Nice looking; I think I'd freak if I was the Bf-109 pilot
Karl
It is impossible for a man to begin to learn what he thinks he knows. -- Epictetus
True, can't hardly miss......but would it notice!!!
Plus check out what it carries itself!
from wiki:
Specifications (TB-6 estimated)[edit]
Data from Istoriia konstruktskii samoletov v SSSR do 1938,[1] The Osprey Encyclopaedia of Russian Aircraft 1875–1995[2]
General characteristics
Crew: 17
Length: 39 m (127 ft 11 in)
Wingspan: 95 m (311 ft 8 in)
Height: 10 m (32 ft 10 in)
Wing area: 800 m2 (8,600 sq ft)
Airfoil: modified TsAGI 6
Empty weight: 50,000 kg (110,231 lb)
Gross weight: 70,000 kg (154,324 lb)
Max takeoff weight: 76,000 kg (167,551 lb)
Powerplant: 12 × Mikulin AM-34FRN V-12 liquid-cooled piston engines (9x tractor, 3x pusher), 890 kW (1,200 hp) each
Performance
Maximum speed: 300 km/h (186 mph; 162 kn)
Range: 1,000 km (621 mi; 540 nmi) with 20,000 kg (44,000 lb) bomb load
2,500 km (1,300 nmi; 1,600 mi) with 4,000 kg (8,800 lb) bomb loadArmament
Guns:
1 x 37-millimeter (1.457 in) cannon
4 x 20-millimeter (0.787 in) ShVAK cannon
1 x 7.62-millimeter (0.300 in) DA machine gun
4 x 2 7.62-millimeter (0.300 in) ShKAS machine guns
Bombs: 15,000 kg (33,000 lb) normal load, 24,600 kg (54,200 lb) max
It is impossible for a man to begin to learn what he thinks he knows. -- Epictetus
The ultimate bomber! Dave, you're always there.
What a beast! That's gonna be a gob and a half of resin going into that beauty, Dave...
I look forward to your progress on this.
All the best,
Matt
Can you take a pic of this thing next to a standard 12" ruler, just so we can get a sense of how stupidly huge it is? :)
A little on the large side then David.
Rob.
"Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."
What a crazy picture - this really puts its size in perspective! That IS going to be a lot of resin to pour for this beastie...
Amazing as always, David.
All the best,
Matt
That's way, way, way to big! 3 of those on a table and there would be no room for anything else. Though I suppose it depends on the size of the table but as swmbo says size isn't everything but that's another story entirely.
See you on the Dark Side......
Great for garden gaming though - upscale the cards to about A4 size and wait for summer....
Well I'm not a maths expert, but I reckon I can take a stab at working that one out....
The base for that plane will be bigger than the gun range.
It's huge aircraft...
Yeh, at 185mph, it's not going anywhere fast
And forget about a climb rating; if it dives, it's staying down
Karl
It is impossible for a man to begin to learn what he thinks he knows. -- Epictetus
I'm thinking a pair of TB-3's under wing as parasite bombers each with a set of parasite fighters under each of their wings, kind of a super crazy Russian doll thing ad infinitum ...
Oooooooooooooooo-Errrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I bet he does it - just because he CAN!
This is absolutely massive, Dave! Wowwie kazowwie!
And your Russian nesting plane idea is just sick... How many 109s would it take to shoot it down?
You never cease to amaze - thanks for the inspiration!
All the best,
Matt
Last edited by Doug; 03-18-2015 at 21:55.
Simply awesome. Amazing work!
That's wonderful. Crazy, but wonderful.
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