The Beast Corp. Sledgehammer was designed in 1941 for the Iosian Navy. It was the winner of a contract for a heavily armored fighter that could serve on aircraft carriers and land bases. It had to also be easily modified for a wide variety of combat missions. Beast Corp. won with the Sledgehammer, a heavy fighter designed for naval operations.
Unlike many fighters, the Sledgehammer was fitted with two heavy machine guns that were powerful enough to damage ships and pierce the heaviest of armor. The guns were notoriously deadly, and enemy pilots recalled their planes being torn apart by minimal hits. The Sledgehammer was also slow. It was incredibly heavy and often pitched down. To counter this, Beast Corp. fitted powerful flaps. However, they were too powerful for the plane and usable only on takeoff. They caused the plane to nose up even when in a stall, which made it difficult to land. However, expert pilots used this effect to land in incredibly short distances. The flaps also made the plane easy to take off from aircraft carriers. Overall, the Sledgehammer had many ingenuities and flaws.
The Sledgehammer has no official variants, but several pilots have modified their planes to make them more capable in several ways.
“Torpedo”
“Sparrow”
“Phantom”
If you make your own variant and post it, I will link it here. However, I request that you have a description with the backstory of the plane and the pilot if you want me to link it.
Specifications
Spotlights
- This craft is curated
- Sergio666 2.3 years ago
General Characteristics
- Predecessor Second Global War Fighter Challenge!
- Created On iOS
- Wingspan 33.7ft (10.3m)
- Length 28.1ft (8.6m)
- Height 10.5ft (3.2m)
- Empty Weight N/A
- Loaded Weight 5,867lbs (2,661kg)
Performance
- Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.511
- Wing Loading 24.3lbs/ft2 (118.5kg/m2)
- Wing Area 241.7ft2 (22.5m2)
- Drag Points 3210
Parts
- Number of Parts 135
- Control Surfaces 10
- Performance Cost 679
If there is a dogfighting challenge round, please use the “Sparrow” version.
@BeastHunter It definitely has a lot of potential, I'd love to see a remade version of her.
@LegnaK Yeah, this design would probably stay as a prototype in the real world. I might remaster it if I have time. Thanks for judging honestly (many of my posts get much more attention than they deserve.)
Handling, stability, agility: 10 points :: 1/10 - This aircraft is extremely touchy, and not in a good way, any attempt at evasive manuevers will set her into a flat spin, leaving her an easy target for even the shoddiest of fighters.
Realistic model and behavior: 10 points :: 3/10 - great on paper, poor in execution, this is an aircraft that I feel could be a top teir plane if it had more time.
Details, paint and other: 10 points :: 5/10 - it has a nice naval blue and white, though I wish that a little more effort was put into the aircraft upper and lower paints as it bleeds into each other and fights.
Build quality: 10 points :: 6/10 - this has potential to be a flat 10 + if it had some more work done, examples I'd most notably point out is the rounding of the wings, foils, and a more detailed engine cowling.
Personal impression: 10 points :: 3/10 I really, REALLY had high hopes for this aircraft, I wanted so much from it because its design and everything but left very dissatisfied with most everything about her :/
Description: 10 points :: 9/10 - The multiple variants of the aircraft were a solid redeeming factor for this aircraft.
Overall: 27/60
THX mate
3576？
@BeastHunter
I think the closest you're getting to is 50.cal
@FeatherWing No idea for the real life equivalent. Just something that can put a hole in a ship.
Good build, but what kind of MG's are you even thinking of?
@LegnaK Thank you!
@JuanShot2Go Thanks! I thought the scale was off for VR, but I’ll do that right away!
@BeastHunter noted for that, will do :)
What a wild design! I can't wait to fully test her out!
Has the vibe of a Vought F4U Corsair. Love the part count. Works nice in VR, you should tag it.
@Sergio666 Thanks for the spotlight!
Very Interesting shape
@Bryan5 Thanks!
@BeastHunter Nice Plane 👍