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Messerschimtt Ar 217 F-5/R6 "Fliege"

41.4k MrVaultech  6.5 years ago
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After the World War between the Allied powers, and a six year gap spent peacekeeping across Europe and Northern Africa, the Luftwaffe was in need of an new jet fighter. The RLM issued an order to the five companies, and between the five companies in Germany, Messerschmitt and Arado both began work on a powerful jet fighter using the new 109-006 Junkers/Heinkel 006 as it's powerplant.
By 1951, with the two loosly related projects progressing a year into the design phase, Herman Göring ordered the two company design teams to merge to save on time for the aircraft for a possible war with the United States.
Of the two aircraft designed, Messerschimtt's powerplant layout and cockpit layout were used, and Arado's airframe design was used for the new fighter.
After the two teams combined research of their jet, the designing phase continued on time, and the early prototype was completed during the middle of next year. The prototype was flown by Karl Baur from Augsburg to Berlin for a demonstration to high ranking members of the Luftwaffe. Among some of those attending the demonstration were Willy Messerschmitt, Albert Speer, and Herman Göring, and Speer whom remarked that the prototype was "as agile as a fly."
The prototype, in flight, reached well over 927km/h during flight.
After the demonstration of the Prototype to the RLM and Luftwaffe memebers, it was flown to a victory parade over Paris, France.
Within three months after the demonstration, 35 of the Ar 217 were produced for combat testing in South Africa, and another 7 were sent to England to deal with the occasional uprisings.
After the reports of combat testing from England and South Africa came in with resounding success, a batch of around 300 of the Ar 217 A and B series were made, and designs for a C and F series were planned.
With the Ar 217 starting to become the backbone of the Luftwaffe, several of the aircraft were turned into specialty versions. Around 50 of the E-11 version of the Ar 217 had two HWK 109-500 rockets mounted under the primary wings for carrier takeoffs in the Atlantic, and roughly 35 of the F-4 versions had Werfer-Granate 21 Air-to-Air unguided rockets mounted under their wings for air attack in South Africa.
The current version shown, the F-5/R6 has two BR 21 rockets under it's wings, as well as two SC70 bombs next to the rockets. Two MK 103 30mm cannons are mounted inside the wing roots with 600 rounds of ammunition each.
The F-4/R6 saw the most use over England against British and American bombers, using the BR 21s to counter the combat box created by tight flight formations.

Controls:
Ag1- Drop BR 21
Ag2- Drop SC70
Ag7- Eject pilot
Note: she likes to yaw to the right on takeoff, and make sure to use some trim when flying.
Also, the red dot is where the guns are aimed, and the green crosshair is for the rockets.

General Characteristics

  • Predecessor Messerschimtt Ar 217 F-5/R6 "Fliege"
  • Created On Android
  • Wingspan 26.9ft (8.2m)
  • Length 36.0ft (11.0m)
  • Height 8.3ft (2.5m)
  • Empty Weight 7,249lbs (3,288kg)
  • Loaded Weight 9,964lbs (4,519kg)

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 2.368
  • Wing Loading 48.0lbs/ft2 (234.4kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 207.5ft2 (19.3m2)
  • Drag Points 3782

Parts

  • Number of Parts 178
  • Control Surfaces 8
  • Performance Cost 661
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    16.4k ThePrototype

    OK @MrVaultech

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    41.4k MrVaultech

    Not like I have sole ownership, or created the idea of strapping rockets to the underside of a planes wings. Go ahead.
    @ThePrototype

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    16.4k ThePrototype

    I might take the rocket booster I have and try that but nice idea, although I will only use one rocket booster, can I use your idea?@MrVaultech

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    41.4k MrVaultech

    Yep. I did actually mention rocket boosters being added to a veraion of this plane for carrier takeoffs.
    @ThePrototype

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    16.4k ThePrototype

    Yeah most planes would have just had a rocket Motor for extra speed @MrVaultech

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    41.4k MrVaultech

    And afterburner would take a while
    @ThePrototype

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    41.4k MrVaultech

    Theres plenty of them around, most being really good ones.
    @ThePrototype

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    16.4k ThePrototype

    I wonder when they would come up the idea for an afterburner @MrVaultech

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    16.4k ThePrototype

    I would have loved to see the triebflugal@MrVaultech

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    41.4k MrVaultech

    Lots of stuff would of been ready by then, like supersonic flying wing bombers and the such.
    @ThePrototype

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    16.4k ThePrototype

    Oh OK just curious and apparently the horton supersonic fighter would be ready by 1947. @MrVaultech

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    41.4k MrVaultech

    I saw it a few moments ago, and by around the 50's, Germany would likely have high end class II engines (Like the He S 011) and class III
    @ThePrototype

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    16.4k ThePrototype

    Question by this time does the Luftwaffe have any planes that can go supersonic?

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    16.4k ThePrototype

    Did you see my ju-53? @MrVaultech

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    41.4k MrVaultech

    Ooh, sounds like it's gonna be fancy then.
    @ThePrototype

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    16.4k ThePrototype

    I might start making my own fictional german fighters @MrVaultech

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    39.0k phanps

    @MrVaultech no problem

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    41.4k MrVaultech

    Danke for the stuffenzie or something
    @ThePrototype

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    41.4k MrVaultech

    Danke
    @phanps

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    16.4k ThePrototype

    Nicely done

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    39.0k phanps

    Amazing

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    41.4k MrVaultech

    Probs, but I guess I'll deal with it in later iterations.
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    11.6k Pjork

    I think the reason it yaws to the right is because uneven drag on each side

    6.5 years ago