Building Note:

I was fascinated by the flying wing or wing-body-blended designs, (such as Horton 229, USAAF's YB49 and YB35 from the 1940s). Horton's flying wings concepts inspire this design and the one from Indiana Jone's movie "Raiders of the Lost Ark." I have been building this 3-4 months ago and improving it. At this point, I am closer to 50K points, so I want to post it as a "beta" version for you all to play with this.

I made it as real as possible, and reduced the top speed to 290 mph at level flight.

The Amerikabomber

The Amerikabomber (English: America bomber) project was an initiative of the German Ministry of Aviation (Reichsluftfahrtministerium) to obtain a long-range strategic bomber for the Luftwaffe. This bomber would be capable of striking the United States(specifically New York City) from Germany, a round-trip distance of about 11,600 km (7,200 mi). The concept was raised as early as 1938 by Generalleutnant Walter Wever. But advanced plans for such a long-range strategic bomber design did not begin to appear before Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring until early 1942. Various proposals were put forward, but these plans were all eventually abandoned as they were too expensive, too reliant on rapidly-diminishing material and production capacity, and technically unfeasible.

Adolf Hitler was fascinated with the idea of New York City in flames. In 1937, Willy Messerschmitt hoped to win a lucrative contract by showing Hitler a prototype of the Messerschmitt Me 264 that was being designed to reach North America from Europe. The Luftwaffe's commander-in-chief, Hermann Göring, said, "I completely lack the bombers capable of round-trip flights to New York with a 4.5-tonne bomb load. I would be thrilled to possess such a bomber, which would ultimately stuff the mouth of arrogance across the sea."

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Ref: Wikipedia

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7x SD-250KG Bombs, stored inside the fuselage

Change your camera view to the bombardier position; so that you can see the target clearly - enjoy the view.

Armament:

7x SD-250KG Bombs (stored inside the fuselage)
8x Bombs under the wings (AG3 for carpet bombing)
Defensive MG-40 machineguns
AG2 detach drop tanks
AG8 Lights on/off

Take Off speed: 175 mph
Landing: 140 mph
Featuring: Contra rotating pusher props

Win's Wings, August 21st, 2022

Instagram: @wins_wings

And this is the other influence from the old Indiana Jone's movie:

Horton MMXXII - "Amerikabomber" is a fictional

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