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G1 Merkavy Matevosian-Bagrat

111 Stickguy  4.5 years ago

Part of the Maywright war aircraft grade 1 — bundle 1, a series of aircraft reminiscent of the time between WWI and WWII. Detailed specifications in the comments.

Featuring a fuselage, wings, and guns made by Matevosian Manufacturers Ltd. and a Bagrat engine tailored specifically for this aircraft by the Gortsarani Sustrery company, this airplane did a sufficiently good job at protecting the Merkavy kingdom's mainland when it was created, but it was quickly made utterly obsolete by both Merkavy's allies' and enemies' aircraft.

This aircraft was made as a counterpart to the Matevosian-Lucine, a seaplane fighter with a very similar design.

The Matevosian-Bagrat was ultimately a failure, being one of the worst fighters of it's time in every aspect except turn rate and production cost.

All existing Matevosian-Bagrat models were sold to Maywar during Merkavy's dismantling of it's own airforce when it became obvious they had lost the war; Maywar used these underpowered aircraft to strafe trenches of enemies who had no airforce to defend themselves with so that Maywar's good fighters could be sent to fight against opponents who actually stood a chance.

General Characteristics

  • Created On Mac
  • Wingspan 26.8ft (8.2m)
  • Length 20.2ft (6.1m)
  • Height 9.0ft (2.7m)
  • Empty Weight 2,358lbs (1,069kg)
  • Loaded Weight 2,810lbs (1,274kg)

Performance

  • Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.088
  • Wing Loading 13.4lbs/ft2 (65.4kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 209.9ft2 (19.5m2)
  • Drag Points 2282

Parts

  • Number of Parts 57
  • Control Surfaces 7
  • Performance Cost 215
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    111 Stickguy

    Detailed performance specifications (tests performed at max fuel capacity, no secondary weapons, and below 5000ft altitude unless otherwise implied or specified):
    Top level flight speed: 118mph
    

Fuel capacity: 67gal
    

Climb speed: 9,8m/s
    

Absolute ceiling: 20000ft
    

Dive speed: 229mph
    

Turn rate: 360º in 14 seconds

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