So as the English Electric Canberra was so successful, the company decided to petition the MOD for a contract for a smaller light bomber to replace aircraft such as the Vickers Wellington, DH Mosquito and the like.
Designed using a scaled down version of the rolls royce nene (Canberra had scaled up version so why not?) with 4 mounted in the easily accessible pods either side of the fuselage allowing for combat damage to be easily repaired, engines to be maintained and increased survivability the Wollongong was born.
Named in the fashion of EE after a city in the country first to purchase the aircraft (thankyou Australia, your city names are epic). AG1 for flaps, landing gear for landing gear funnily enough. So much for me slowing down on builds, im having fun so sue me =) Rambospammer is here to stay.
Specifications
General Characteristics
- Created On Windows
- Wingspan 46.7ft (14.2m)
- Length 34.1ft (10.4m)
- Height 10.3ft (3.1m)
- Empty Weight 6,622lbs (3,004kg)
- Loaded Weight 9,152lbs (4,151kg)
Performance
- Power/Weight Ratio 1.473
- Wing Loading 13.4lbs/ft2 (65.2kg/m2)
- Wing Area 685.2ft2 (63.7m2)
- Drag Points 1061
Parts
- Number of Parts 465
- Control Surfaces 0
- Performance Cost 1,715
@RamboJutter, np :)
@CrazyCatZe thanks :)
Good work :)
@RamboJutter yeah the F-4 has an anhedral flat v-tail, though still rather clear from the exhaust.
http://www.zoukeimura.co.jp/products/imgsws4804/element01.jpg
If anything, a t-tail or a cruciform tail would do the trick. I really like the plane's current looks btw.
I want one of these IRL... I'm not even joking...
@CenturiVonKikie yeah sort of, have a look at an f4 phantom, I was going to put down thrust on them to angle it below but it looked daft, I should have put a heat shield on the leading edge
It looks really neat, but what bothers me about it is that the vtail is right in the exhaust stream of the two top engines, a very prominent flaw if it were to be a real aircraft.
@RamboJutter THX for the information!
@ThomasRoderick yeah its the same cockpit as the vagabond, this arrangement was common of the era vixen, canberra BI etc. Used by radar operator/ navigator etc
Soooo... The cockpit is shared with the Vagabond, and is the side-window used for celestial navigation?
@Spitfirelad05 thanks :) this is fictional though.
@RamboJutter You are a really good builder for non-fictonal aircraft! keep up the good work! :D
@AWESOMENESS360 thanks, the sea vixen and canberra have similar set ups (british aircraft used to try for side by side tandem instead of the american way of infront and behind seating).
I love the cockpit design, very unique!
Very interesting...
@BogdanX ooooops....
Cool!
@ThePilotDude Thanks! I do like taking something known and adding or altering it in another way with bits from other aircraft, you can get some awesome looking planes =)
@RamboJutter it sure does work out well for you, each of your builds seem really unique, just keep doing what you're doing! It's cool that you build such unconventional yet familiar looking aircraft, not many people do that
@ThePilotDude I'll admit to sort of cheating on this one, I used the fus, wing and tail from seperate previous builds then just added the rest :) I find building relaxing so usually get an hour or so a night in as well. Thanks for the votes, anything you want to see in the future? (I have a biiig flying wing, a push pull and a meteor alternative in the works so far)
How in the heck do you crank out such good planes in such short amounts of time?