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CNACG 545 Cigogne Monitor

1,448 Sockdragger  18 days ago
Auto Credit Based on Vikram123's [CLOSED] Light CAS Challenge

Cigogne Monitor, an experimental close air support variant of the successful 54 series of STOL military observation/light transport aircraft by the French Fictional 1950's "Compagnie Nationale de Construction à Acronyme Completement Generique'. This 'Battlefield Monitor' deleted the third seat from the STOL air taxi in favor of an offensive payload of bombs and rockets and a novel automatic gun turret aimed from the rear seat by means of an optical periscope system. All this while still retaining the STOL capabilities of the original.

(Thanks to @RoastHam9146 for the tutorial on how to build a camera-aimed gun turret. )

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General Characteristics

  • Predecessor [CLOSED] Light CAS Challenge
  • Created On Android
  • Wingspan 48.5ft (14.8m)
  • Length 29.4ft (9.0m)
  • Height 12.2ft (3.7m)
  • Empty Weight 5,939lbs (2,694kg)
  • Loaded Weight 6,947lbs (3,151kg)

Performance

  • Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.072
  • Wing Loading 16.5lbs/ft2 (80.5kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 421.6ft2 (39.2m2)
  • Drag Points 3062

Parts

  • Number of Parts 244
  • Control Surfaces 8
  • Performance Cost 1,381