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Douglas P-70 nighthawk

5,772 GabrielFangster70  3.4 years ago
Auto Credit Based on Hedero's Douglas A-20 Havoc

This is the P 70 nighthawk it’s a night fighter conversion of the Douglas A-20 havoc/Boston (Boston is the british replacement of havoc in the A-20’s name.) According to Wikipedia they say: on october of 1940, the USAAC felt a need for long-range fighters more than attack bombers. As a result, sixty of the production run of A-20s were converted to P-70 night fighters, all delivered by September 1942. They were equipped with SCR-540 radar (a copy of the British AI Mk IV), the glazed nose often being painted black to reduce glare and hide the details of the radar set, and had four 20 mm (.79 in) forward-firing cannon, each provided with 120 rounds, in a tray in the lower part of the bomb bay, while the upper part held an additional fuel tank with a capacity of 250 US gallons (950 l; 210 imp gal). In 1943, between June and October, 13 A-20Cs and 51 A-20Gs were converted to P-70A. Differences were to be found in the armament, with the 20mm cannon package replaced by an A-20G gun nose with six .50 caliber guns installed, the SCR-540 radar installation being carried in the bomb bay with the vertical-plane, twin-dipole "arrowhead" transceiving antenna protruding between the nose guns. Further P-70 variants were produced from A-20G and J variants. The singular airframe P-70B-1 (converted from an A-20G) and subsequent P-70B-2s (converted from A-20Gs and Js) had American centimetric radar (SCR-720 or SCR-729) fitted. The P-70s and P-70As saw combat only in the Pacific during World War II and only with the USAAF. The P-70B-1 and P-70B-2 aircraft never saw combat but served as night fighter aircrew trainers in the US in Florida and later in California. All P-70s were retired from service by 1945. this airplane can be seen in games like battlefield five (from what I know, you can tell me what other games have this plane too) Credit goes to the amazing Hedero for making the regular A-20 Havoc/Boston

General Characteristics

  • Predecessor Douglas A-20 Havoc
  • Created On iOS
  • Wingspan 61.8ft (18.8m)
  • Length 49.6ft (15.1m)
  • Height 20.6ft (6.3m)
  • Empty Weight 25,921lbs (11,757kg)
  • Loaded Weight 27,810lbs (12,614kg)

Performance

  • Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.071
  • Wing Loading 22.8lbs/ft2 (111.4kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 1,219.3ft2 (113.3m2)
  • Drag Points 5384

Parts

  • Number of Parts 669
  • Control Surfaces 3
  • Performance Cost 2,479