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[SU1946] Junkers (OKB-1) EF-128Z (DDR)

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Apology: I promised this aircraft would have custom landing gear in the teaser, but I had to remove that feature and replace them with built-in ones because of flight safety.

Note: Requires the Simple Wings mod. The built-in wing doesn't work well with tailless designs so I had to use the Simple Wings.

SU1946 stands for Simple Universe 1946, it is a series of late-WWII (or prototypes) planes plus some fiction. Planes in this series would have significantly better performance than their historical counterpart, and would receive a "Z" in their names to distinguish them from other, more accurate replicas.

History:
This is the Simple Universe version of the Junkers EF-128.
After the Allies enhanced their aerial arsenal with new equipments like Me P. 1090, P. 1107-II and the Ar TEW 16-43/19, the Eastern Bloc was in dire need for an emergency air superiority fighter in order to rebuild the status quo. East Germany, with the TEW 16-43/19s from Neuberg AFB within an hour's reach, are particularly nervous. They pressed on again the OKB-1, or the old, defected Junkers engineers, who in turn came up with the EF-128 design.

With the petite build, light weight and powerful engine, the EF-128Z soon proved itself to be a more than worthy opponent to the standard fighters of the West, namely the Me 262 Z HGIII and the P.1090. However, it suffers from poor safety records. Pilots in the Luftwaffe often jokes that the best way to defeat the EF-128Z is to wait for it to crash, and pilots of the Luftstreitkräfte (East Germany Air Force) often say that the safest way to land an EF-128Z is to belly land.

Features:
- a somewhat more detailed and not-cut-off interior, now that I found a new way to build cockpits.
- thrust reverser (AG8)
- extreme maneuverability
- STOL ability (with thrust reverser)
- Custom wings with condensation effect
- Functional (as in, moveable) radio direction finder)
- G-force compensation gun sight (it moves according to the G-force your plane is experiencing)

I suggest using the Advanced Targeting mod because MK108 guns have a very slow muzzle speed and require a very long lead to the target.

Activation groups:
AG1: Drag-chute
AG2: Nav lights
AG3: Radio direction finder on/off
AG4: Discard all pylon ordnance
AG8: On for normal engine, off for reverse thrust (no need to apply throttle)

Spotlights

General Characteristics

  • Created On Windows
  • Wingspan 27.1ft (8.3m)
  • Length 22.8ft (7.0m)
  • Height 9.9ft (3.0m)
  • Empty Weight 4,945lbs (2,243kg)
  • Loaded Weight 8,898lbs (4,036kg)

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 15.152
  • Wing Loading 326.6lbs/ft2 (1,594.7kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 27.2ft2 (2.5m2)
  • Drag Points 2501

Parts

  • Number of Parts 126
  • Control Surfaces 5
  • Performance Cost 682

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    Mind if I take this and add no no german symbols, to make this historicaly accurate for people who want a historical wunderwaffe aircraft

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    Very nice plane . Great job . i love it .

    5.1 years ago
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