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PAC B2B Dragonfly -Working Bomb Bays!

25.2k JohnnyBoythePilot  7.3 years ago

UPDATE: Because of a mistake of mine, it's impossible to land the B2B since it will just nose over on touch down. PLEASE do the following corrections after download: At the very tip of the nose, where the nose gunner sets, click on the blue nose glass canopy to lower it's dead weight from 800 lbs. to 0 lbs.. This will keep the airplane from nosing over on touchdown. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Pavelania's first domestically produced bomber is here! The B2B Dragonfly!

The B2B is a heavily modified P2B that first flew in 1925. The B2B was very advanced for it's time as a bomber. An aerodynamic fuselage, large full tanks, small, low-cost, powerful & reliable engines, a fully enclosed cabin for maximum crew comfort, high-lift thanks to the bi-plane layout, and a fast cruise speed (for it's time).

The cabin features 1 waist gunner that lays prone in the nose, 2 pilot stations (typically a pilot and navigator), 4 small bunks directly behind the cockpit, a roof canopy for the navigator to see the stars for celestial navigation at night, the bomb bay, 2 waist gunners on each side, and the rear exit hatch in the tail to exit the aircraft.

The B2B features an internal bomb bay that can carry max 12 bombs inside, with an addition of 9 more bombs externally, 3 under the fuselage and 3 under each wing, giving the bomber a devastating total of 21 bombs!

The B2B was a major success for Pavelania during the early air campaigns of the North Atlantic War, proving to be a reliable bomber. The B2B was heavily mass-produced. Even when the B2C came online in the mid-30's, the B2B was STILL in production. By the beggining of WW2 the B2 Dragonfly bomber series was re-classed as a light-medium bomber.

AG-1 = Nav, Beacon, Strobe lights

AG-2 = Landing lights

AG-3 = Waist Gunners (All sides) + trigger pull

AG-4 = Activates bomb bay + VTOL slider (move slider DOWN to open the doors) AND AG-4 activates the first bottom rack of 4x bombs.

AG-5 = Activates Second/mid rack of 4x bombs AFTER the bottom rack has run out of bombs.

AG-6 = Activates third/top rack of 4x bombs AFTER the racks below have run out of bombs.

AG-7 = Release ALL bombs

NOTE: Reason why the bullets are red is because the waist gunners are using M2 Browning .50 caliber machine guns that use armor piercing incendiary rounds/tracers that leave a red streak. Just FYI if your wondering.

Enjoy and Happy Flying!

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General Characteristics

  • Successors 1 airplane(s)
  • Created On Windows
  • Wingspan 56.2ft (17.1m)
  • Length 41.0ft (12.5m)
  • Height 16.1ft (4.9m)
  • Empty Weight 13,961lbs (6,333kg)
  • Loaded Weight 19,279lbs (8,745kg)

Performance

  • Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.103
  • Wing Loading 27.7lbs/ft2 (135.3kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 695.6ft2 (64.6m2)
  • Drag Points 5550

Parts

  • Number of Parts 161
  • Control Surfaces 7
  • Performance Cost 919
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    @jlewisifer
    Thanks!

    7.2 years ago
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    32.3k CRJ900Pilot

    Np@JohnnyBoythePilot

    7.3 years ago
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    Wow thank you DisferGoatz! Thank you both for the compliments and upvotes! And thanks for the spotlight CRJ900Pilot!

    7.3 years ago
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    16.1k DisferGoatz

    @JohnnyBoythePilot no problem man, I can tell you're gonna be a great builder in the future. Have a follow, friend.

    7.3 years ago
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    32.3k CRJ900Pilot

    Nice!!

    7.3 years ago
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    @helilover03
    Thanks helilover03! I greatly appreciate it!

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    Thanks, I added the most detail I could. Thanks for the upvotes too!

    7.3 years ago
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    16.1k DisferGoatz

    Nice, I love the shape and overall realism of this bomber. Love it!

    7.3 years ago
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    @SalemASaberhagen

    My first real bomber has been released! Enjoy!

    7.3 years ago
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    @jamesPLANESii
    Thank you for the upvote!

    7.3 years ago
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    If you open the bomb bays in-flight, and look up it, you'll see I actually put a board walk for the crew to walk over the bomb bays.

    7.3 years ago
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    OMG YOU WONT BELIEVE HOW JITTERY AND HYPED I AM ABOUT THE FACT I CREATED WORKING, DETAILED BOMB BAYS!!!!!! :D :D :D

    Those bomb bays took about 2-3 hours to make (involved redesigning that whole mid-section).

    7.3 years ago