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B.M.C-East Minerva 1972 (Police car)

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B.M.C Minerva 1972 (Hungarian Police car) (fictional)

Fictional Lore:

After WWII and the communist takeover of Hungary, the original B.M.C factory in Budapest fell under state control, making the company's management evacuate their headquarters to the US branch and continue to operate only in the West. In the 1960s however, seeing Fiat's cooperation with the VAZ factory, the US B.M.C made an attempt to reach out to the Hungarian state in an attempt to restart car manufacturing in the Budapest factory. A deal was struck, that the US branch would provide designs and some technology for the production of new cars, in exchange for the Hungarian state paying royalty fees from the revenue of these cars. Production of the first new car in the Budapest factory (now called the "Állami Motor Gyár B." or "State Motor Factory B." but often just called "B.M.C-East") started in 1967 and soon several more models were developed and produced in the factory. In 1971, designers started working on an affordable but modern car to replace the 1967 B.M.C Merkur on the Hungarian roads, and thus in the following year, the B.M.C Minerva was born. The car became a huge success and even Hungarian law enforcement made a large order for its fleet, soon followed by other Eastern bloc country law enforcements.
The car stayed in production up until 1986, when it was replaced by the third generation B.M.C Mars cars.

Link to the civilian version: >>click here or the image<<

Link to the USSR Police car version: >>click here or the image<<

Link to the Budapest taxi version: >>click here or the image<<


Controls:

Important notice! The suspension system only works on high physics, so make sure you set it to high before you use the car!

  • AG1 - Headlights
  • AG2 - Police lights
  • AG4-5 - Left-Right Blinkers
  • AG7 - Blinker mode (if OFF, the blinkers will activate with AG4-5, if ON, the blinkers will activate based on wheel turning)

Credits:

  • L1nus - Steering FT code

Gallery:


As always, I hope you like this build and have fun with it!

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General Characteristics

  • Successors 1 airplane(s) +126 bonus
  • Created On Windows
  • Wingspan 5.8ft (1.8m)
  • Length 13.3ft (4.1m)
  • Height 6.4ft (2.0m)
  • Empty Weight 8,123lbs (3,684kg)
  • Loaded Weight 8,203lbs (3,720kg)

Performance

  • Wing Loading N/A
  • Wing Area 0.0ft2 (0.0m2)
  • Drag Points 2969

Parts

  • Number of Parts 398
  • Control Surfaces 0
  • Performance Cost 1,445