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E4B6 'Boomerang'

4,082 prankstergangster360  2.8 years ago
Auto Credit Based on Walvis's Medium Bomber Challenge [CLOSED]

A version which is able to take off:
https://www.simpleplanes.com/a/PQ1C5A/E4B6-Boomerang-pr2

My second entry for this challenge, this time i build a flying wing, i took inspiration from the german flying wing prototype planes like the Horten H18 or H229. I did not try to make a replica, instead i wanted to make my own design but in the style of these planes.

On to the more technical aspect of this plane, because there are some important things to note when flying this machine. Fist of all, very importand, i recommend taking an air spawn, because of the asymetric shape of this plane and the fact that the front landing gear is located somewhat to the right, it cannot properly take off. Second, There is no yaw control on this plane, there is no verticle stabilisation whatsoever. The last thing to take note off is that the turning speed is very low, eventually it does make the turns you want to make but it needs a considerable amount of time ot complete a turn.

These negative traits aside, the plane does handles quite decent, it does not spiral out of control when manuevering like a normal plane can do.

The armament of this plane consists of 6 boom 25 bombs, which are located in the bomb bays, each bombbay houses 3 bombs under the wings. On top of that, the plane comes with a dual mg turret located besides the pilot, the turret is mounted facing the rear of the plane.

This is an updated version, the last one had a problem with the bombs

controls:
- engine activation, ag1 - 4
- open bomb bay, ag5
- turret control (horizontal), VTOL
- dropping bombs, manual fire button

General Characteristics

  • Predecessor Medium Bomber Challenge [CLOSED]
  • Created On Windows
  • Wingspan 68.4ft (20.9m)
  • Length 24.5ft (7.5m)
  • Height 11.1ft (3.4m)
  • Empty Weight 20,646lbs (9,364kg)
  • Loaded Weight 25,875lbs (11,736kg)

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 1.737
  • Wing Loading 108.6lbs/ft2 (530.2kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 238.3ft2 (22.1m2)
  • Drag Points 11658

Parts

  • Number of Parts 187
  • Control Surfaces 4
  • Performance Cost 1,172