Designed for Winwings Pusher aircraft competition
https://www.simpleplanes.com/a/GJ29Wg/Pusher-Aircraft-Challenge?showAllComments=true#comment-4134775
Introduction
Based on the original Halocene B1 this dedicated naval attack aircraft is specialised in finding and sinking ships. A big step forward for the Royal Navy from its Fairey Swordfish aircraft which fullfilled the same roll previously.
For all that it is based on the original Halocene B1 there where significant changes, some of them are listed below:
*Entire engine nacelle and wheel bay rebuilt from the ground up
Pusher configuration (increase in rear weight distribution to help counter additional weight at the front), Griffon engines located in the forward part of the nacelle, shaft driven to variable pitch propellor at the rear, exhausts taken to outside top to avoid wing spars etc.
*Adjusted wing to a crescent shape (increase in forward wing area to help counter additional weight at the front)
*Added additional armament - 1no 75mm cannon, 2no. gunner aimed 50mm cannon and gunner view ports
*Added aerials for radar
*Reworked tailplane and changed to a twin fin layout to improve horizontal stability
Controls
AG1-2 = start engines
AG3 = bomb bay / activate torpedos in bomb bay
AG6 = fold wings for storage
AG7 = arrestor hook
VTOL dn = flaps
Pictures
Takeoff run (half flap)
Airbourne, sequenced undercarriage retract
Weapons bay open, all 4 Mark XIII (75% the size of the MK XII) torpedos visible
Torpedos away and starting the climb out
Tiny hit
Carrier approach
Arrested landing
Wings folded
Specifications
General Characteristics
- Predecessor Pusher Aircraft Challenge [CLOSED]
- Created On Windows
- Wingspan 55.3ft (16.8m)
- Length 54.4ft (16.6m)
- Height 13.5ft (4.1m)
- Empty Weight 13,792lbs (6,256kg)
- Loaded Weight 17,981lbs (8,156kg)
Performance
- Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.278
- Wing Loading 28.6lbs/ft2 (139.9kg/m2)
- Wing Area 627.7ft2 (58.3m2)
- Drag Points 684
Parts
- Number of Parts 969
- Control Surfaces 0
- Performance Cost 3,205
Love the build, just a side note I took off from Wright Airport and was able to successfully land on the carrier first try.
@Tang0five I didnt intentionally relate it to Geology, i named it after a band i have been listening to =) Most of the time a name is the hardest part of the build.
Halocene eh, I’ve been looking at Holocene recently and got a nervous twitch on seeing the name! Brilliant as ever this build!
@RamboJutter Great looking plane (very similar to Ju-287) Yes, let the Mod add to my challenge. Wish you win
@OrdinaryTankBuilder More like Ju 288, He 219, and Ju 287, plus a pinch of B-26's gun pods (Mitchell's are more flush with the fuselage) and the mangled remains of a de Havilland Mossie.
@RamboJutter Yeah, there's a reason why the interwar period was the golden age of aviation, right? Art deco lines and relatively low entry cost to still remain competitive. Also, on a side note, I have to say this plane looks like a German plane with British wings with her bubble-like stepless canopy that suggests a proud and noble Heinkel bloodline or even the warlike blood of a Junkers lady, which somehow made her even prettier just like those interwar movie sta- [record scratch]
Tom, we've been through this. Stop. Simping. Over. Planes.
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... But she looks so pretty...
No, just... no. Stop. Please. Stop.
@ThomasRoderick Thanks =) It has a certain charm about it when you end up adding blisters and lumps to something that was once smooth and sleek. I contemplated adding turrets and the like as well but its not really big enough to warrant them. Glad you like it though, thanks again for the upvotes and comments.
She's... beautiful... The old one looks good, but this one... she... she's a masterpiece of dieselpunk beauty. Those curves, those guns, damn... just damn.
@WinsWings I forgot that i hadnt built this as a successor to your challenge and posted it.... oops. I have asked Bacon to add it to your challenge
@BaconAircraft any chance you can add this as a successor to this challenge please: https://www.simpleplanes.com/a/GJ29Wg/Pusher-Aircraft-Challenge?showAllComments=true#comment-4134775 Thanks in advance