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B-17 Nine-O-Nine

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“Hitler built a fortress around Europe, but he forgot to put a roof on it.”

This took a long, long time to build. Nine-O-Nine was a bomber which completed 140 missions during World War II, without loss of her crew.

Here we’ll talk about your flights, fights, and bombings in a B-17.

Flights

Keep in mind that you’re flying a B-17, not a fighter jet. Once you’re off the ground get to a stable altitude and only make minor changes to the flight path. Something to keep in mind is that if the plane stalls, it’s probably because you just did a full U-turn. has WEP which is activated by turning the throttle to 100%
Activate 4 Activates autopilot and levels the flight, it is still possible to go up, down, left, or right in this mode.

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Fights

As I said in the Flights section, you aren’t a fighter, and if you’re actually bringing this in to a real fight you’re going to feel limited. You can fire directly forward with the cheek turrets, but your turrets will be the strongest part of the plane.
- Cheek turret - 2000 total ammo
- Chin turret - 10000 total ammo
- Top turret - 10000 total ammo
- Ball turret - 10000 total ammo
- Tail turret - 10000 total ammo
Activate 5 Enables turret AUTO rotation

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Bombings

This should be pretty self explanatory, all you need to do is open the bomb bay and drop bombs.
Activate 1 Opens the bomb bay. Also enables the ability to drop bombs
Activate 2 Drops all 500 pound bombs, won’t work if the bomb bay isn’t open
Activate 3 Drops all 250 pound bombs, won’t work if the bomb bay isn’t open
Activate 7 Drops all bombs, won’t work if the bomb bay isn’t open

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Spotlights

General Characteristics

  • Created On iOS
  • Wingspan 93.8ft (28.6m)
  • Length 106.5ft (32.5m)
  • Height 31.2ft (9.5m)
  • Empty Weight 42,711lbs (19,373kg)
  • Loaded Weight 67,594lbs (30,660kg)

Performance

  • Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.071
  • Wing Loading 60.1lbs/ft2 (293.2kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 1,125.4ft2 (104.6m2)
  • Drag Points 22331

Parts

  • Number of Parts 794
  • Control Surfaces 7
  • Performance Cost 3,681
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    Whatever you do DO not shoot the top gun if it is not on auto turn

    5 months ago
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    10.1k Sparky6004

    legit built like a bug
    craft needs work, the art is pretty good

    2.5 years ago