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P-58 Stallion

106k SimpleFlow  8.2 years ago

Hey everyone hope you enjoy this fictional build.

Credits to
@BogdanX:basically he made the thing fly!
@realluochen9999: skeleton head/skull
@thealban: parts
@xXxMLGDOGE603xXx:parts

Controls:
AG 1-2 missiles

History:
Created by: Schells Armoury
File Size: 17.5mb Approx
Format: Poser

1946, Guadalcanal. With the war dragging on, the Allied forces look to maintain a technologically superior edge. With a stalemate on land and at sea, and the rise of Aircraft like the Pfeil in Germany, and the Shinden in Japan, the US also looks to improved aircraft for it's embattled forces.

First on the scene is the prototype XP-55 Ascender, followed by the XP-56 Black Bullet (both actual WW2 Aircraft Prototypes), but both are cancelled early in 1944 due to serious design problems. After these are a series of improved prototypes leading to the XP-58 Stallion which first flies in late 1945. After a Japanese Shinden is captured during the battle of Iwo Jima, the US development teams were finally able to discover and correct the flaws in their own designs.

Finally arriving in combat production in February of 1946, the new P-58a Stallions are quickly dispatched to front-line units for full combat evaluation. It is hoped by many back home that new aircraft like the Stallion will help break the stalemate and lead to the defeat of the Axis Powers...

Like many historians (both amateurs like me and professionals) have long discussed and written about alternate what-if's for the WW2 era. There have been a multitude of books, games and even movies based upon these ideas of alternate history. My designs are uniquely my own but are based on numerous prototype aircraft from the 1930's and 40's. Aircraft such as the Shinden, Ascender and Pfiel actually flew and were accepted for production but most were cancelled due to wars end. I present these as an alternative "what-if" where designs like this made it into production in a war that didn't end in 1945. Look for additional products in this line coming soon!

Product Features:

Numerous smart-prop'd extras and over 20 ERC controls for the various parts of the aircraft to allow for maximum usability. Controls include some standard combat maneuvers as well as individual controls for the various moving parts on the aircraft. The model also features a fully detailed interior with working flight controls that are tied by ERC to the flight surfaces and moving parts of the aircraft.

Included smart-prop figure add-ons:
1 pair of smart-prop'd external "drop-tank" fuel tanks is included. These "droptanks" conform to the Stallion and are individually pose able so that the user can make them fall away and tumble as they drop...

1 set of 2 500lb bombs.
1 set of 6 60lb individually pose-able rockets.
1 pair of smart-prop 250lb bombs that can be individually posed.
1 set of rocket rail mounts for the 60lb rockets.
1 set of inner-wing pylons for the drop-tanks and bombs
1 set of seaplane floats for naval reconnaissance use.
1 set of "prop-blur" effects props for the propellers of the aircraft to give a sense of motion in flight

1 smart-prop'd "dummy" pilot figure (this figure is non-pose-able and doesn't not contain any joints or bones, it is also low poly but is provided so that you can have a crew in the aircraft for your renders without needing to use the fully rigged figures)

Some locations such as flaps have had only one rotation rigged... the others are unused and hidden in the parameters tab. This was done purposely to represent the mechanical nature of the aircraft and the way it would function.

All flight control surfaces, rudder, landing gear, and moveable parts can be accessed in the scene tree for the skeleton of the Stallion (I've rigged the parts rather than using morphs to allow the moveable parts to function). The ERC's for this aircraft can be accessed by selecting the parameters for the "Body" of the aircraft and will move both the exterior parts of the plane as well as the controls inside the cockpit.

General Characteristics

  • Created On iOS
  • Wingspan 50.0ft (15.3m)
  • Length 34.9ft (10.6m)
  • Height 12.6ft (3.8m)
  • Empty Weight 15,451lbs (7,008kg)
  • Loaded Weight 15,451lbs (7,008kg)

Performance

  • Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.194
  • Wing Loading 36.7lbs/ft2 (179.3kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 420.7ft2 (39.1m2)
  • Drag Points 8483

Parts

  • Number of Parts 306
  • Control Surfaces 6
  • Performance Cost 1,392
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    What I upload would probably make for a great dogfight with this. That would be something to see! @SimpleFlow

    8.0 years ago
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    106k SimpleFlow

    @DestinyAviation
    It looks kinda like this

    8.0 years ago
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    106k SimpleFlow

    @MethaManAircraft
    Indeed

    8.1 years ago
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    looks very crimson skies like...

    8.1 years ago
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    106k SimpleFlow

    @realluochen9999
    @thealban
    @xXxMLGDOGE603xXx

    8.2 years ago
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    106k SimpleFlow

    @GenrichTitov
    Not exactly

    8.2 years ago
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    50.5k 324

    Hey, there was a real plane like this, called Ascender.

    8.2 years ago
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    74.3k Mumpsy

    Great plane!

    8.2 years ago
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    106k SimpleFlow

    @ian1547
    Ikr

    8.2 years ago
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    106k SimpleFlow

    @Treadmill103
    Thanks

    8.2 years ago
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    106k SimpleFlow

    @Liquidfox
    Thanks

    8.2 years ago
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    13.4k ian1547

    Yes Exactly double props and wings about the same!

    8.2 years ago
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    13.4k ian1547

    Looks like the planes from The Sky Crawlers

    8.2 years ago
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    106k SimpleFlow

    @BogdanX
    XD
    No problem

    8.2 years ago