WesWorld

I would like to present you a fictional design for a Ground-attack aircraft... Not a beauty as you can see. The layout seems to be unconventional: the engine is located behind the cockpit. I did this to move the pilot seat as far to the front as possible to give him a good visibility over the nose and to the ground.
A 37mm cannon is mounted in the nose and two 30 mm cannons are mounted in the wings (I don't like those planes which are overcrowded with those 50. caliber toys....)

I experimented with a new paintscheme but I am not fully satisfied with it.

Well, I would like to know what you guys think of this (maybe too unconventional) design.

RKMB-92 A-0 (mod. early 1944)



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I can see several potential issues with this particular design.

1. Having the engine sit so far back calls to my mind center-of-gravity issues. This aircraft would certainly seem to be tail heavy.

2. The extension shaft from the engine to the propeller would be quite long for two-seat aircraft, and would pass though the gunner's and pilot's station. This is asking a lot for the crew and the shaft itself could be prone to malfunction.

3. While both the Bell Airacobra and Kingcobra used this particular configuration they were both single-seaters; and no one would describe either aircraft as agile. The latter is perhaps of less consequence for a ground attack aircraft, but still the handling characteristics of the aircraft are suspect, at least to my mind.

As you suggest, it may be too unconventional.

Looks a little tail-heavy as well.