This is a conversion of Alphasim's freeware Fs2004 Martin-Baker MB5 for use in CFS2.
The MB 5 was begun as the second Martin-Baker MB 3 prototype, designed to Air Ministry Specification F.18/39 for an agile, sturdy Royal Air Force fighter, able to fly faster than 400 mph.
The re-designed aircraft, designated MB 5, used wings similar to the MB 3, but had an entirely new steel-tube fuselage. Power came from a Rolls-Royce Griffon 83 liquid-cooled V-12 engine, producing 2,340 hp (1,745 kW) and driving two three-bladed contra-rotating propellers.[3] Armament was four 20 mm Hispano cannon, mounted in the wings outboard of the widely-spaced retractable undercarriage.
Due to the end of WWII becoming apparent and the fact that the jet engine was obviously the way to the future MB ceased development of the MB5. A 'what-if' aircraft. If it had gone into production it would have been the pinnacle of British piston engined fighter development. As a racer one of the fastest!
Submitted by Shessi
The MB 5 was begun as the second Martin-Baker MB 3 prototype, designed to Air Ministry Specification F.18/39 for an agile, sturdy Royal Air Force fighter, able to fly faster than 400 mph.
The re-designed aircraft, designated MB 5, used wings similar to the MB 3, but had an entirely new steel-tube fuselage. Power came from a Rolls-Royce Griffon 83 liquid-cooled V-12 engine, producing 2,340 hp (1,745 kW) and driving two three-bladed contra-rotating propellers.[3] Armament was four 20 mm Hispano cannon, mounted in the wings outboard of the widely-spaced retractable undercarriage.
Due to the end of WWII becoming apparent and the fact that the jet engine was obviously the way to the future MB ceased development of the MB5. A 'what-if' aircraft. If it had gone into production it would have been the pinnacle of British piston engined fighter development. As a racer one of the fastest!
Submitted by Shessi
