Douglas A-20 Havoc
My first real life plane to be published. I know there is changes, feel free to fix them. This is my third time keying this on mobile so yeah. To take off Throttle up to 50% or so and then slowly move the vtol slider up, it looks sexy. Some history from Wikipedia- March 1937, a design team headed by Donald Douglas, Jack Northrop and Ed Heinemann produced a proposal for a light bomber powered by a pair of 450 hp (336 kW) Pratt & Whitney R-985 Wasp Junior radial engines mounted on a high-mounted wing. It was estimated that it could carry a 1,000 lb (454 kg) bomb load at 250 mph (400 km/h). Reports of aircraft performance from the Spanish Civil War indicated that this design would be seriously underpowered, and it was subsequently cancelled. In the autumn of the same year, the United States Army Air Corps issued its own specification for an attack aircraft. The Douglas team, now headed by Heinemann, took the Model 7Adesign, upgraded with 1,100 hp (820 kW) Pratt & Whitney R-1830 Twin Wasp engines, and submitted the design as the Model 7B. It faced competition from the North American NA-40, the Stearman X-100 and the Martin 167F. The Model 7B was maneuverable and fast, but did not attract any US orders. The model did, however, attract the attention of a French Purchasing Commission visiting the United States. The French discreetly participated in the flight trials, so as not to attract criticism from American isolationists. The Air Corps, which controlled the aircraft's development, but had been excluded from negotiations between the French, the Production Division, and the Navy's Bureau of Aeronautics, was directed by the White House on 19 January 1939 to release the DB-7 for assessment in contradiction of its own regulations. The "secret" was revealed when the Model 7B crashed on 23 January while demonstrating single-engine performance. The French were still impressed enough to order 100 production aircraft, with the order increased to 270 when the war began. Sixteen
Specifications
General Characteristics
- Created On Android
- Wingspan 58.8ft (17.9m)
- Length 39.8ft (12.1m)
- Height 15.9ft (4.8m)
- Empty Weight 49lbs (22kg)
- Loaded Weight 185lbs (84kg)
Performance
- Power/Weight Ratio 5.452
- Wing Loading 0.6lbs/ft2 (2.7kg/m2)
- Wing Area 332.7ft2 (30.9m2)
- Drag Points 6146
Parts
- Number of Parts 58
- Control Surfaces 4
- Performance Cost 327
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4,301 FighterCrafter14Ok @PlanesOfNewton9.4 years ago
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4,301 FighterCrafter14Looks great. Keep it up. Make some large bombers. You have their era down or close enough to be able to do it. 👍🏻9.4 years ago
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38.8k hypnotoad@PlanesOfNewton LOL, insignia's?9.4 years ago
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38.8k hypnotoad@PlanesOfNewton dude. Your descriptions and builds are always totally detailed. I love it. Look forward to your next mate9.4 years ago
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38.8k hypnotoadWell done dude9.4 years ago
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2,435 TanandongThe engines are great but I can't enjoy it...😖9.4 years ago
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2,435 TanandongAh shit I tried to download but mine is v1.1.11, it's too old to try yours!😭9.4 years ago
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4,227 GeebersNice job! The update really helps with the engines. I have 1 suggestion: notice how the wings don't sweep as much coward on the real plane, if you want try to make the wings a bit more accurate but overall, great job!9.4 years ago