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B-17G-105-VE Aluminum Overcast (EAA OSH25 Special!)

5,531 TateNT34  2 days ago

Wiki: “Aluminum Overcast, B-17G-105-VE, s/n 44-85740, civil registration N5017N, is one of the 46 complete surviving Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress airframes in existence. It never saw combat, and it escaped the fate of many aircraft that were scrapped after World War II. It is owned by the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA), and, as of 2024, it is on display at the EAA Museum in Oshkosh, WI.[1]”

B-17 based off of AntonWings’ B-17G
Interior, paint, and upgrades by Me

Upgrades from AntonWings’ B-17G:

-semi-accurate Sperry ball turret and ball turret interior

-semi-accurate Sperry dorsal turret/Sperry targeting computer

-accurate bomb load

-accurate cockpit

-accurate interior 

-toilet

-Norden bombsight

-navigator map

-horrible radio 

-guns now have traverse limits
I went for the long-range bomb load

Issues:

-intirior isn’t nearly as detailed/cramped as the B-25J I did 2 months ago (in the way of spars/ribs/whatever tf ya call them)

-holographic gunsights tweak out a lot 

-some guns go beyond their traverse limits

-cockpit isn’t as accurate as I’d like

-cant jettison the ball turret like in Masters of the Air :(
-no nose art

Spotlights

General Characteristics

  • Created On iOS
  • Wingspan 96.9ft (29.5m)
  • Length 76.4ft (23.3m)
  • Height 24.6ft (7.5m)
  • Empty Weight 55,424lbs (25,140kg)
  • Loaded Weight 75,785lbs (34,375kg)

Performance

  • Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.072
  • Wing Loading 44.0lbs/ft2 (214.9kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 1,722.1ft2 (160.0m2)
  • Drag Points 15602

Parts

  • Number of Parts 1065
  • Control Surfaces 7
  • Performance Cost 4,601
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    5,531 TateNT34

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    wow, nice aircrafts bro!

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    @TateNT34 hey, I had a name change
    [Technicalstrat—>BOSSentinel] and you can only tag 3 people per comment. [The other two will show up, but the users won’t get notified.]

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    3,128 Aerovations

    My great grandfather flew on the b-17 in ww2, he was a navigator

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