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SS. Crusader A.5-1

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The Crusader A.5 is a twin engine, all weather, and medium attack aircraft. Originally designed as a medium bomber, the A.5 is a highly advanced variant designed for CAS, surveillance, ground attack, and sometimes anti-ship combat. It’s two turboprop engines are an upgrade to the old piston engines and a gives the Crusader a high top speed, sometimes reaching speeds of 700mph at 30,000 ft(though for a short period of time as the airframe wasn’t designed to handle such speeds) making it the fastest prop driven aircraft ever built. Its nose design kept the six 20mm(supposedly) cannons with the two middle ones placed lower to accommodate radar. Two Targeting pods are attached to the sides of the cockpit for increase air-to-ground capabilities. A camera is attached to the rear for surveillance purposes. The A.5 also kept the internal bomb bay that can be equipped with either 4 x 250-pound bombs, 4 x torpedoes, or 4 x Inferno missiles but with heavy modification.

INSTRUCTIONS
Act. 1-VTOL Up= Bomb Bay
Act. 2-VTOL Down= Flaps
Act. 5= Jettison External Fuel tanks
Trim=Trim

The plane itself is easy to fly though its size doesn’t make it the most maneuverable, but it doesn’t have to be. Well maybe when evading the destroyers that engagement was fun.
Also, fun fact, the entire cockpit assembly, I built that probably one and half or two years ago back when I discovered my technique for building cockpits like those. It’s been sitting in unlisted for a while waiting to be used. I actually did build a medium bomber around it once but I forgot what happened to that. Well now I got comfortable building in PC so onwards with my dream-

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General Characteristics

  • Predecessor SS. Crusader A.5-1
  • Successors 1 airplane(s)
  • Created On Windows
  • Wingspan 61.7ft (18.8m)
  • Length 59.5ft (18.1m)
  • Height 18.2ft (5.5m)
  • Empty Weight 29,259lbs (13,271kg)
  • Loaded Weight 45,111lbs (20,462kg)

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 0.149
  • Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.221
  • Wing Loading 37.2lbs/ft2 (181.8kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 1,211.5ft2 (112.6m2)
  • Drag Points 15288

Parts

  • Number of Parts 300
  • Control Surfaces 0
  • Performance Cost 1,539