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WW2 Challenge Supermarine Sea Salamander FGR.1b

34.5k GhostHTX  7.2 years ago
Auto Credit Based on mikoyanster's WW II Master Challenge - STATUS: In forthcoming!!

Fictional carrier based fighter bomber for the Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm.

She does approximately 570mph at 30,000 ft.
Carries a very limited internal fuel store (250 gal) so requires drop tanks (not included here).
Armed with four challenge compliant cannons in the wings with stores points under the wings and fuselage.

Powered by a Rolls Royce Raptor XXI, providing 6,000 horses.

AG1 and vtol up to drop landing flaps
AG2 and vtol up to fold wings
AG3 and vtol up to drop arrestor hook
AG4 for lights
AG5 to drop wing stores
AG6 to drop ventral stores

Have fun.

General Characteristics

Performance

  • Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.523
  • Wing Loading 17.5lbs/ft2 (85.4kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 656.0ft2 (60.9m2)
  • Drag Points 4213

Parts

  • Number of Parts 116
  • Control Surfaces 10
  • Performance Cost 534
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    53.2k Tang0five

    @GhostHTX yeah pity there won't be a mod for iOS to allow you to 'zero weight' parts. Maybe speak to one of the wizards on other platforms?

    7.2 years ago
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    34.5k GhostHTX

    @Tang0five Cheers. The bumps are to hide the guns - the wings have a tiny wee bit dihedral and the guns just would not clip nicely into the wing panels. No matter how much or nicely I swore at them.
    Well spotted on the landing gear. I was thinking the same thing, but the two engines clipped together in the nose make her quite nose heavy. Fixing that and making her a tail dragger would have meant I would need to move the centre of lift, placing the wings further back, making it difficult to place the main gear in front of the centre of mass... Designing simple planes is quite complex, when you think about it.

    7.2 years ago
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    53.2k Tang0five

    Very nice, like the bumps in the wings to house the guns nice touch. Feels like it should be a tail dragger for some reason.....

    7.2 years ago