FD AU 2

[eswube]

Very fine work.

[Karle94]

My first FD scale aircraft, so go easy on me. It is a fighter plane for Skyrim; the Thrumufleygur, which means Thunderbolt. Despite it`s huge size, it was quite fast and nimble, especially at high altitudes. The plane had a 2300 hp turbo supercharged radial engine. Arnament is 6x13 mm machine guns. Top speed at 25,000 feet is 450mph (720 kmh.)

[Rhade]

Radials don't use radiator and oil cooler below the fuselage, only liquid-cooled do that.

[Karle94]

Those "radiators" are from radial engined planes, namely the Raiden and P-47. The coller below the fuselage may be a mistake though.

[Blackbuck]

That was chin, not fuselage mounted though. AFAIK the under-fuselage bumps and intakes on the 'Jug' are to do with the turbo-supercharger system.

[Karle94]

As it is here aswell. I`ve been thinking, there are no radiators on the plane so where you came up with that I don`t know

[Rhade]

As it is here aswell. I`ve been thinking, there are no radiators on the plane so where you came up with that I don`t know

Maybe one pic will say more then words.


What is this ?

[Karle94]

Air intake for the turbo supercharger. I didn`t want one in the same config as the P-47, that would make the plane too big and heavy. So I chose to have it under the fuselage ala Mustang.

[Rhade]

Yhym, ok now I understand.

Now I presume you will need to delete "nimble" part from description of plane. That intake will create some epic drag, there is a reason you know why big radial fighters don't use that kind of intakes under the fuselage.

[Karle94]

What I meant is that it is nimble for it`s size and weight, not nimble as the A6M Zero. An interesting fact is that I used the A7M Reppan as a base referance to design this plane. I have seen no mention of the A7M here, so I might actually make that one.