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[radko1111]

The Short Stirling was the first four-engined British heavy bomber of the Second World War. The Stirling was designed and built by Short Brothers to an Air Ministry specification from 1936, and entered service in 1941. The Stirling had a relatively brief operational career as a bomber, being relegated to second line duties from 1943 onwards when other four-engined RAF bombers, specifically the Handley Page Halifax and Avro Lancaster, took over its role.
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Variants
Mk I Series I
Wingspan:               99' 1" (30.2m)   
Length:                    87' 3" (26.59m)    MkV - 90' 7" (27.61m)   
Height:                    22' 9" (6.93m)   
Empty Weight:        46,900 Pounds   
Maximum Weight:   70,000 Pounds   
Powerplants:           Four 1,500 hp Bristol Hercules XI air cooled radial engines   
Armament:              Eight .303 Browning machine guns, nose turret (2), dorsal turret (2), tail turret (4), 17.000 Pounds of bombs   
Maximum Speed:    255 mph   
Service Ceiling:     16,500 feet (maximum load)   
Range:                   2,330 miles   
Crew:                     Eight

Mk I Series III
Mk III
Wingspan:               99' 1" (30.2m)   
Length:                    87' 3" (26.59m)     
Height:                    22' 9" (6.93m)   
Empty Weight:       46,900 Pounds   
Maximum Weight: 70,000 Pounds   
Powerplants:           Four 1,635 hp Bristol Hercules VI or XVI air cooled radial engines   
Armament:             Nine .303 Browning machine guns, nose turret (2), dorsal turret (2), tail turret (4) and underfuselage hand held mount (1), 17,000 Pounds of bombs   
Maximum Speed:  270 mph   
Service Ceiling:     16,500 feet (maximum load)   
Range:                   2,330 miles   
Crew:                     Seven
MkIV
Wingspan:               99' 1" (30.2m)   
Length:                    87' 3" (26.59m)     
Height:                    22' 9" (6.93m)   
Empty Weight:       43,200 Pounds   
Maximum Weight: 77,000 Pounds   
Powerplants:           Four 1,635 hp Bristol Hercules XVI air cooled radial engines   
Armament:             Four .303 Browning machine guns in tail turret, 17,000 Pounds of bombs   
Maximum Speed:  270 mph   
Service Ceiling:     19,000 feet (maximum load)   
Range:                   2,360 miles   
Crew:                     Five

General characteristics
Crew: 7 (First and second pilot, navigator/bomb aimer, front gunner/WT operator, two air gunners, and flight engineer)
Length: 87 ft 3 in (26.6 m)
Wingspan: 99 ft 1 in (30.2 m)
Height: 28 ft 10 in (8.8 m)
Wing area: 1,322 ft² (122.8 m²)
Empty weight: 44,000 lb (19,950 kg)
Loaded weight: 59,400 lb (26,940 kg)
Max. takeoff weight: 70,000 lb (31,750 kg)
Powerplant: 4 × Bristol Hercules II radial engine, 1,375 hp (1,030 kW) each
Propellers: Three-bladed metal fully feathering 13 ft 6 in diameter propeller
*Aspect ratio: 6.5
Performance
Maximum speed: 255 mph (410 km/h) at 21,000 ft (6,400 m)
Cruise speed: 200 mph[25]
Range: 2,330 mi (3,750 km)
Service ceiling: 16,500 ft (5,030 m)
Rate of climb: 800 ft/min (4 m/s)
Wing loading: 44.9 lb/ft² (219.4 kg/m²)
Power/mass: 0.093 hp/lb (0.153 kW/kg)
Armament
Guns: 8 x 0.303 in (7.7 mm) Browning machine guns: 2 in powered nose turret, 4 in tail turret, 2 in dorsal turret
Bombs: Up to 14,000 lb (6,340 kg) of bombs[26]

