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[Panoptic]

It would be cool to see this as a T2 premium:

 

General characteristics

• Crew: 3
• Length: 13.95 m (45 ft 9 in)
• Wingspan: 17.45 m (57 ft 3 in)
• Height: 3.6 m (11 ft 10 in)
• Wing area: 52.9 m² (569 sq ft)
• Empty weight: 4,700 kg (10,362 lb)
• Gross weight: 5,700 kg (12,566 lb)
• Max takeoff weight: 6,100 kg (13,448 lb)
• Powerplant: 1 × BMW 801A 14-cyl. air-cooled radial piston engine, 1,147 kW (1,538 hp) for take-off at sea level

Performance

• Maximum speed: 368 km/h (229 mph, 199 kn) at sea level; 438 km/h (272 mph) at 5,000 m (16,404 ft)
• Range: 1,900 km (1,200 mi, 1,000 nmi) maximum
• Service ceiling: 10,000 m (33,000 ft)
• Wing loading: 107.75 kg/m² (22.07 lb/sq ft)
• Power/mass: 0.204 kW/kg (0.124 hp/lb)

Armament

• Guns: 2 x 7.92mm MG 17 machine guns
• Bombs: 11 a-pound bombs

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Maverick_Rivers]

Am I reading right, it carried 11 bombs?  And only 2 MGs.... Forward firing and turret? 

[Panoptic]

Booze_Morgan, on 04 February 2020 - 06:29 PM, said:

Am I reading right, it carried 11 bombs?  And only 2 MGs.... Forward firing and turret? 

 

I believe that is correct. Balancing it might be difficult. I like it because there is nothing like it in the game.

 

[SpiritFoxMY]

The BV frankenplanes have been proposed as a potential second German GAA tree.

 

 

[SenatorTH]

We definitely need more t2 prems, yeah...

[hoom]

Such an interesting plane.

But I don't see how it would work ingame.

 

Inspired the much later & absolutely gorgeous Rutan Boomerang

 

[SpiritFoxMY]

http://www.luft46.com/bv/bv237.html

 

http://www.luft46.com/bv/bvp19401.html

 

http://www.luft46.com/bv/bvp178.html

[hoom]

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 http://www.luft46.com/bv/bvp19401.html

 Well that one looks like it would work as a T8 prem?

[Maverick_Rivers]

I'm liking it.

 

Booze

[trikke]

I'm sure it was reviewed by WG, because they love quirky airframe designs

dunno why they passed on it, surely there weren't any issues with getting the IP rights

 

I mean... who would be beating down their doors to model planes like this monstrosity

 

 

[Four_Leaf_Tayback]

Seems to me like Dr. Vogt had a fetish for things that are not symmetric.  

 

I guess they didn't call him "ein ball Richard" for nothing.  

Edited by Four_Leaf_Tayback, 06 February 2020 - 01:39 AM.

[BB3_Oregon_Steel]

Well, it's a high altitude reconnaissance plane.  That's why the cockpit and observation area is positioned where it is, to provide maximum view angles for the observer. 

 

Observation planes were often equipped with light defensive batteries and small bomb loads for self defence and to make light attacks on targets of opportunity.  

 

While an interesting design, it, as well as other similar aircraft, are have very limited combat capabilities since that was not what they were designed for. It would be difficult to put any of them into the game and balance them properly.  

 

Of course, if you wanted to go with the designed, but never built, BV 237 attack aircraft, which shared a similar design, that would make a really interesting GAA .

Edited by BB3_Oregon_Steel, 06 February 2020 - 07:34 PM.

[Trauglodyte]

Why go with the BV 141 when you could go with the BV 237?  Updated version of that plane, with many more and much larger teeth!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blohm_%26_Voss_BV_237