Designer: ATLAS Military Motors (1936)
Year of Introduction: 1942
Role: high speed aggressive reconnaissance/light bomber
The ARC-01D was a conversion of a naval bomber designed to operate in rough terrain. It featured fixed landing gear, and air brakes, while retaining the bomb bay and rear gunner, and had an extra forward facing machine gun. The Firefly was mostly used in the aggressive reconnaissance role, gathering valuable intel while engaging ground targets. The ARC-01 had the ability to land pretty much anywhere flat enough.
Controls:
Standard aircraft controls
Trim for trim
Vtol for flaps
Ag-2 to activate autopilot and turret
Ag-2+pitch and role to traverse turret
Ag-7 to fold wings
Ag-8 to disable or enable control surfaces (turn this off when operating turret.)
Be sure to takeoff with flaps
(Note: When landing, be sure to utilize air brakes. When landing on open terrain be sure to touchdown at around 130mph (209kmh))
Specifications
General Characteristics
- Predecessor Alpine Aircraft Challenge
- Created On iOS
- Wingspan 51.3ft (15.6m)
- Length 40.1ft (12.2m)
- Height 15.6ft (4.7m)
- Empty Weight 13,396lbs (6,076kg)
- Loaded Weight 18,870lbs (8,559kg)
Performance
- Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.158
- Wing Loading 34.9lbs/ft2 (170.5kg/m2)
- Wing Area 540.4ft2 (50.2m2)
- Drag Points 4677
Parts
- Number of Parts 171
- Control Surfaces 9
- Performance Cost 909
Review
Very speedy for a Reconnaissance aircraft. It has good acceleration and a decent engine. The aircraft can take off at low speeds and land very quickly thanks to the airbrakes. It generally handles well, and the machine gun is a very neat addition on the rear. However, the gears are too close to the propeller, making any rough landing a blade strike, or sometimes even the complete destruction of the craft. It needs better suspension and more distance of the propeller to the ground
@ThomasRoderick Yep
@AtlasMilitaryIndustries Noticed! Give me a moment, I am currently in class
@AntiAirNuri I just added the turret controls. I forgot to add those.