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Ju 187 A

18.8k Zippy6  6.4 years ago

    By the time of the Battle of Britain, the venerable Junkers Ju 87 design was beginning to show some of its shortcomings. A new, faster, better armed and better armored replacement was needed, so work was begun on the Ju 187 design. It kept some of the features of the earlier Ju 87, such as the gull wing, but added retractable landing gear and a very novel reversible vertical tail. Dive brakes were fitted near the trailing edge. The main landing gear was housed in a bulge at the junction of the wing where the angle of the wing changed, and retracted to the rear. Power was to be supplied by a Jumo 213A 12-cylinder liquid-cooled engine (which was also used in the Fw 190D and Ju 88G-6) and developed 1750 horsepower at takeoff. One of the most unusual features was the movable vertical tail fin, which could be moved 180 degrees in flight, thus clearing the field of fire for the rear gunner. Defensive armament was located in a remote-controlled rear turret.
    Although windtunnel models and even a full-sized mock-up was built, the project was canceled due to the fact that the projected performance was not that much of an improvement from the older Ju 87, and also that fighter-bombers such as the Fw 190F series could do the job as well as specialized dive bombers.

Controls:
AG1 + VTOL down= gear up.
AG2 + VTOL down= deploy air brakes.
AG3 + AG8 (Deactivate) + VTOL and TRIM = Rear turret.
WARNING! - BE SURE to deactivate AG8 when using the turret to turn off the TRIM!

Has a turret camera!

General Characteristics

  • Successors 1 airplane(s) +7 bonus
  • Created On Windows
  • Wingspan 59.5ft (18.1m)
  • Length 39.0ft (11.9m)
  • Height 13.6ft (4.1m)
  • Empty Weight 12,562lbs (5,698kg)
  • Loaded Weight 14,663lbs (6,651kg)

Performance

  • Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.109
  • Wing Loading 40.3lbs/ft2 (196.6kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 364.1ft2 (33.8m2)
  • Drag Points 5537

Parts

  • Number of Parts 205
  • Control Surfaces 5
  • Performance Cost 837
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    25.4k Mustang51

    That’s how the nose of the actual plane looks... @PorkyClown3

    6.4 years ago
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    11.6k Pjork

    Nose looks horrible but the rest you hace done a fine job :)

    6.4 years ago