mi (with max payload)
Service ceiling: 34,500 ft
Armament:
6 x 5 inch HVAR rockets
2 x 1000 lb (454 kg) torpedoes
1 x M10 37 mm cannon
Specifications
General Characteristics
- Created On Windows
- Wingspan 26.3ft (8.0m)
- Length 38.9ft (11.9m)
- Height 15.9ft (4.8m)
- Empty Weight N/A
- Loaded Weight 9,117lbs (4,135kg)
Performance
- Power/Weight Ratio 2.464
- Wing Loading 20.9lbs/ft2 (102.1kg/m2)
- Wing Area 436.1ft2 (40.5m2)
- Drag Points 8489
Parts
- Number of Parts 258
- Control Surfaces 5
- Performance Cost 949
@donald347 the air brakes are meant for the torpedo bombing only, and for the flaps, it's odd because it works for me just fine, but when I download it does do what you say... incredibly odd...
The flaps seem to have the opposite of the desired effect- they make it so you need to to pull up harder to maintain altitude- they provide less left. I find I need to land with a high power setting and a lot of speed which risks spinning out.
Also the nose gear is lower than the rest so on the takeoff roll it tend to lift off back wheels first and on landing you have to flare to avoid landing nose gear first... although landing nose gear first seems to also be the most stable, oddly.
Also, having the spoilers mapped to up vtol means you can't active them on landing without pulling the flaps up. Ideally you'd be able to fully engage both to help with braking.
I think a few tweaks and it could be really good.
Very nice plane it fit even for uss tiny