Operators
United Kingdom
Royal Air Force
No. 7 Squadron RAF between August 1940 and July 1943
No. 15 Squadron RAF between April 1941 and December 1943
No. 46 Squadron RAF between January 1945 and February 1946
No. 48 Squadron RAF - Stirling Mk V transport version
No. 51 Squadron RAF between June 1945 and February 1946
No. 75 Squadron RNZAF between October 1942 and March 1944
No. 90 Squadron RAF between November 1942 and June 1944
No. 138 Squadron RAF between June 1944 and March 1945
No. 148 Squadron RAF between November 1944 and December 1944
No. 149 Squadron RAF between November 1941 and September 1944
No. 158 Squadron RAF between June 1945 and December 1945
No. 161 Squadron RAF between April 1942 and June 1945
No. 171 Squadron RAF between September 1944 and January 1945
No. 190 Squadron RAF between January 1944 and May 1945
No. 196 Squadron RAF between July 1943 and March 1946
No. 199 Squadron RAF between July 1943 and March 1945
No. 214 Squadron RAF between April 1942 and January 1944
No. 218 Squadron RAF between January 1942 and August 1944
No. 242 Squadron RAF between February 1945 and December 1945
No. 295 Squadron RAF between July 1944 and January 1946
No. 299 Squadron RAF between January 1944 and February 1946
No. 513 Squadron RAF between September 1943 and November 1943
No. 525 Squadron RAF between June 1944 and August 1944
No. 570 Squadron RAF between July 1944 and January 1946
No. 620 Squadron RAF between June 1943 and July 1945
No. 622 Squadron RAF between August 1943 and December 1943
No. 623 Squadron RAF between August 1943 and December 1943
No. 624 Squadron RAF between June 1944 and September 1944

Egypt
Egyptian Air Force
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_Air_Force
Germany
KG 200
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kampfgeschwader_200

Belgium
Trans-Air, later known as Air Transport (Post-war civilian use, a total of 10 planes, 9 of which went on to the Egyptian Air Force. The 10th (OO-XAC, ex-PK172) crashed during operations in Kunming, China

[Schwieger]

I'd love to see one of the ugliest aircraft to have ever flown working and flyable in IL-2

+1!

[redfox]

Isn't she beautiful....

[HundertzehnGustav]

she is LONG! XD

[Fryslanboy]

Csosco was working on it?

[Screwball]

Was it Csosco? I certainly remember the stunning 3D work being not far off completion, back over at AAA...but the amount of graft for a four-engined plane proved too much. A shame, but if the other option is getting several other projects completed it's understandable.

However, nice request Radko -  definitely of on a Kopf level! - hopefully it's prove persuasive 

Screwy

[HundertzehnGustav]

One thing that pops out is that , wasn't it so that people said
"the stirling sucks at high altitude flying because its wingspan was too limited"
yet, the others did "so much better" with only a few feet added to that factor.
so... wingspan can not reeeally be an issue in combat performance?

But the answer is in the front shot: the Wing is so massively thick... Much like a Hurricane's or Typhoon's wing compared to a Spit or Tempest.
and the others carried less fuselage structure, space was more organized.
 

[Königstiger]

+1

Important,

 ... but not so important like a full poplated Map of Germany

[Thunda]

The original wing was the exact same wing as the Sunderland flying boat. However, this wing was too big to fit in the standard RAF hangar of the time, so they chopped out big sections from the fuselage side.

The Stirling was nice to fly and liked by its crews, but the way the wings were shortened curtailed its performance at altitude, and made it highly vulnerable to flak, so it was taken off frontline strategic bombing duties, but continued its career as a very useful transport aircraft, as well as glider tug and paratroop carrier.

Anyone who thinks this is ugly needs their eyes tested!!!

I too remember the wondeful 3d model over at aaa-I thought it was Hawkman who had produced it-might be wrong though.
,
+1 for its inclusion in the sim, although I wouldn't expect to see it any time soon.

[HundertzehnGustav]

aww come on.
are you trying to discuss a VERY subjective subject - beauty - , and telling Schweiger that he needs some help?

nice. reeeal nice.

[Fryslanboy]

Yeah, it was Csosco..

Also look here:

https://www.sas1946.com/main/index.php/topic,16181.msg174119.html#msg174119

[radko1111]

thank the pilots that you like it 

but you must recognize that the bomber Comando needs to strengthen 
and there's something nice
http://www.fallingpixel.com/short-stirling-mk-1-3d-model/25292

ups I forgot that a German