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H-42A-1 Hummingbird

1,563 TinyToucan  7.3 years ago

The H-42 is a fictional fighter and interceptor developed at the end of the Second World War. It has a pair of 3-bladed contra-rotating propellers, and a single 12.7 mm (0.50 calibre) machine gun firing through the propeller shaft.

This is just a quick build, so I haven’t put too much time into the details. I did however put time into making the H-42 incredibly manoeuvrable. It has a very light weight, large wing surface-area, high hp/weight ratio for a propeller driven warbird, and an incredibly low wing loading. All of these achieve a high top speed, great climb rate and exceptional turn time and roll rate.

Thanks to:
@WNP78 for their Overload mod, which I used to edit the mass of the parts and achieve the low weight
@HellFireKoder for their Fine Tuner mod

General Characteristics

  • Created On Windows
  • Wingspan 29.3ft (8.9m)
  • Length 23.2ft (7.1m)
  • Height 10.5ft (3.2m)
  • Empty Weight 581lbs (263kg)
  • Loaded Weight 3,379lbs (1,532kg)

Performance

  • Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.591
  • Wing Loading 9.6lbs/ft2 (46.9kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 351.7ft2 (32.7m2)
  • Drag Points 1032

Parts

  • Number of Parts 27
  • Control Surfaces 18
  • Performance Cost 221