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Myasishchev M-4 Bison

379 Jaguargery  4.5 years ago
Auto Credit Based on goxictamer88's M-4 Bison fixed

My Myasishchev M-4 Bison.
And also Very Very Very Very much thanks for toxicgamer88 making this fly.
Ag.1 for Engines.
Ag.2for turret 1.
Ag.3 for turret 2.
Ag.4 for beacon lights.
Ag.3 for Parachute.
History:

Following World War II, the Soviet Union prioritized developing a long-range strategic bomber capable of delivering atomic weapons. Their first aircraft was the Tupolev Tu-4, a reverse-engineered version of the American B-29 Superfortress. The Tu-4 was only ever a stop-gap solution, as unlike the American strategic bomber force that could operate from bases in allied countries close to the USSR, it lacked the range to reach the continental United States, and experiences in the Korean War demonstrated piston engine bombers were extremely vulnerable to jet fighter interception. With the advancement of Western jet bombers like the B-47 Stratojet and Vickers Valiant, Vladimir Mikhailovich Myasishchev was directed to construct a Strategicheskiy Dahlniy Bombardirovshchik (SDB/Strategic Long-range Bomber) in spring 1951. The first M-4 (Bison-A) prototype flew on 20 January 1953, and was handed over to state acceptance trials in March 1954, with production beginning later that year. It entered service in 1955, with 34 being built including two prototypes.
The M-4 was made mostly of aircraft aluminum alloys with some steel and magnesium components. It had wings swept at 35-degrees and powered initially by four Mikulin AM-3A engines with a maximum thrust of 85.8 kN (8,750 kgp; 19,290 lbf), but later upgraded to RD-3M-500 turbojets with a maximum thrust of 93.2 kN (9,500 kgp; 20,940 lbf). There were 18 bladder fuel tanks in the fuselage and wings, providing a total fuel capacity of 123,600 liters (32,610 US gallons); this gave the aircraft a range of 9,500 km (5,900 mi), although this fell short of the 12,000 km (7,500 mi) range initially specified. It had a payload of 24 tonnes (26.4 tons) in various configurations. Defensive armament consisted of six AM-23 23 mm cannons with a rate of fire of 1,250 rpm each in a manned twin tail turret with 400 rounds per gun and two twin remote controlled turrets in the top and bottom fuselage with 300 rounds per gun each. The aircraft had a crew of eight: a navigator/bombardier in the nose; pilot and copilot in the cockpit; radar operator/navigator, flight engineer/gunner, radio operator/gunner, and dorsal turret gunner in a compartment behind the cockpit; and a tail gunner.
(Wikipedia)

General Characteristics

  • Predecessor M-4 Bison fixed
  • Created On iOS
  • Wingspan 96.8ft (29.5m)
  • Length 127.5ft (38.9m)
  • Height 20.2ft (6.2m)
  • Empty Weight 52,327lbs (23,735kg)
  • Loaded Weight 119,289lbs (54,108kg)

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 1.13
  • Wing Loading 80.0lbs/ft2 (390.4kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 1,491.8ft2 (138.6m2)
  • Drag Points 17494

Parts

  • Number of Parts 152
  • Control Surfaces 5
  • Performance Cost 1,069