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Some History
The Arizona during the 1920's
The USS Arizona was a Pennsylvania-class super-dreadnought. It was commisioned in 1916 and served mostly training purposes at the US east coast during WWI. In 1918 she was part of the battlegroup that was escorting President Woodrow Wilson to the Paris Peace Conference. In 1921 the Arizona was reassigned to the US Pacific fleet and San Pedro, California became her new homeport until 1940. from 1929 to 1931 the Arizona went through a massive modernisation. In 1940, she and the rest of the Pacific fleet were reassigned to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii to deter the Japanese. On the 7th of december, 1941, several japanese planes appeared at Pearl Harbor and attacked the Pacific fleet. B5N "Kate" bombers dropped several bombs at the Arizona. The battleship was hit 4 times by bombs with the fourth one exploding the ship's ammunition magazines causing a huge explosion which cut her in half. The Arizona was sunk 9 minutes after the beginning of the attack. 1177 of the 1512 crewmen died including the ship's captain, Franklin Van Valkenburg.
The Arizona burning after the attack on Pearl Harbor
The sunk Arizona after the attack
Now let's talk about my build!
I made it as accurate to the real one as I could and I think I did a great job. I tried to make it really detailed but don't expect every little screw to be on it. It has 3 types of working weapons and even a waving US flag at the back.
The ship in-game
Controls
Throttle Up + VTOL Up - Go forward
Throttle Up + VTOL Down - Go backward
AG1 + roll-pitch - Front Main Turrets (CAM1)(FireWeapons button to fire)
AG2 + roll-pitch - Rear Main Turrets (CAM2)(FireWeapons button to fire)
AG3 + roll-pitch - Port side (left) Turrets (CAM3)(CounterMeasures button to fire)
AG4 + roll-pitch - Starboard side (right) Turrets (CAM4)(CounterMeasures button to fire)
AG5 + roll-pitch - Port side (left) AA guns (CAM5)(FireGuns button to fire)
AG6 + roll-pitch - Starboard side (right) AA guns (CAM6)(FireGuns button to fire)
Some Weapon Demonstration
Main Cannons
Destroying Land Targets
Destroying Naval Targets
Side Cannons
Destroying Naval Targets
AA Guns
Destroying Enemy Aircraft
Some more in-game pictures
The Arizona from the back
The Arizona from above
Note: The seaplane at the back is just decoration, you can't launch it.
I hope you like my creation, it took me 4 days to make it and I'm really proud of it as this is my most detailed and I think my best build so far.
Have Fun!
Specifications
Spotlights
- Thefrenchdude22 5.8 years ago
- CRJ900Pilot 5.8 years ago
- Tang0five 5.8 years ago
- BlazeInfinity 5.8 years ago
- Datom 5.8 years ago
General Characteristics
- Created On Windows
- Wingspan 102.6ft (31.3m)
- Length 628.5ft (191.6m)
- Height 184.7ft (56.3m)
- Empty Weight N/A
- Loaded Weight N/A
Performance
- Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.002
- Wing Loading 9,010.9lbs/ft2 (43,995.0kg/m2)
- Wing Area 4,668.3ft2 (433.7m2)
- Drag Points 625054
Parts
- Number of Parts 988
- Control Surfaces 1
- Performance Cost 4,111
Never forget Pearl Harbor
@BMilan can you make a mobile friendly version of this
@BMilan thanks bro ;)
@Culydeath Glad to hear, have fun then!
@BMilan it run smooth =D
@BMilan ok =D
@Culydeath I don't think so. With almost 1000 parts and a huge size, even my computer lags sometimes, so I doubt a mobile could easily run it, sry
Edit:
A user named Strolled commented earlier:
"Runs surprisingly well on my iPad for that size and detail, good job!"
And another user named FlyingSausage commented:
"This thing works on my phone with no lag lmao"
Maybe your mobile is worth a try too :)
Mobile friendly??????? =D
I recently assembled a 5.5 inch steel model of this ship. Very nice detail. The Arizona is one of my favorites, next to the USS Iowa (BB-61)
@aidenmcdaniel https://www.simpleplanes.com/a/8zdKoy/USS-Arizona-BB-39-Updated
Thank you for this. As a WWII history nerd, I....don't know where I was going with this comment.
This is super cool the only thing that could make this better is adding interceptor planes
@FlyingSausage Im happy to hear that. This is the reason why I dont make completely detailed stuff with more than a 1000 parts, so that more people can use them without lagg 😁
This thing works on my phone with no lag lmao
@FlyingFish1 thanks, I'm glad you like it, have fun using it!
@BMilan I love you!😂Thank you so much for making this ship in SimplePlanes! The Arizona is my favorite ship and now it’s in my favorite sandbox game.
With gratitude, FlyingFish1
@BlazeInfinity I purposefully didn't make it to be very very detailed, the reasons for this are:
1. I want it to be accessible for more people, I could've made it to be much more detailed but then it would have twice as many parts. All my builds are very simplified, but that's the purpose, so more and more people can use them even with low-end PCs or phones
2. My laptop is not the strongest. It's a gaming laptop but still not too strong and doesn't handle huge part count builds very well. It already takes it like 2 minutes to load this ship and 1 minute to load-in the map and the ship after I press the play button. This should only take a few moments but my laptop as I said is not the very best and it is already 3 years old so it became slower than when I bought it.
About help, I see you are very professional when it comes to ships so yeah we can discuss a few things, thanks. 😁
Just noticed 4 days.......mine took about six months....anyways
In case you need help
When I first saw the parts count an the Details, I was like why is it so big. Then I noticed the gift which made sense. Good work. I would like to see more details though as you are on PC. I wasn't able to make a perfect Arizona on my phone.
@Tank6376 maybe sometime, for now I want to concentrate on my other, non-battleship related projects but I like the idea
Wanna do a USS Missouri aka the MIGHTY MO next?
even if i can't use it you still get my vote
Runs surprisingly well on my iPad for that size and detail, good job!
Make USS texas
Wow.
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