Hi today i present to you the Wright Isles WW2 era Carrier-based aircraft.
Wiki:
The Rovers Peregrine was a single-engine strike fighter for the fighting arms of the Wright Navy, designed during World War II by Rovers Aircraft.
Originally intended to serve as a pure fighter, its unimpressive performance and inferior to the present days standard, caused it to be redesigned as a strike fighter to take advantage off its load-carrying capability. Development was slow and the first production aircraft was not delivered until after the end of the war. Only a few hundred were built before it was withdrawn from frontline service in 1953.
Role Strike Fighter
National origon Wright Isles
Manufacturer Rovers Aircraft
First Flight 22 March 1942
Introduction 1945
Retired 1953
Primary user Wright Navy
Produced 1942-47
Number built 265 + 4 prototypes
Stats
Crew: 1
Empty Weight: 10,457 lb
Gross Weight: 13,462 lb
Fuel capacity: 284 gal
Powerplant: 1 x Rovers Centaur X 18-cylinder radial engine, 2,540 hp (4 bladed)
Maximum speed: 349 mph
Cruise speed: 255 mph
Arnament
Guns: 4 x 20 mm Waco autocannon
Rockets: 8 x RP-3
Bombs: 1 x 1,850 lb torpedo or 2x 1,000lb bombs
Controls
(Standard)
AG1: Arresting hook
NOTE!
Taking off is rather tricky and plane needs rudder correction during it.
Plane was built to perform on medium physics and has not been tested on other settings!
also to clear up ive been receiving some comments on how this is the Blackburn firebrand, it is indeed based on the plane, infact i even used it’s blueprints and reference images however i dont like how its not 1:1 so i just make my builds fictional and also weight and speed isnt the same despite being similar that is another reason i never made it a replica but yea i dont want people thinking ive just copied a plane and tried to say ooo look what i just made on sp from the top of my head when clearly i havent but yea i thought id clear that up lol, thanks.
Thanks for your time and i hope you enjoy my plane.
Credits Big thanks to
Aloy for screenshots
and also Warhawk for the Rockets.
Specifications
Spotlights
- LegnaK 3.5 years ago
- Tang0five 3.5 years ago
- TriStar 3.5 years ago
- FeatherWing 3.5 years ago
- JS01 3.5 years ago
- CookingWithCinderBlocks 3.5 years ago
General Characteristics
- Created On iOS
- Wingspan 45.9ft (14.0m)
- Length 35.6ft (10.9m)
- Height 16.2ft (4.9m)
- Empty Weight 11,519lbs (5,225kg)
- Loaded Weight 13,426lbs (6,090kg)
Performance
- Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.085
- Wing Loading 39.5lbs/ft2 (193.0kg/m2)
- Wing Area 339.7ft2 (31.6m2)
- Drag Points 2168
Parts
- Number of Parts 383
- Control Surfaces 5
- Performance Cost 1,290
lol i wonder where. @JettStorm
I coulda sworn I've seen this thing before... :p
basically a Blackburn Firebrand?
@MartTheAviator ah yes i too sometimes just make near replicas with slight differences
Thanks for the spot bro, much appreciated @TheNightmareCompany
Thanks a lot for your feedback and spotlight, regarding the firebrand similarities ive updated the bottom of description if you wanna read that but basically i like to copy planes irl and put a sorta fictional twist on them, as seen on my last build but this one yea very similair. Ill try and improve for next time, thanks again:). @Tang0five
Aside from the fact this is rather obviously a firebrand it’s a rather nice looking build. I know the firebrand had handling issues but I think you’ve probably exaggerated them somewhat here - nice looking build though great job!
I know, just I tested for you! @MartTheAviator
It’s fictional, based on the blackburn firebrand. @ForwardUntoDawn
thanks a lot @JS01
yea sorry about that, i put in description to use medium. @RC1138Boss
Does not take off on high physics.
@MartTheAviator fictional? Clearly a Blackburn Firebrand
hot
fiction @Bird6369
is fiction or real?
Thanks for the spotlight man! @Planes000
Landing gear could use a tad bit more detail but other than that it looks splendid