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[.50calBMG]

All info taken from luft46.com



    This BMW-designed Schnellbomber (fast bomber) was a compromise between speed and range. Power was supplied from two BMW 018 jet engines (3450 kp thrust) mounted beneath the wing trailing edge, and from two BMW 028 turboprop engines (3100 horsepower) located above the wing leading edge. It was intended for all engines to be used on takeoff and when bursts of speed were needed, otherwise cruising would be done only with the BMW 028 turboprops. The mid-fuselage mounted wing featured a small section of forward-sweep, with the outer wing panels being swept back. An interesting feature was the landing gear (see drawing below), which consisted of three tandem wheels under the fuselage. One set of wheels was located beneath the cockpit and the other two were set close together near mid-fuselage. Also, there was one landing gear to the outboard side of each engine nacelle. The three man crew sat in a pressurized cockpit in the extreme nose of the aircraft. Defensive armament was to consist of two remote-control turrets (with two cannon each), one on top and one on bottom, aimed by a periscope from the cockpit. A bombload of 15000 kg (33000 lbs) could be carried.

Span: 50.6 m (166' 0")          Length: 32.5 m (106' 7.5")          Max. Speed: 660 km/h (410 mph)   w/BMW 028 alone
                                                                                                                          850 km/h (528mph)   w/ all engines

[barrett_g]

Cool design!  The third picture reminded me of the Indiana Jones flying wing!

[.50calBMG]

Good movie

[Phoenix9491]

Yes, would love tosee this plane! is a dream to fly in MS flight sim I even made my own custom textures and made it for CoD(....Call of Duty, not Cliffs of Dover).....not that I ever got to use it really though :/

[HotelAlpha]

Interesting and out of the ordinary design!       


A good Amerika Bomber!

[Phoenix9491]

While the bomb bay doors did not open in MSFS, I believe the panel markings showed there to be 2 bays

[Maro]

Please, no. 

[Phoenix9491]

Why not Maro? This would be an exceptionally interesting craft to fly I believe. While the characteristics may not have been true to what it may have really been in MSFS, it proved to be a fairly nimble bomber and fast as well. It was one of my favorites to fly in the sim and I always wished i could use it in one of the combat sims



I do have a thought though, is there any compatability (or transferability?) of certain parts or files of MSFS aircraft to Il-2? if there is, then that would simplify things a lot for whoever decides to maybe take on this project...

[.50calBMG]

Please, no. 

If you dont want it, dont dl it if it gets made.

[Maro]

Please, no. 

If you dont want it, dont dl it if it gets made.

That is true... 

[.50calBMG]

'Que dramatic music'

You are FORGIVEN 

[Sleepingdragon]

At least it's not from the same napkin drawing the Lerche came from. Buck Rogers movies were very popular in Germany. At least this looks like it might have a possibility of flying, and it looks cool.

I didn't realize they had even thought of turboprops yet.  ???