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Gloster gamecock Mk.I

5,615 GabrielFangster70  3.1 years ago

Note: landing this plane is not easy, so here is how i land the plane (which i know how to). (As soon as the plane’s wheels hits the ground) brake in short 1-2second bursts that will keep the plane upstraight when slowing down. !DO NOT PULL BRAKE WHEN THE PLANE HITS THE GROUND OTHERWISE THE PLANE WILL FLIP OVER AND CRASH!


The Gloster Gamecock was a biplane fighter of the Royal Air Force, a development of the Mk III Grebe, that first flew in February 1925. It differed from the Grebe primarily by way of its Bristol Jupiter engine, which replaced the unreliable Armstrong Siddeley Jaguar. Other changes included improved ailerons, refined fuselage contours, and internally mounted machine guns.

The Gamecock Mark I entered service with No. 23 Squadron RAF at RAF Henlow in May 1926 and they were also the last of six squadrons to operate the fighter until July 1931.[1] This was a fairly short RAF service life, partly because of its high accident rate – of the 90 operated by the RAF, 22 were lost in landing or spin accidents. These faults were remedied in the Mk. II version, utilizing a longer upper wing and a modified tail unit. During the Finnish Winter War 1939–40, a Gamecock was used to capture a Soviet Ilyushin DB-3 bomber. On 29 January 1940, the Finnish Gamecock strafed two Soviet DB-3s when they landed on Finnish soil (which they mistook for Estonia) to transfer fuel from one plane to the other. The strafed crews hurried into the one plane which had enough fuel remaining and escaped, leaving the DB-3 behind to be captured by the Finns.-wikipedia

Fact: this is the 7th biplane i’ve made since the debut of this account all the way back in new years 2021

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General Characteristics

  • Created On iOS
  • Wingspan 44.1ft (13.4m)
  • Length 30.2ft (9.2m)
  • Height 14.0ft (4.3m)
  • Empty Weight 12,518lbs (5,678kg)
  • Loaded Weight 17,769lbs (8,060kg)

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 1.011
  • Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.056
  • Wing Loading 23.8lbs/ft2 (116.2kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 746.3ft2 (69.3m2)
  • Drag Points 4473

Parts

  • Number of Parts 630
  • Control Surfaces 13
  • Performance Cost 1,796