Edit : damn squares.
Back when I started planebuilder, one of the designs I tried to do was the Fokker-America all-metal XA-7, and what I got was something of a dog, but did the job.
I went back and poked at it to see if it had life, and discovered that the problem seemed to be I had managed to wind up with a colossal wing.
So I tinkered with it, and while it still doesn't sparkle, but it was supposed to be a very conventional design in the first place. I'd like to substitute the reworked plane for the stats previously posted under Netherlands Air Force. Since we now post all designs here, I thought I should to see if there are objections. I am still working on my 1934 aircraft, they will be along in a bit.
The Old C.VIII
Fokker-America C.VIII (XA0-7)
1933 monoplane all metal attack bomber
rough field
Crew : 2 pilot & observer-rear gunner
Powerplant : 768hp Hispano-Suiza 12Y
Armament: 4 forward firing 7.92mm MG and 1 flexible 13.2mm. HMG for the rear gunner plus provisions for 488 lbs of bombs mounted on wing racks. 10mm radio.
Armor : 10mm disk
Range : 500nm at 147 knts
Rate of climb : 623 fpm at 100kts
Stall speed : 54kts
Ceiling : 20,750
Max speed : 174kts (200 mph)
Corner Turn rate :: 32.9 degrees/sec
Manuever Turn rate : 8.3 degrees/sec
Weight (max) : 8,000 lbs
Weight (min) : 6,599 lbs
Cost : $40,000
Wing Span: 13.4m Length: 9.7 Wing Area: 57.5m2
Performance stripped : 187kts (215mph), 1,170 fpm rate of climb
(Source: Planebuilder)
Aircraft Type or Name:
C.VIII
General Type:
Airplane = 1
Airship = 2
Orbiter = 3
1
Year of First Flight: 1932
Description
Carrier or Rough Field
Monoplane
Conventional Fuselage
Update of Fokker-America XA-7 entry. Includes 50lbs for radio and 50 for dive brakes. 4x 7.92MG forward, 1 ring mount 7.92mm MG rear.
Characteristics:
Weight (maximum) 7,716 lbs
Weight (empty) 4,878 lbs
Length 31.9 ft
Wingspan 44 ft
Wing Area 297 sq ft
Sweep 5 degrees
Engines 1
Wright Cyclone 9 SR-1820-33
Piston
775 hp
at 12,000 ft
Crew 2
Typical cost $0.030 million in 1932
Total number procured 32
Performance:
Top Speed 210 kts = 242 mph
at 12,000 ft
Mach N/A
Operational Ceiling 24,500 ft
Range 540 nm = 622 miles
with 1,592 lbs payload
1,675 lbs released at halfway point
Climb 882 fpm
Cruise 150 kts = 173 mph
at 12,000 ft
Corner Speed 235 KIAS =
282 kts at 12,000 ft
Mach N/A
Turning Rate 28.9 deg/sec
Radius 1,887 ft
Internal Data:
Intake / Fan Diameter 7.6 ft
Bypass Ratio 86.15
Engine Weight 1333 lbs
Overall Efficiency 22 percent
Structural Factor 1.00
Number of Wings 1
Number of Fuselages 1
Limiting Airspeed 250 kts
Wing Ultimate g Load 12.00 g
Wing Taper 0.4
Wing Thickness at Root 2 ft
Tail / Canard Factor 0.42
Number of Nacelles 0
Length 7 ft
Diameter 4 ft
Fullness 0.4
Fuselage Diameter 4.8 ft
Fuselage Fullness 0.55
Pressurized Volume 0 percent
Cargo Decks 0
Cleanness 65 percent
Unstreamlined section 2.3 sq ft
User equipment 500 lbs
This post has been edited 1 times, last edit by "Kaiser Kirk" (Mar 1st 2007, 3:01am)