Credit to Jundroo for their P-51 Rear Landing gear
Why have a few super complex heavy bombers when you can have a hundreds of simple and cheap dive bomber?
Only Controls
AG1 - Activate Pilot weapons
AG2 - Activate gunner guns
Gunner Cam - Gunner
Armaments
4x 50. Cal Molzek
4x 50kg Progdir
1x 50mm Pak 50
Aircraft lore
The BA-32 Soltek is Glassor main Dive Bomber during the second Antreal war, it was mainly used as a cheap, and simple dive bomber. Around 647 of them were produced until the end of the war, outnumbering Grüfter in terms of dive bombers.
The Dive Bomber was solely produced as a response during Grüftian invasion, during the time Glassor needs a cheap and reliable dive bomber to counter Grüfter light panzer division. 3 design was proposed, No. 131, No. 132, and No. 133. No.131 would use a single engine from Bratonic manufacturer, which unfortunately killed the proposal before it could even crawl, No.133 Proposed a dual engine in a single engine configuration, using Glassor already existing Moloch 789 Engine. This design was declined due to the complexity of the contra-rotating propeller. The winner was No.132, which is a twin engined aircraft with Moloch 739 engine fitted on its wings, this design was choosed over it's simplicity reliability.
The production began in the middle of the war, and it was deployed as quickly as it was build. The aircraft was proven to be... A mixed bag to say the least. Some pilots liked the aircraft, but many others managed to find flaws within it. Many pilot complained about the aircraft structural integrity, in which some says "It's feels like we just turned paper into a dive bomber". Other also complained about it's lack of cooling system for the engine, in which the engine would overheat if the throttle reached above 97%. This issue was later proposed into a potentially new design for a second version of the Soltek, however nothing came out of it after Grüfter occupation.
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Hey guys
It's me again, let me says something about this aircraft design process
When I first looked at the original plane, the rear kind of reminded me of those open back gunner seat on dive bombers, so I turned it into one
Yeah, I really liked how this lil goober turned out, also it's not even that good canonically it was a rushed design in a time of need.
That's all I gotta say uhhhh
Enjoy!
Specifications
Spotlights
- BOSKnight 2 days ago
General Characteristics
- Predecessor Prob Rebuild Challenge
- Created On Android
- Wingspan 46.3ft (14.1m)
- Length 31.1ft (9.5m)
- Height 16.2ft (4.9m)
- Empty Weight 5,545lbs (2,515kg)
- Loaded Weight 9,155lbs (4,152kg)
Performance
- Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.327
- Wing Loading 33.6lbs/ft2 (164.1kg/m2)
- Wing Area 272.5ft2 (25.3m2)
- Drag Points 4355
Parts
- Number of Parts 137
- Control Surfaces 5
- Performance Cost 699
Rating
Relativity: 13.7
Creativity: 14.8
Flyability(not a word): 15
Maneuverability:14.9
Overall: 39.859
good job
I’ll rate soon, you have a good chance