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Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress

8,573 CrazyCodeC  7.8 years ago

AG-1 and VTOL for bomb bay, AG-2 to 7 for turrets using trim and VTOL. There's a slight issue with this plane detonating if you turn too sharply, beware of that.

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 was so impressed with Boeing's design that it 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 precision 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]

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General Characteristics

  • Created On iOS
  • Wingspan 109.1ft (33.3m)
  • Length 74.6ft (22.7m)
  • Height 24.5ft (7.5m)
  • Empty Weight 29,158lbs (13,226kg)
  • Loaded Weight 42,682lbs (19,360kg)

Performance

  • Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.187
  • Wing Loading 30.2lbs/ft2 (147.3kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 1,415.1ft2 (131.5m2)
  • Drag Points 23047

Parts

  • Number of Parts 222
  • Control Surfaces 5
  • Performance Cost 1,143
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    8,573 CrazyCodeC

    @LightMindedJedi It's hard to shape everything when I build on iOS. That's why I switched over to PC.

    6.5 years ago
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    This looks more like A B-29's wing was installed onto A B-17 that lacked its own wings (though if that were done in real life, I think the performance would be significantly boosted).

    6.5 years ago
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    8,573 CrazyCodeC

    @killermemer Just because you can't use trim doesn't make it a bad plane.

    7.8 years ago
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    Very nice

    7.8 years ago
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    16.1k DisferGoatz

    The detail is awesome here! Awesome!

    7.8 years ago