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Boeing B-29 Superfortress

8,573 CrazyCodeC  7.8 years ago

EDIT: I completely forgot to put the controls in, oh well, too late. Ag-1 and vtol for bomb bay doors, Ag-2 to release bomb, Ag-3 to 7 using trim and vtol for turrets.

For those of you that didn't like the Tu-4 because of communism. This one has better engines, similar to the real one.

The Boeing B-29 Superfortress is a four-engine propeller-driven heavy bomber designed by Boeing which was flown primarily by the United States during World War II and the Korean War. It was one of the largest aircraft operational during World War II and featured state of the art technology. It was the single most expensive weapons project undertaken by the United States in World War II, exceeding the cost of the Manhattan Project by between 1 and 1.7 billion dollars. It featured a pressurized cabin, all dual wheeled, tricycle landing gears, and a remote, Computer controlled fire-control system that directed four machine gun turrets that could be operated by a single gunner and a fire-control officer. A manned tail gun installation was semi-remote. The name "Superfortress" continued the pattern Boeing started with its well-known predecessor, the B-17 Flying Fortress. Designed for the high-altitude strategic bomber role, the B-29 also excelled in low-altitude nighttime incendiary bombing missions. One of the B-29's final roles during World War II was carrying out the atomic bomb attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Due to the B-29's highly advanced design, unlike many other World War II-era bombers, the Superfortress remained in service long after the war ended, with a few even being employed as flying television transmitters for the Stratovision company. The B-29 served in various roles throughout the 1950s. The Royal Air Force flew the B-29 as the Washington until phasing out the type in 1954. The Soviet Union produced an unlicensed reverse-engineered copy as the Tupolev Tu-4. The B-29 was the progenitor of a series of Boeing-built bombers, transports, tankers, reconnaissance aircraft and trainers including the B-50 Superfortress (the first aircraft to fly around the world non-stop) which was essentially a re-engined B-29. The type was finally retired in the early 1960s. The B-29 production total was 3,970 aircraft. Dozens of B-29s remain as static displays but only two examples, Fifi and DOC, have been restored to flying status; with Doc flying again for the first time from McConnell AFB on July 17th, 2016.

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General Characteristics

  • Created On iOS
  • Wingspan 124.3ft (37.9m)
  • Length 83.0ft (25.3m)
  • Height 25.2ft (7.7m)
  • Empty Weight 32,757lbs (14,858kg)
  • Loaded Weight 51,476lbs (23,349kg)

Performance

  • Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.155
  • Wing Loading 30.5lbs/ft2 (149.2kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 1,685.0ft2 (156.5m2)
  • Drag Points 25505

Parts

  • Number of Parts 225
  • Control Surfaces 5
  • Performance Cost 1,226
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    7,653 RealQcan

    @CrazyCodeC awesome. Wish I could build a plane like that!

    7.4 years ago
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    8,573 CrazyCodeC

    @RealQcan Thank you! I hope to remake it in the next few months though, as I've learned a few new techniques and I'm getting better with building bombers.

    7.4 years ago
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    7,653 RealQcan

    Awesome plane!

    7.4 years ago
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    ☹️

    7.8 years ago
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    8,573 CrazyCodeC

    @TheRedBarron That was what I had in mind.

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    The explosion of the bomb froze my devise for a solid 3 minutes before i could exit the game

    7.8 years ago