Dear SAS,
I was just reading the KT flying tank thread and posted that the most obvious choice for a tow plane would be the ANT-20bis.
So here is a request. It may not be the best, or the greatest but here you go:
I realize that make a flyable plane for Il-2 from scratch is a time consuming and horrifying process. I doubt that making a franken is any easier but at least parts exist. Its called a franken for a reason I'm guessing.
The airplanes that most resemble the ANT-20bis would be the Pe-8, TB-3.
Now, we in the Il-2 community know these aircraft well as we have probably flown them hundreds of times.
As it goes, those monster spats are going to be an issue:
The only thing even remotely close would be the spats on the early Ju-52's.
I hope its possible to enlarge them.
That nose is a bit of a problem as well with that shape and all of those windows:
I cannot find a reasonable substitute that is already in Il-2. The closest thing would be to enlarge and lengthen the nose on a TB-3 and then just make a skin with fake windows. A piss poor excuse I know, but I see no other alternative.
As far as I can see, the shape is basically just a giant TB-3 with an enclosed cockpit and tail surfaces and engines from the Pe-8, albeit two more than what the Pe-8 actually had.
DimensionsCrew: 8
Capacity: 72
Length: 32.90 m (107 ft 11¼ in)
Wingspan: 63.00 m (206 ft 8¼ in)
Height: 10.6 m (34 ft 9¼ in)
Wing area: 488 m² (5,251 ft²)
Empty weight: 28,500 kg (62,700 lb)
Loaded weight: 42,000 kg (92,400 lb)
Max. takeoff weight: 53,000 kg (116,600 lb)
Powerplant: 8 × Mikulin AM-34FRN V-12 liquid cooled, 671 kW (900 hp) each
PerformanceMaximum speed: 220 km/h (119 kn, 137 mph) at sea level
Range: 1,200 km (652 nmi, 750 mi)
Service ceiling: 4,500 m (14,764 ft)
I know that some of you may look at this as a stupid and/or useless idea, but I and hopefully others see it as an opportunity to dive deeper into alternate histories.
Maybe it would be a good bomber but I think it would be cool to disgorge hundreds of paratroopers behind the lines.
Just my thoughts.
Sincerely,
James
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Topic: Franken ANT-20bis (Read 2714 times)
