This is my attempt at replicating the Boulton Paul Balliol. Just like the real version of this plane, this is designed to help the new people get used to the controls. This was an advance trainer plane used by the UK during 1947, the start if the Cold War, also check out my armed version that is coming out later today! It has guns and rockets...What did you expect?
---Features---
-Can land on water
-Can take off of, and on USS tiny
-realistic bottom intake and detai... ils
---Instructions---
-VTOL up for airbrakes
---From Wikipedia---
The Boulton Paul Balliol and Sea Balliol were monoplane military advanced trainer aircraft built for the Royal Air Force (RAF) and the Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm (FAA) by Boulton Paul Aircraft. Developed in the late 1940s the Balliol was designed to replace the North American Harvard trainer and used the Rolls-Royce Merlin engine, with the Sea Balliol a naval version for deck landing training. The Balliol was developed to meet Air Ministry Specification T.7/45 for a three-seat advanced trainer powered by a turboprop engine, competing against the Avro Athena. It was a conventional low-wing monoplane with a retractable main undercarriage and a fixed tailwheel. Pilot and instructor sat side by side ahead of the observer. The first prototype first flew on 30 May 1947, being temporarily powered by an 820 hp (611 kW) Bristol Mercury 30 radial engine. The second prototype, powered by the intended Armstrong Siddeley Mamba turboprop, first flew on 17 May 1948, the world's first single-engined turboprop aircraft to fly.[1] The Air Ministry had second thoughts about its training requirements, and issued a new specification, T.14/47, requiring a two-seat trainer, powered by a Rolls-Royce Merlin piston engine.
The Merlin powered Balliol, designated Balliol T.2, first flew on 10 July 1948,[1] and after extensive evaluation, it was chosen over the Athena, with large orders being placed to replace some of the Harvards in RAF service.[2] The observer's seat of the Mk 1 was removed, the side-by-side seats remaining.
The Sea Balliol T.21 had folding wings and arrestor hook for deck landings.[3]
By 1951, however, the Air Ministry changed its mind about its training requirements yet again and decided to introduce a jet-powered advanced trainer, the de Havilland Vampire T.Mk11.
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Specifications
General Characteristics
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- Wingspan 35.0ft (10.7m)
- Length 25.5ft (7.8m)
- Height 12.4ft (3.8m)
- Empty Weight 2,458lbs (1,115kg)
- Loaded Weight 5,103lbs (2,315kg)
Performance
- Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.195
- Wing Loading 26.5lbs/ft2 (129.6kg/m2)
- Wing Area 192.2ft2 (17.9m2)
- Drag Points 1786
Parts
- Number of Parts 41
- Control Surfaces 5
- Performance Cost 244
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I have an armed version that I'm just about to release