A very advanced fighter for its time, including contra-rotating propellers. The Raven was designed as the most maneuverable fighter designed by Kerlonceaux Industries, but the fighter was known for rolling to a random side when full pitch was applied. This is what made it famous: its ability to outmanuever any other aircraft and be able to recover from the loss of velocity. Anyway, this is my entry for the 1920's fighter challenge and here's the Raven's interesting history...
KIHQ: October 30, 1919-
It was a dark and stormy night, midnight was the time, and the halls of the hidden Kerlonceaux Industries Main Headquarters were echoing with the sound of the footsteps of engineers and others. The boss (who was also the Head Engineer) was discussing a new plan he came up with: a fighter of all-metal construction, more agile than anything ever built. A week after the meeting, the blueprints were finished. The first 4 prototypes were finished on December 25, the same year. Testing started the next day, and PROTOFR-2 (the flight test one) couldn't fly. The result: one of the engineers, a young apprentice, showed blueprints, a presentation, and even a model of what he called a counter-rotating piston propeller engine. His design happened to be perfect, it was made from two 1000 hp engines, one designed to spin the opposite direction of the other. The resulting engine prototypes were CREP-1, CREP-2, and CREP-3. The PROTOFR-2 flew successfully, and tests went that way until the project was halted on January 13, 1920. The boss wasn't pleased, and so he went to the military and government, and a meeting was held from January 16-25, and the project was resumed on February 1, 1920. The first 200 aircraft were delivered as the RF-2B Raven, the RF-2A was useless. There was one certain pilot and camera operator who quickly became legendary, the pilot gaining fame with every kill (which quickly reached over 100) and the camera operator providing high-quality images of strategic targets. Those two are the reason the Raven was never retired from service. Description will be continued later
Specifications
General Characteristics
- Predecessor 1920's Fighter Challenge!!!
- Created On Android
- Wingspan 39.1ft (11.9m)
- Length 42.7ft (13.0m)
- Height 12.4ft (3.8m)
- Empty Weight 10,308lbs (4,675kg)
- Loaded Weight 12,701lbs (5,761kg)
Performance
- Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.133
- Wing Loading 21.1lbs/ft2 (103.1kg/m2)
- Wing Area 601.8ft2 (55.9m2)
- Drag Points 5113
Parts
- Number of Parts 134
- Control Surfaces 5
- Performance Cost 624
@ElGatoVolador The first one carried Interceptor missiles used as unguided rockets, There's still the bombs to slap on this thing anyway.
@ElGatoVolador You go easy on the pitch.
I cannot dog fight due to its over sized elevator (I like how it was made but its too big that is why is rolls). It dosent really fit the time because it has a contra-rotating prop. It has good endearment but rocket pods were not around in the era, is sluggish in the controls. It looks cool but its performance is bad.