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Bristol Britannia Type 175 (Rub-a-dub-dub Airlines)

8,417 TehNewDucky  7.9 years ago
Auto Credit Based on TehNewDucky's Bristol Britannia Type 175

This was a beatiful collab with, once more with platinum user ccooper, and my favorite of our two. This plane here was designated for Rub-A-Dub-Dub Airline's fleet of comfortable airliners. The cockpit may not be fancy or work, but who cares?

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The juicy info:
The Bristol Type 175 Britannia was a British medium-to-long-range airliner built by the Bristol Aeroplane Company in 1952 to fly across the British Empire. During development and acceptance testing, the turboprop engines proved susceptible to inlet icing and two prototypes were lost while solutions were found.

By the time development was completed, "pure" jet airliners from France, United Kingdom and the United States were about to enter service, and consequently, only 85 Britannias were built before production ended in 1960. Nevertheless, the Britannia is considered one of the landmarks in turboprop-powered airliner design and was popular with passengers. It became known by the title of "The Whispering Giant" for its quiet exterior noise and smooth flying, although the passenger interior remained less tranquil.[3][4]

Canadair purchased a licence to build the Britannia in Canada, adding another 72 variants. These were the stretched Canadair CL-44/Canadair CC-106 Yukon, and the greatly modified Canadair CP-107 Argus patrol aircraft.

DISCLAIMER 1: INFO FROM WIKIPEDIA, FACTS SUBJECT TO INACCURACY!

DISCLAIMER 2: Rub-A-Dub-Dub Airlines is not a real company... If only.

General Characteristics

  • Predecessor Bristol Britannia Type 175
  • Created On iOS
  • Wingspan 63.7ft (19.4m)
  • Length 50.4ft (15.4m)
  • Height 17.5ft (5.3m)
  • Empty Weight 10,474lbs (4,751kg)
  • Loaded Weight 14,619lbs (6,631kg)

Performance

  • Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.273
  • Wing Loading 25.7lbs/ft2 (125.5kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 568.6ft2 (52.8m2)
  • Drag Points 6312

Parts

  • Number of Parts 139
  • Control Surfaces 9
  • Performance Cost 678
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    4,464 JetboyInc

    @TehNewDucky NP, bro.

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    @jetboy6412 Much appreciated!

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    @MikuKat Tryin to sound as thoughtful and genuinely grateful as possible.

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    @TehNewDucky "Inital Upvotes" xD

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    @VernalTie513 Thanks!

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    Man that moment when autocorrect makes you look like a dang fool.

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    @PINK I typed bunch. I'm not even joking. Autocorrect had no room to fix anything.

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    @TehNewDucky lol okey

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    Okay @TehNewDucky

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    @GrimMantis @ccooper @PINK sorry to buck you guys up, but thanks for the initial upvotes to get this to the hottest pages!

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