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Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress (Fixed and Updated)

8,573 CrazyCodeC  7.7 years ago

Fixed some exploding issues, be careful with the bombs though, fixed roundel placement as well as fixed wing shape.

AG-1 and VTOL for bomb bay, AG-2 to 7 for turrets using trim and VTOL.

The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress is a four-engine 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 outperformed both competitors and exceeded the air corps' performance specifications. Although Boeing lost the contract because the prototype crashed, the air corps was so impressed with Boeing's design that it ordered 13 more B-17s for further evaluation. From its introduction in 1938, the B-17 Flying Fortress evolved through numerous design advances.[5][6]The B-17 was primarily employed by the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) in the daylight precision strategic bombing campaign of World War II against German industrial and military targets. The United States Eighth Air Force, based at many airfields in central and southern England, and the Fifteenth Air Force, based in Italy, complemented the RAF Bomber Command's nighttime area bombing in the Combined Bomber Offensive to help secure air superiority over the cities, factories and battlefields of Western Europe in preparation for the invasion of France in 1944.[7] The B-17 also participated to a lesser extent in the War in the Pacific, early in World War II, where it conducted raids against Japanese shipping and airfields.[8]Information from Wikipedia

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General Characteristics

  • Created On iOS
  • Wingspan 109.1ft (33.3m)
  • Length 74.6ft (22.7m)
  • Height 23.5ft (7.2m)
  • Empty Weight 31,864lbs (14,453kg)
  • Loaded Weight 45,388lbs (20,587kg)

Performance

  • Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.176
  • Wing Loading 32.1lbs/ft2 (156.6kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 1,415.1ft2 (131.5m2)
  • Drag Points 22497

Parts

  • Number of Parts 226
  • Control Surfaces 5
  • Performance Cost 1,175
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    Thanks @CrazyCodeC !

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    8,573 CrazyCodeC

    @TacoAircraftCo Here. That post has stuff from the USAAC to modern times.

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    Who is the Roundel from? Plz answer as I desperately need a thin USAF Roundel for a B-47 I am building.

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    3,893 Wily4bill

    @CrazyCodeC no problem!

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    8,573 CrazyCodeC

    @Wily4bill Thank you!

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    8,573 CrazyCodeC

    @RedHawk Thank you!

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    Np ^L^

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    8,573 CrazyCodeC

    @SkullHunter29 Thank you!

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