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Blackburn Buccaneer S.Mk.2

22.8k TheGoldenEagle55  2.3 years ago

Hi everyone.

I'm so sorry I haven't posted anything in a long time, I'm back at school and I hardly have any time left to work.

Yeah, I know that a long time ago I published a preview in the forums but in the end I had several problems with my school work and in the end I don't have time to finish it. But still in my little free time I was able to make this beauty. I hope you like it and I hope to continue uploading content more often.

History

The Blackburn Buccaneer is a British carrier-capable attack aircraft designed in the 1950s for the Royal Navy (RN). Designed and initially produced by Blackburn Aircraft at Brough, it was later officially known as the Hawker Siddeley Buccaneer when Blackburn became a part of the Hawker Siddeley Group, but this name is rarely used.

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The Buccaneer was originally designed in response to the Soviet Union's Sverdlov-class cruiser construction programme. Instead of building a new fleet of its own, the Royal Navy could use the Buccaneer to attack these ships by approaching at low altitudes below the ship's radar horizon. The Buccaneer could attack using a nuclear bomb, or conventional weapons. It was later intended to carry short-range anti-shipping missiles to improve its survivability against more modern ship-based anti-aircraft weapons.

The Royal Navy retired the last of its large aircraft carriers in 1978, moving their strike role to the British Aerospace Sea Harrier, and passing their Buccaneers to the RAF. After a crash in 1980 revealed metal fatigue problems, the RAF fleet was reduced to 60 aircraft, while the rest were scrapped. The ending of the Cold War led to a reduction in strength of the RAF, and the accelerated retirement of the remaining fleet, with the last Buccaneers in RAF service being retired in 1994 in favour of the Panavia Tornado. The South African Air Force (SAAF) also procured the type. Buccaneers saw combat action in the first Gulf War of 1991, and the South African Border War.

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Controls

AG1 Arresting hook

AG2 None

AG3 None

AG4 Open the weapons bay

AG5 Canopy

AG6 Airbrake

AG7 Fold wings

AG8 Navigation lights

Spotlights

General Characteristics

  • Created On Android
  • Wingspan 39.8ft (12.1m)
  • Length 55.6ft (16.9m)
  • Height 15.1ft (4.6m)
  • Empty Weight N/A
  • Loaded Weight 28,539lbs (12,945kg)

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 3.189
  • Wing Loading 12.4lbs/ft2 (60.3kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 2,310.2ft2 (214.6m2)
  • Drag Points 8971

Parts

  • Number of Parts 413
  • Control Surfaces 17
  • Performance Cost 2,105
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    Now that I remember, I also uploaded a preview of another project, but as I told you, I hardly have time left to do these things, maybe one of these days I will finish the projects that I left pending, but I do not guarantee anything

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    Pinned 2.3 years ago
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    Very hard to get it to pitch up other then that it's good

    2.3 years ago