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Thursday, July 1st 2010, 11:14pm

Bulgarian Aircraft for 1940

[SIZE=3]DAR (Darjavna Aeroplane Rabotilnitsa)[/SIZE]
DAR is continuing to assemble the Swiss-designed C-3603 ground-attack light bomber. Most of these planes are being manufactured by EKW as kits, with final assembly at DAR; in 1940 DAR will start assembling a few from scratch, however.

DAR is ending military production of the DAR-3 Garvan-III biplane, although it, and the DAR-7 SS.1 Koketka, remain available for civilian acquisition. DAR has also made an offer to assemble DAR-12s (Avia B-137s) for interested parties.

[SIZE=3]Kaproni Balgarski[/SIZE]
Kaproni-Bulgarski has, for the first time in the past few years, a chance to shine, with two new aircraft types being prepared for production. The twin-engine KB-9 Bekas ("Snipe") is designed to replace the fixed-gear KB.309 "transport-bomber" in service; the KB-9 can serve as a liaison plane, a light transport, and a navigator-training aircraft. It will be available for civilian sales (unarmed).

The second plane is the KB-11 Fazan ("Pheasant"), which is a single-engined, rough-field capable army cooperation aircraft. It has light harassment bombing capabilities. It will begin replacing Fw-44s, DAR-3 Garvan-III and KB-5 Tchutchuliga-III biplanes, which will be stored or surplused out to the civilian aircraft market.

Both types are available for export starting in April 1940, or December 1939 for allies.

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Thursday, July 1st 2010, 11:14pm

Quoted

[SIZE=4]Kaproni-Balgarski KB-9 Bekas[/SIZE]
Twin-engine liaison plane.

[SIZE=3]Specifications[/SIZE]
Crew: 2
Passengers: 4
Length: 44.3 ft (13.5 m)
Wingspan: 59 ft (18 m)
Height: 13 ft (4 m)
Wing area: 484.4 ft² (45 m²)
Empty weight: 5,512 lb (2,500 kg)
Max takeoff weight: 8,598 lb (3,900 kg)
Powerplant: 2 × Argus As 410 inverted V-12, 450hp each

[SIZE=3]Performance[/SIZE]
Maximum speed: 210 mph (338 kph)
Range: 800 mi (1,287 km)
Service ceiling: 20,000 ft (6,096 m)

[SIZE=3]Armament[/SIZE]
- 1 × .30cal MG
- 150kg bombs

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Thursday, July 1st 2010, 11:14pm

Quoted



[SIZE=4]Kaproni-Balgarski KB-11 Fazan[/SIZE]
Single-engine high-wing observation plane

[SIZE=3]Specifications[/SIZE]
Crew: 2 (pilot, observer-gunner)
Length: 33 ft (10.06 m)
Wingspan: 43.6 ft (13.3 m)
Height: 13.8 ft (4.2 m)
Wing area: ft² (25.2 m²)
Empty weight: 5,092.7 lb (2310 kg)
Normal weight: 6,305 lb (2860 kg)
Max takeoff weight: 6,966.6 lb (3160 kg)
Powerplant: 1 × nine-cylinder type PZL Pegasus XXI radial, 835 hp, wooden three-bladed fixed 3.5m-diameter propeller

[SIZE=3]Performance[/SIZE]
Maximum speed: 170.9mph / 275 kph @ sea level, 205mph / 330 kph @ 3000m
Range: 385 mi (620 km)
Fuel Capacity: Two 460 liter tanks with 87 octane gasoline
Service ceiling: 20,000 ft (6,096 m)
Climb: 6 minutes to 3,000m

[SIZE=3]Equipment[/SIZE]
Photographic equipment: Lešner F18/24, F25 or F50VM cameras
Radio equipment:
- Transmitter: Telefunken Sp-2441F
- Receiver: Telefunken Sp-477 A-37

[SIZE=3]Armament[/SIZE]
- 2 × 7.92 mm Zbrojovka M-30 with 600 rounds in the nose of the aircraft,
- 2 × 7.92 mm Zbrojovka M-30 with 525 rounds per drum
- 2 × 100kg bombs, 4x50kg bombs, or 6x25kg bombs (six mounting points)

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Thursday, July 1st 2010, 11:31pm

Turkey's kicking the tires on the Fazan.....

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Thursday, July 1st 2010, 11:34pm

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Originally posted by thesmilingassassin
Turkey's kicking the tires on the Fazan.....

"High-quality Brazilian rubber, manufactured in Atlantis!"

[SIZE=1]I'm sure that's one of the things I get when I use that Buy Atlantean button...[/SIZE]

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Thursday, July 1st 2010, 11:39pm

LOL! How about 50 Fezans (maybe more later) and 100 Bekas?

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Thursday, July 1st 2010, 11:45pm

Done! Let me work out a delivery schedule.

In other news, Kaproni-Balgarski is now hiring more workmen, and Bulgaria hits the "Buy Atlantean" button to buy more aircraft tires...

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Thursday, July 1st 2010, 11:50pm

*somewhere in Atlantis, Bulgarian currency suddenly begins raining down.....indoors.......inside every bank......"hmmm thats odd."*

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Friday, July 2nd 2010, 3:54pm

Kaproni-Balgarski, after some evaluation with their production managers, believes they can deliver the Turkish order at a rate of 10 Bekas and 5 Fazans per month starting in December 1939, expanding to 12 and 9 per month in April 1940. Turkey's order of Bekas will therefore complete at the end of August 1940, and the order of Fazans will complete in mid-July.

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Friday, July 2nd 2010, 11:41pm

Eeeeeeeeexcellent!

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Friday, July 2nd 2010, 11:54pm

You forgot standard supervillian procedure #43! You have to rub your hands together while saying that! :D