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Vendian Aeronautical Object 103 Machete

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Sorry, I have to.

The flaps are inverted, it is now fixed.
The yaw pedals are now fixed.
The small rotator operating at AG7 is now okay.

A small patch note.

The Vendian* Aeronautical Workshop object 103, known as the Machete is an American medium bomber aircraft of the Interwar period.

Development and Operation

The object 103 was sent by the Vendian bureau as an entry to the six month long 1934-1935 the Great Flight of Paris multi-national competition, under the bomber category. The other United State aircraft medium bomber was sent to the competition are the Yellowstone (Mathilda), Canaveral and Vandenberg designs.
Competiton results placed the object 103 at second, placing the Yellowstone design at the first.

The United States Army Air Corps, dire need of modern bombers to complement the B-17 and the B-18, bought 25 aircraft of the respective design bureaus, all four types went into service.

The Vendian bureau recieved its contract to build 140 aircraft on mid-1936, replacing the Martin B-10 from service. The bureau suggested the name of Machete for the aircraft, which the Corps used.

First production aircraft were sent and flown by the contigious forces, praising its handling characteristics, while criticizing it for its sluggish speed (313 km/h TAS at 680 m) at bomb load. Nationalist China planned to order 50 Machetes at 1939 against the Japanese, but it was inferior to the Tupolev and the Heinkel, but still used as a trainer and a bomber. One such aircraft survives up to this day.
Obsolete and used aircraft were sold to the Philippines at 1940, and were used against the Japanese landings on the country, dealing devastating damage to amphibious crafts but is vulnerable to the Rei-sen (Zero) and the slower object-designates (looks like a Claude).
South American countries used the aircraft until 1949.

Walkthrough

(becomes a common military man)

The cockpit should be VR-capable.
So clap clap clap this will be the guide for VR-clad players.
Here is the cockpit, pilots!
bOlO
There is a yoke to grab on. On the pilot side, there are switches to play on. There is the switch for wheel control (AG 7, SmallRotator is inverted) and a lever for gears (Landing Gear).
At your right leg theres the flap (VTOL) lever, the longest one, sire!
Then, the throttle lever (Throttle) is on the center of the instrument panels!
Then, there's the trim lever on the front of the flap lever.

There are instrument panels, the co-pilot has engine controls (cosmetics) , there's the autopilot controls (cosmetics), and yaw pedals to kick on.

For your friend who is a bombardier, he has a basic console!
bOlOboom
P-T denotes previous target, N-T denotes next target, TARGET button is the cycle targeting mode and the red button of terror does its job.

That's it, airmen, mark my words! That's the basics of flying the Machete!

(Beware of inverted flaps at port side)
(I'm not liable for damages at the walkthrough session)

Specifications

Engine: 2x 1000 hp radial engine
Maximum speed: 313 km/h TAS at 680 m
Cruise speed: (Undocumented)
Climb rate: (Undocumented)
Range: (Undocumented)

Armament: 7x 227 kg bomb, one gun (removed due to camera aim flaws)

Notes

The Vendian (sorry travelers if it's somewhat pertaining to a tight-clad boy), or the Ediacaran period is a geological period of the Earth, ending at 541 million years ago. Famous fossils include the Dickinsonia (no pun, appears as a trainer soon), Charnia (not designated as an a/c object) and the Kimberella (fighter, Great Flight entry of Australia).

The machete is a knife, or knife-like tool. The bolo (Douglas B-18) is a knife too, so why not?

Spotlights

General Characteristics

  • Predecessor Vendian Aeronautics Object 103 Machete
  • Created On Android
  • Wingspan 87.9ft (26.8m)
  • Length 60.2ft (18.3m)
  • Height 23.1ft (7.0m)
  • Empty Weight 13,947lbs (6,326kg)
  • Loaded Weight 17,865lbs (8,103kg)

Performance

  • Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.111
  • Wing Loading 17.0lbs/ft2 (83.1kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 1,050.3ft2 (97.6m2)
  • Drag Points 10119

Parts

  • Number of Parts 309
  • Control Surfaces 7
  • Performance Cost 1,618
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    2,693 ShocK69

    Man i like ur biplanes, i saw that youll make german planes too! Ill wait for it, and u see, i upvoted it 1 by 1 XF

    +1 1.9 years ago