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Saab B-17

177k QuiteInactiveWhiteBread  3.6 years ago
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Welcome to my new Saab B-17!

Fixed 👈click if you want the landing light the right color

Controls!

AG-1 Landinglight and bomb drop, sadly i got those mixed
VTOL flaps
TRIM trim

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The Saab 17 is a Swedish single-engine monoplane reconnaissance dive-bomber aircraft of the 1940s originally developed by ASJA prior to its merger into Saab. It was the first all-metal stressed skin aircraft developed in Sweden

The first flight was on 18 May 1940 and first deliveries of dive bombers to the Flygvapnet began in March 1942,[1] while deliveries of reconnaissance versions began in June 1942, and the type was operational by September 1942 when the first exercises were carried out.[2] Problems immediately arose with wing failures, and additional modifications were needed before it could be cleared for dive bombing, which remained limited to shallow attacks thereafter.[2] The final aircraft was delivered on 31 August 1944.[6]

A B 17 was used to test the ejection seat Saab had developed for use in the Saab 21 pusher fighter, which was first successfully fired on 27 February 1944 with a dummy.[7]

Stig Wennerström gained some fame in Sweden for successfully bailing out from a B 17 from low altitude, with his gunner, but would later become a spy for the Soviet Union.[8]

For several months in late 1944 and early 1945 fifteen B 17As were operated by the Danish Brigade in Sweden (Danforce) a unit of 5000 men (including 50 airmen) in Sweden which had been formed to assist in liberating occupied Denmark from the Nazis, and preventing retreating the German soldiers from using civilians as human shields, and carrying out scorched earth tactics as they had done elsewhere. However, due to the German surrender on 7 May 1945, the aircraft were no longer needed and were returned to Flygvapnet control a couple of months later.[9]

Rapid advances in aviation related to improved aerodynamics, higher engine power and finally the introduction of jet engines, resulted in it having a short career, and it was gradually withdrawn from frontline service between 1948 to 1950,[2] while the last examples were retired from secondary roles by 1954. Over the next few years, examples would be sold off to various operators.

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General Characteristics

  • Successors 1 airplane(s)
  • Created On iOS
  • Wingspan 46.7ft (14.2m)
  • Length 33.7ft (10.3m)
  • Height 15.2ft (4.6m)
  • Empty Weight 13,954lbs (6,329kg)
  • Loaded Weight 16,358lbs (7,420kg)

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 0.824
  • Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.122
  • Wing Loading 33.4lbs/ft2 (162.9kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 490.3ft2 (45.5m2)
  • Drag Points 2450

Parts

  • Number of Parts 481
  • Control Surfaces 5
  • Performance Cost 2,060
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    @Eternaldarkness

    Sorry to tag you, but i was wondering about the thumbnail? It wasnt copy right because i made it... i am confused

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    9,409 Tookan

    I got bombed by one of these the other day in War thunder...

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    Lol@MaliciousMuffin

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    Love how you used a picture of the plane from war thunder

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    4,884 Mikey101234

    Did anyone else wonder why the hell was there a B-17 in your game when they are like BR 3.8 or higher even though you are in a game with a BR of up to like 3.0 in war thunder eight as the Swedish tech tree came out? (P.S. I don’t remember what the lowest BR in realistic battles is for a B-17 FF(Flying Fortress) because my ps4 broke a few months ago(maybe even a year ago) and I don’t have a PS5(because the scabbers(let’s just change the name of scalpers to scabbers))

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    Yees it technically is@ChrisPy

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    13.9k ChrisPy

    Low key thought this was part of ur cursed series lmao when i saw saab and b-17 in the same name

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    9,409 Tookan

    @WholeLottaBread
    yes, clearly the Swedish one is superior

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    Yes@Tookan

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    9,409 Tookan

    Swedish B-17 > American B-17

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    Noo the description didnt say how to drop bomb, cus i alw mess up no matter what lol i just put the bomb and landing light are accidentally mixed when u commented@WIZARD2017

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    84.3k WIZARD2017

    Alright, I shall read the description more carefully lol@WholeLottaBread

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    Press AG-1 for big pp@WIZARD2017

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    Ooohh my bad man@EternalDarkness

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    84.3k WIZARD2017

    Looking good but I can’t drop the big bomb for some reason.

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    19.8k RandomUser09

    @WholeLottaBread prefect choice for PewDiePie.

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    @WholeLottaBread it is a rule that was introduced a few months ago due to extremely clickbaity thumbnails. Thumbnail must show the build as it is. We don't mind filters like black and white, or text, but the build must be clearly visible.

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    3,012 JettStorm

    Real Plane Photos: Shows a WarThunder devblog photo

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    1,120 WrongFlyer

    I’m always confused for a second when I run into one of these...

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    Yes@TatsuTheCleaningFairy

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    The THICCNESS doe

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    Uhhhh sure lol@asteroidbook345

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    Time to build everything from war thunder

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