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D-19 "Comet" Heavy Bomber + Big Announcement

27.8k bskngshrk  7.7 years ago

INSTRUCTIONS
CAM 1: Pilot View
CAM 2: Gunner View
GROUP 2: Disable Rear Gun Safety

IMPORTANT: takeoff around 105 mph, adjust trim accordingly throughout the flight, land very gently at about 90 mph with a 5 degree inclination and use the entirety of the runway, using the brakes above 15 mph will flip the plane

Hello, you guys! Hopefully there's some followers out there who've stuck with me and are still here to see this. But yeah, WWI-style bomber. Pretty much completely improvised it, blended a bunch of interesting elements from various French and German bombers from that era. Flies pretty well, has fairly realistic flight characteristics in relation to similar aircraft from those days. Great for making long-duration flights, but thanks to the sluggish speed has a pretty underwhelming combat radius. Maybe I'll release a companion single-seat fighter from the same era to fly with it, now that you can spawn multiple planes at once (which is awesome, btw). I already have a WWI-era two-seat biplane in my feed somewhere, called the D-6, if you wanna check that out. But in any case, let's get down to business.

I'm planning to release a new series of airplanes on the site fairly soon. They'll all be constructed using my panel-stick technique and be equipped with interior cameras, with some models featuring moving rotator parts. Basically all the features I put in my old airplanes, I'll be bringing back. Keep a lookout on my feed and the forum section of SimplePlanes if you're interested, since I'll be making a in-depth post about how this new lineup will be organized and when exactly each of the airplanes are scheduled to be released. Thanks a lot, everyone! I'm looking forward to finally returning to the SimplePlanes community. And as always, enjoy, leave a comment, and happy flying :)

PERFORMANCE
SPEED: 145 mph at 5000 ft
TURN RATE: 20 seconds
RANGE: 96 miles

ARMAMENT
PILOT: 2 forward-firing machine guns
GUNNER: 1 trainable rear-firing gun
BOMBS: 7 250lb bomb

General Characteristics

  • Created On iOS
  • Wingspan 54.2ft (16.5m)
  • Length 47.9ft (14.6m)
  • Height 14.5ft (4.4m)
  • Empty Weight 17,303lbs (7,848kg)
  • Loaded Weight 18,196lbs (8,253kg)

Performance

  • Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.054
  • Wing Loading 12.1lbs/ft2 (59.0kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 1,505.9ft2 (139.9m2)
  • Drag Points 7233

Parts

  • Number of Parts 185
  • Control Surfaces 12
  • Performance Cost 717
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    27.8k bskngshrk

    there really is @FennVectorCWA in some aspects, the WW1 bombers are the most interesting because there was so much experimentation at the time

    7.6 years ago
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    Man ,bring back the memories of my biggest success The ilya muromets Bomber

    There is something unique about them WW1 bombers

    7.6 years ago
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    27.8k bskngshrk

    Yeah! @Supermini555 gonna try to get in the habit of posting regularly again

    7.6 years ago
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    29.0k Supermini555

    You're Back! @bskngshrk

    7.7 years ago
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    Yeah, I haven't posted anything in a while but more than you have apparently.

    7.7 years ago
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    27.8k bskngshrk

    I'm so glad! @SteadfastContracting been excited about coming back

    7.7 years ago
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    Still here waiting for you!

    7.7 years ago
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    17.2k TemDesBur

    I've been good, thank you! I'm just busy with school and so I have not uploaded in a while :( @bskngshrk

    7.7 years ago
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    27.8k bskngshrk

    Lol hey dude @TemDesBur I've missed you guys, too. Doesn't seem to be a lot of us left. Been busy, stressed. What about you?

    7.7 years ago
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    17.2k TemDesBur

    I HAVE MISSED YOU!!!1!!1

    7.7 years ago
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    17.2k TemDesBur

    HOW HAVE YOU BEEN?!!!?!?!

    7.7 years ago
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    17.2k TemDesBur

    HELLOOOOOOO!O!O!O!O!O!!!

    7.7 years ago
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    27.8k bskngshrk

    I used to be really active around this time in 2016 @EliteIndustries1 but I haven't been able to regularly post lately because of high school stuff

    7.7 years ago