[About Boeing B-17G "Flying Fortress"]
Wikipedia
The Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress is a four-engine heavy bomber developed by the American Boeing Company. During World War II, it served as a strategic bomber for the U.S. Army Air Corps.
In 1934, the U.S. Army requested aircraft manufacturers to develop a new model to replace the B-10, the mainstay bomber of the time.
Boeing responded by producing a prototype called the Model 299. The prototype made its first flight on July 28, 1935. Newspapers that witnessed the first flight described the aircraft as a "flying fortress" when they saw the machine gun protruding from the nose of the plane.
The Model 299 showed speed and other performance characteristics that overwhelmed those of competing aircraft. However, during a test flight in November of the same year, the Model 299 crashed due to a mistake on takeoff, and was eliminated from the selection process for subsequent mainline bombers. In the end, it was the Douglas B-18 that was selected as the mainstay bomber.
However, the Army Air Corps, impressed by the performance of the Model 299, ordered 13 aircraft for testing in 1936. These were called YB-17s, which were also upgraded from the Model 299.
The YB-17 was noted for its high-altitude performance and high speed,by 1941, about 150 B-17s were delivered.
The B-17 was also deployed to the European theater to carry out strategic bombing missions against the Germans. Although the B-17 was somewhat inferior in terms of bomb capacity and range, the B-17, armed with a large number of machine guns and sturdy, had a high survival rate and was well-liked by its crew.
The most widely produced B-17 was the "G" type, which was even more powerful than the "F" type and was equipped with 13 M2 machine guns. 8,680 B-17s of the "G" type alone were produced. By the end of the war, 12,731 B-17s had been produced, the third highest number of bombers ever produced.
[About the work]
Paint and markings were modeled after the "Chow Hound" of the 8th Air Force 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron. I pay tribute to the brave crew of the Chow Hound.
The cockpit is roughly reproduced.
The machine gun is integrated into four viewpoints: (1) FrontGun, (2) TopTurret, (3) BallTurret, and (4) TailGunner, and the machine gun changes direction following the destination of each viewpoint.
I have used PlanariaLab's "SP Label Converter" to create a Roundels. Thank you very much.
I have not verified this because I do not have Simple Planes VR. Sorry.
[Controls]
[1] NavigationLights Switch(AG1)
[2] Landing Gear Button
[3] Bomb bay Button(AG5)
[4] Flap Lever(VTOL)
[5] Throttle Lever
[6] Elevator Trim Wheel(Trim)
[Screenshots]
2024/10/11
Specifications
Spotlights
- pancelvonat one month ago
- MAHADI one month ago
- RicardoACE one month ago
- TheUltimatePlaneLover one month ago
- WinsWings one month ago
- LunarEclipseSP one month ago
- Apollo018362 one month ago
General Characteristics
- Successors 2 airplane(s) +7 bonus
- Created On Android
- Wingspan 96.9ft (29.5m)
- Length 76.4ft (23.3m)
- Height 24.6ft (7.5m)
- Empty Weight 50,557lbs (22,932kg)
- Loaded Weight 70,917lbs (32,167kg)
Performance
- Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.077
- Wing Loading 42.1lbs/ft2 (205.3kg/m2)
- Wing Area 1,686.2ft2 (156.7m2)
- Drag Points 15231
Parts
- Number of Parts 592
- Control Surfaces 7
- Performance Cost 3,038
@IMFLYINHERE
If that was true, they would be succeeding in their goals with the 737 MAX
@Ashdenpaw1 what if Boeing was never about making good planes. Just about taking as many lives as possible..... they are still fufillling their goal
This is the best b17 in the game. Perfectly balanced storage wise, as well as able to fly straight while on the gunner view, all I have to do is remove the snap to default position and it will be completely perfect. No disrespect to the other b17 creators, but they were just, tbh overengineered and too heavy (they had to double each engine's horsepower than what a real b17 engine would be and on top of that add jet engines, and it took to long to load. It is a masterpiece, so I'll keep the old one, but this one is more enjoyable. Bravo!
A full interior... That's Hella impressive
Wait, Boeing made the B-17?
They fell off..
B-17F when?
Well, it's 68 upvotes now.
Time for a plus one!
According to chat gpt (i gave him the prompt thats the same as your description) thats you, got it right?
Finally I got a good B17 that can fly smoothly
fw-190 go boom
finally a good b-17 :D
@AntonWings the color of the glass doesn't matter, it's still a beautiful model
@WinsWings
Thank you very much! :)
@AntonWings Ty! Yeah it changes a lot!!
@Apollo018362
Ah, I have tried it too. Very effective technique.
Lovely picture, by the way.
Look, big difference, i didnt even change smooth or metalic, just painted the glass black
@AntonWings. You're welcome :)
@Apollo018362
Indeed, it looks more like glass when painted in black.
I will try it on my next piece. Thanks for the advice :)
Also, a tip, paint the glasses black and put the opacity at 10% for more realistic glass on your plane!!
@AntonWings is on fire with these ww2 builds!
Lovely
wow, beautiful work
by far the best B-17 that i've ever seen
@ShinyGemsBro
Well...you are certainly right. I could have reduced 12p this time....
I'll do that next time I build a bomber. Thank you very much!
@AntonWings
Oh right, protip:
Next time you make a bomber, you can just set the bombs'
firingDelayto something like0.2that way you don't have to put up alot of detachers/timed pylons for a sequential/ripple drop of bombs. Saves a few parts and reduces operational complexity