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Boeing B-17 'Flying Fortress'

120k ACEPILOT109  5.7 years ago

The B-17

known as the flying fortress because well, look at this beast! the plane had a extreme defence for enemy aircraft trying to take out there fleet of bombers. im not a WWII person so i dont know much about the B-17 execpt it bombed alot of things. i just liked the way this looked

ill let Wikipedia explain the rest.

The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress is a four-engined heavy bomber developed in the 1930s for the United States Army Air Corps (USAAC). Competing against Douglas and Martin for a contract to build 200 bombers, the Boeing entry (prototype Model 299/XB-17) outperformed both competitors and exceeded the air corps' performance specifications. Although Boeing lost the contract (to the Douglas B-18 Bolo) because the prototype crashed, the air corps ordered 13 more B-17s for further evaluation. From its introduction in 1938, the B-17 Flying Fortress evolved through numerous design advances,[6][7] becoming the third-most produced bomber of all time, behind the four-engined B-24 and the multirole, twin-engined Ju 88.

Controls

VTOL - Top gun movement
Trim - Trim
normal flight controls
Gear - Gear

General Characteristics

  • Successors 3 airplane(s) +42 bonus
  • Created On iOS
  • Wingspan 87.6ft (26.7m)
  • Length 68.4ft (20.9m)
  • Height 22.7ft (6.9m)
  • Empty Weight 24,425lbs (11,079kg)
  • Loaded Weight 26,476lbs (12,009kg)

Performance

  • Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.226
  • Wing Loading 13.6lbs/ft2 (66.6kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 1,939.8ft2 (180.2m2)
  • Drag Points 19776

Parts

  • Number of Parts 193
  • Control Surfaces 4
  • Performance Cost 960