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Rosie the rocketeer

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Auto Credit Based on Jundroo's Bush Plane

AG 1-6 to launch rockets. To save parts, because my phone is a potato, I didn’t include the symbols or art, also because I’m not that experienced.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CharlesCarpenter(lieutenant_colonel)?wprov=sfti1

Upon arriving in France in 1944, Charles “Charlie” Carpenter was assigned an L-4 Grasshopper for artillery spotter role and reconnaissance missions. Assuming a 150-pound (68 kg) pilot and no radio aboard, the L-4H had a remaining cargo or passenger weight capacity of approximately 232 pounds (105 kg).[3][4] The additional weight of radio and radio operator often exceeded this limit. Inspired by other L-4 pilots who had installed bazookas as anti-tank armament on their planes, Carpenter added bazooka launchers to his plane as well.[4][5][6]Within a few weeks, on September 20, 1944, during the Battle of Arracourt, Carpenter was credited with knocking out a German armored car and four tanks.[6] Carpenter's plane, bearing USAAF s/n 43-30426, was known as Rosie the Rocketer (a play on Rosie the Riveter), and his exploits were soon featured in numerous press accounts, including Stars and Stripes, the Associated Press, Popular Science, the New York Sun, and Liberty magazine. Carpenter once told a reporter that his idea of fighting a war was to "attack, attack and then attack again."[7]After destroying his fifth enemy tank, Carpenter told a Stars and Stripes correspondent that the "word must be getting around to watch out for Cubs with bazookas on them. Every time I show up now they shoot with everything they have. They never used to bother Cubs. Bazookas must be bothering them a bit."[8][9]By war's end, Major Carpenter had destroyed or disabled several German armored cars and tanks (he was officially credited with six tanks destroyed).[6] from Wikipedia

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General Characteristics

  • Predecessor Bush Plane
  • Created On iOS
  • Wingspan 34.4ft (10.5m)
  • Length 24.8ft (7.6m)
  • Height 10.0ft (3.0m)
  • Empty Weight 1,762lbs (799kg)
  • Loaded Weight 2,164lbs (981kg)

Performance

  • Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.092
  • Wing Loading 11.5lbs/ft2 (56.2kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 188.0ft2 (17.5m2)
  • Drag Points 1415

Parts

  • Number of Parts 203
  • Control Surfaces 12
  • Performance Cost 1,066