Autumn Engine and Aeroplane Company 'Collei'
The Radiodont Dynamics, contemporarily Autumn Engine and Aeroplane Company X-315 'Collei', object 12—, is a fighter project built to be used as a long-range bomber escort, mainstay and emergency fighter. First flown in late 1934. Here shown is the prototype build flying, slightly banking left.
Before flying, please flick the lever at your left side. There are two levers, you can flick them both to run the engine.
I. DEVELOPMENT
Several air forces are planning to replace old biplane fighters with new monoplane fighters such as the Dewoitine D.520 and the Boeing Model 281.
The Radiodont bureau, then known as the Autumn bureau designed an aircraft that should reach 440 km/h at 3,000 meters and have a range of 800 kilometers for escorting bombers.
The resulting design, nicknamed Collei (Genshin character), officially the Amplectoblua(Cambrian radiodont, animal) is a single-seat monoplane fighte powered by a R-1535 engine driving three-bladed Curtiss Electric/Hamilton propeller.
The prototype was first flown December 27, 1934, but it did not reach 3,000 meters above sea level (it was intentional by the pilot), the prototype Collei did reached 391 km/h TAS near sea level, and around 440 km/h TAS at 2,500 meters.
The Amplectoblua name was dropped following production contracts.
II. VARIANTS
Here shown and built is the prototype. Marked X-315 for research and acceptance tests, it has been used and demonstrated by multiple air forces and the Autumn bureau to demonstrate the capabilities.
Production variants would have a longer cowling and 1,000 hp Twin Cyclone engine with a Rhinemaiden (then known as the Durin Aircraft Company, Oslo Air Workshop) GS-1-1 supercharger.
III. SPECIFICATIONS
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Powerplant: R-1535 driving three-bladed constant speed propellers
Maximum speed: 391 km/h TAS near sea level
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Service ceiling: ~9,000 meters. One flight made 11,260 meters.
Armament: 4x 0.30 mm, 2x 0.50 mm
IV. COCKPIT
To start the engines, flick the switches at your left side, at the right side of the throttle lever.
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Specifications
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General Characteristics
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- Created On Android
- Wingspan 36.3ft (11.1m)
- Length 24.6ft (7.5m)
- Height 11.2ft (3.4m)
- Empty Weight 3,812lbs (1,729kg)
- Loaded Weight 5,696lbs (2,583kg)
Performance
- Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.15
- Wing Loading 25.3lbs/ft2 (123.4kg/m2)
- Wing Area 225.4ft2 (20.9m2)
- Drag Points 2455
Parts
- Number of Parts 185
- Control Surfaces 7
- Performance Cost 781
For those who ask for a production variant, here are the differences:
- Longer cowling
- R-1830 engine
- Redesigned landing gear strut
- Retractable tailhook
- Durin (Rhinemaiden/Kreideprinz) supercharger using
Throttle*1.14
code that is manually operated.- VR-capable controls
- Not so SimpleStartup on the props
- Oil intakes
- Pylons for bombs
@AnOmalOcaris thank you!
@C47skytrain Placed as urgent, will be a side build (under remastered).
This craft will be upgraded so refer to the newest iteration when possible.
@AnOmalOcaris i did some testing, and I found that any dashboard put past where the canopy starts catches on it. I don't think I can fix it, so can you please fix it?
@AnOmalOcaris for some reason, the canopy catches on the dashboard. Removing the dashboard solves the problem, but am not good enough to make a new dashboard. Can you fix it please?
Good!