YB-40 B-17 "Flying Fortress" Gunship
World War II American Heavy Gunship
About the YB-40
The Boeing YB-40 Flying Fortress was a modification for operational testing purposes of the B-17 Flying Fortress bomber aircraft, converted to act as a heavily armed gunship to support other bombers during World War II. At the time of its development, long-range fighter aircraft such as the North American P-51 Mustang were just entering quantity production, and thus were not yet available to accompany bombers all the way from England to Germany and back.
Work on the prototype, Project V-139, began in September 1942 by converting the second production B-17F-1-BO (serial number 41-24341) built. Conversion work was done by Lockheed's Vega company.
The aircraft differed from the standard B-17 in that a second manned dorsal turret was installed in the former radio compartment, just behind the bomb bay and forward of the ventral ball turret's location. The single .50-caliber light-barrel (12.7 mm) Browning machine gun at each waist station was replaced by two of them mounted side by side as a twin-mount emplacement, with a mount for each pair of these being very much like the tail gun setup in general appearance. The bombardier's equipment was also replaced by two .50-caliber light-barrel Browning AN/M2 machine guns in a remotely operated Bendix designed "chin"-location turret, directly beneath the bombardier's location in the extreme nose.
The existing "cheek" machine guns (on the sides of the forward fuselage at the bombardier station), initially removed from the configuration, were restored in England to provide a total of 16 guns, and the bomb bay was converted to an ammunition magazine. Additional armor plating was installed to protect crew positions.
The aircraft's gross weight was some 4,000 lb (1,800 kg) greater than a fully armed B-17. An indication of the burden this placed on the YB-40 is that while the B-17F on which it was based was rated to climb to 20,000 ft (6,100 m) in 25 minutes, the YB-40 was rated at 48 minutes. Part of the decreased performance was due to the weight increase, and part was due to the greater aerodynamic drag of the gun stations.
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Instructions(In-Game)
Controls:
Standard Flight Controls
VTOL for Flaps
Activation Group:
AG1: Front Turret
AG2: Top Gunner
AG3: Rear Gunner
AG4: Waist Gunners
AG5: Ball Gunner
AG7: Gyroscope
(All Gunners are Auto-Aim
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Pin-Up Art:
"Vice Vigilante Vinnie" Drawn by WCJuan (Me)
"Lumipad ka at babantayan ko ang likod mo kaibigan"
- Vinnie Lou Francis
Specifications
General Characteristics
- Created On Android
- Wingspan 88.0ft (26.8m)
- Length 68.0ft (20.7m)
- Height 22.1ft (6.7m)
- Empty Weight 27,213lbs (12,343kg)
- Loaded Weight 38,678lbs (17,544kg)
Performance
- Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.155
- Wing Loading 42.4lbs/ft2 (207.0kg/m2)
- Wing Area 912.2ft2 (84.8m2)
- Drag Points 3891
Parts
- Number of Parts 417
- Control Surfaces 7
- Performance Cost 1,965
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How do you make the text labels?
I speak Filipino.
Fly and I'll watch your back my friend is what it says.
You should make the B-29 version of this.
Hold up how is there 4 pictures instead of 3
@WritersCrusadersAirCo2 yesssssssssss
poggers
@WritersCrusadersAirCo2 Don't thank me! your the one putting in the effort! <3
@VegettoBlue57 I'll see what I can do, and thank you!
@WritersCrusadersAirCo2 I have a suggestion, I would like to see an outfit, one that is fitting this era, like dresses or Mavi Skirts, I love your work and your planes bring me joy!
Love, Vegetto
@Spitfirelad05 Surely!
@WritersCrusadersAirCo2 amazing work! if it's ok with you, may I be tagged on the next aircraft build please?
Filipino here. Yaw-
@WritersCrusadersAirCo2 Ok, give me a couple days
@F16xl Thanks, now it's your turn for me to see :)
Crap, you beat me to it, great build.
There goes Juan posting more tomboys flying bombers (keep going)
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P.S. The M1A1 Tompson is larger than it is shown in the drawing IRL
Philippine reference🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭
I like it
I didn't anticipate that one of the pin-up gals would be Filipino. Nice job BTW!
@WritersCrusadersAirCo2 okay
@THEBASEMENTGUY well she's nothing related to Harley. She's a different person. A Filipino-American
@WritersCrusadersAirCo2 that would be cool. I Just hope no one gets any ideas if you do k
So basically Holly's Filipino tomboy sister?
NICE