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Boeing B17F Flying Fortress

6,237 LZPS99  7.5 years ago

Scale 1:1
3d cockpit cage

Payload 8000lb / 32x 250lbs bombs ...
AG 1 + VTOL = Toogle Sperry Ball Gunner ...
AG 2 + VTOL = Toogle Tail Gunner ...
AG 3 + VTOL = Toogle Upper Turret ...
Use Trim for stabilize aircraft

Wikipedia :

The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress is a four-engine heavy bomber developed in the 1930s for the United States Army Air Corps (USAAC). Competing against Douglas and Martin for a contract to build 200 bombers, the Boeing entry outperformed both competitors and exceeded the air corps' performance specifications. Although Boeing lost the contract because the prototype crashed, the air corps ordered 13 more B-17s for further evaluation. From its introduction in 1938, the B-17 Flying Fortress evolved through numerous design advances.[5][6]

The B-17 was primarily employed by the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) in the daylight strategic bombing campaign of World War II against German industrial and military targets. The United States Eighth Air Force, based at many airfields in central and southern England, and the Fifteenth Air Force, based in Italy, complemented the RAF Bomber Command's nighttime area bombing in the Combined Bomber Offensive to help secure air superiority over the cities, factories and battlefields of Western Europe in preparation for the invasion of France in 1944.[7] The B-17 also participated to a lesser extent in the War in the Pacific, early in World War II, where it conducted raids against Japanese shipping and airfields.[8]

From its prewar inception, the USAAC (by June 1941, the USAAF) promoted the aircraft as a strategic weapon; it was a relatively fast, high-flying, long-range bomber with heavy defensive armament at the expense of bombload. It developed a reputation for toughness based upon stories and photos of badly-damaged B-17s safely returning to base.[9][10][11] The B-17 developed a reputation as an effective bomber, dropping more bombs than any other U.S. aircraft in World War II. Of the 1.5 million tonnes of bombs dropped on Germany and its occupied territories by U.S. aircraft, 640,000 tonnes were dropped from B-17s.[12] In addition to its role as a bomber, the B-17 was also employed as a transport, antisubmarine aircraft, drone controller, and search-and-rescue aircraft.

As of May 2015, ten aircraft remain airworthy. None of them are combat veterans. Dozens more are in storage or on static display. The oldest of these is a D-series veteran of combat in the Pacific and the Caribbean.

Source : https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_B-17_Flying_Fortress

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General Characteristics

  • Successors 12 airplane(s) +7 bonus
  • Created On Android
  • Wingspan 104.8ft (31.9m)
  • Length 77.3ft (23.6m)
  • Height 27.0ft (8.2m)
  • Empty Weight 34,601lbs (15,694kg)
  • Loaded Weight 44,353lbs (20,118kg)

Performance

  • Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.135
  • Wing Loading 23.5lbs/ft2 (114.5kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 1,890.8ft2 (175.7m2)
  • Drag Points 25811

Parts

  • Number of Parts 263
  • Control Surfaces 7
  • Performance Cost 1,464
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    135 ChiliTV

    i love this
    are the gears retractable? ;-;

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    FOUND THIS AIRCRAFT FINALLY! After 2 years im downloading it again! I used to play it on an old samsung phone.

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    93 AicE

    @LZPS99 can you make a version but with all the guns?

    +1 2.8 years ago
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    1,024 CrappyNames

    @TheEpicGaming23 i thought of the same idea but no. its not.

    4.5 years ago
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    I think the tail shape is incorrect It suppose to have bigger tail

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    6,237 LZPS99

    @Testin123 yes.. as long you make it as successor

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    8,433 Testin123

    Can I make a destroyed version?

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    6,237 LZPS99

    @TheBroadside no ,sorry ...

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    can you make the bombs drop faster

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    6,237 LZPS99

    @JMicah4 yes you can.. :D

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    46.7k JMicah4

    can I put this in my new map?

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    2,400 Unstable

    This is my favorite WWII Bomber!!!! Thank you for making it so good!!!

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    74.3k Mumpsy

    Great job! She is beautiful!

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    6,237 LZPS99

    thank you @all :D i hope you like this...

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    29.8k ChiChiWerx

    Nice, very accurate shape, you even got the horizontal stab right!

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    4,487 luzernsaphir

    wow i like it

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    1,230 Epicfail

    I can't believe I really read all of that

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    32.3k CRJ900Pilot

    It ok. Still looks great @LZPS99

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    6,237 LZPS99

    @CRJ900Pilot thank dude... i remove some detail to reduce part number...

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    32.3k CRJ900Pilot

    Very nice replica! Love the insane amount of detail!

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    6,237 LZPS99

    @RICE Ok.. Great

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    6,237 LZPS99

    @RICE i dunno... but i will try build something for challengge when i wasn't busy..

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    @SimpleFlow
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    Thank you btw:D

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    6,237 LZPS99

    @RICE What challenge??

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    106k SimpleFlow

    Nice!

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