"From the depths of hell in silence
Cast their spells, explosive violence
Russian night time flight perfected
Flawless vision, undetected"
- Sabaton - Night witches
The aircraft that almost never was; the P-49 Night Witch is an all weather, night heavy fighter/bomber and bomber escort aircraft that from the beginning, was riddled with problems. Initially designed in 1939 as a high speed fighter aircraft, the tri-engined fighter plane suffered from many issues from suspension issues upon landing that would shatter the props to outright engine fires upon startup, the aircraft was almost completely discarded until the second global war broke out and Iosia needed a high speed interceptor and long range bomber escort. The P-49's unique design and engine layout was built for both speed and livability, coupled with a noise reduction during night bombing where the pilot would kill the forward facing engines and then use the power of the center engine to fly over the target with relative silence and be able to restart the main engines with little to no conflict.
The Night witch ultimately became one of Iosia's primary bomber escort and heavy fighters up until the end of the Second Global War and the dawn of Jet engined aircraft.
Action groups:
Ag:1 drop bombs
Ag:8 disable/enable throttle input to central engine
Specifications:
Crew: 2 - Pilot, Radar operator.
Max speed: 486 MPH
Max Ceiling: 34,100 ft
Time to altitude: 12 min to 20,000 ft (6,100 m) (1,667 ft/min)
Armament: 8 × .50 in (12.7 mm) M2 Browning machine guns
Inspired partially by:
Lockheed P-38 Lightning
Northrop P-61 Black Widow
Po-2 "Kukuruznik"
Specifications
Spotlights
- Flash0of0green 6.2 years ago
General Characteristics
- Successors 1 airplane(s)
- Created On Windows
- Wingspan 57.6ft (17.6m)
- Length 37.6ft (11.5m)
- Height 12.6ft (3.9m)
- Empty Weight 18,063lbs (8,193kg)
- Loaded Weight 22,198lbs (10,068kg)
Performance
- Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.45
- Wing Loading 36.2lbs/ft2 (176.8kg/m2)
- Wing Area 612.9ft2 (56.9m2)
- Drag Points 6818
Parts
- Number of Parts 152
- Control Surfaces 6
- Performance Cost 691
THEN THE WINGED HUSS...... wrong song
@LegnaK if you look at some of the recent uploads of mine, you can see that adding wing detail isn’t actually that hard. It’s a little tedious because you have to angle and size everything right but it’s worth it in the end 100%. Rage me in your finished product - can’t wait to see it!
@Mustang51 Noted, I was actually unaware of the P-49's existence, and sorry for the delay, never got a response, but super detail like that is a weak point of mine, but I'll certainly try to update it, and yeah I noticed the bomb issue after I uploaded so that's been fixed, I'll reupload once I add more detail and fix the stripings.
Nice build man! Did you know that the P-49 was a real plane that is actually remarkably similar to this one? Also I feel like this has the potential to become even better. If I were you, I would add a fair bit of wing detail (maybe something outlining the control surfaces and some other random lines). I would also make the stripes larger (like the D-Day stripes in WWII) and I would also fix the position that the bombs are in because when they drop, they hit the rear prop. Nice plane though!
@LegnaK if I had more time I'd probably get into RP Myself.
@Flash0of0green Thanks :D Personally it's my favorite part of building the aircraft.
I like the historical detail you put into your description.