Early Boeing B17C/D Flying Fortress for Fs9

Great addition!

Shessi said:
Nearly there folks.....

A few more external tweaks, then the VC, LODs and tex...not much then..;)

Cheers

Shessi
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As always Shessy... a well executed job. I am practically back from
Gitmo and will certainly take a stab at this!!!

Gaucho
 
Hi Folks,
Don't forget this is Gramps/FDG2 original model, so it wouldn't be here if it wasn't for them, and their genrosity.

John,
Thanks for the offer, may need to take you up on that.

Moze,
Know exactly what you mean, I like the G, a real Flying Fortress. The C/D's are simple, slim and graceful, not really 'Fortresses', but they have grown on me, and I like to get ac flying that aren't in the sims.

Hey G,
Glad to see you're still around, I was getting worried! :wavey:

Cheers

Shessi
 
Hi,
It's a really beautiful looking aircraft, sleek and powerful by the looks of it...looking forward to this very much! Great work by you and your forebears, Shessi:applause:

Andy.
 
I'm finally going to have my "Mary Ann" from the movie "Air Force"! :encouragement:
 

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Does anybody know the weight difference between the C version and the final G version? That must have been huge!

Cheers,
Huub
 
huub vink said:
Does anybody know the weight difference between the C version and the final G version? That must have been huge!

Cheers,
Huub
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I have the B-17 C/D "normal" weight as 44,500 lbs.

The B-17 G "normal" weight as 65,500 lbs.

Source; Detail and Scale; B-17 Flying Fortress Part I

I take "normal" to mean normal loaded gross weight.
 
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Hurricane91 said:
I have the B-17 C/D "normal" weight as 44,500 lbs.

The B-17 G "normal" weight as 65,500 lbs.

Source; Detail and Scale; B-17 Flying Fortress Part I

I take "normal" to mean normal loaded gross weight.
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Wow! that even more than I had expected. Its a weight increase of just over 47%

Huub
 
I don't think the engines gained 47% in power. Those early "shark-finned" Forts must have been a lot faster than the later versions.

(And no, I'm not asking Mark to look it up for me.)
 
Edit: My apologies. In my previous post on B-17 weight, I misread the chart.
The weight of 44,500 lbs. is for the YB-17A.

The Detail and Scale book lists the B-17C/D "normal" weight as 48,500 lbs.

The same chart shows the B-17C/D max. speed, 323 mph @ 25,000 ft.

B-17E max. speed, 317 mph. @ 25,000 ft.
B-17F max. speed, 325 mph. @ 25,000 ft.
B-17G max. speed 302 mph. @ 25,000 ft.

Detail and Scale cites their source as Boeing charts and U.S. Army.
 
TARPSBird said:
I'm finally going to have my "Mary Ann" from the movie "Air Force"! :encouragement:
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I think that was the first non-kids movie I ever saw. Certainly the first airplane movie or war movie. I remember sitting with my father in the living room watching it on TV when I was a toddler.
 
Mick said:
I think that was the first non-kids movie I ever saw. Certainly the first airplane movie or war movie. I remember sitting with my father in the living room watching it on TV when I was a toddler.
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I saw it too at a very young age. I had recorded it off TCM a while back and watched it again the other night after seeing this thread. The movie centers around the airplane better that most and the scenes are full of detail. Enjoy it more with every viewing...
 
Air Force is a great film, directed by the outstanding American director, Howard Hawks.
Several other films of the late 1930s and 40s featured the early Fortress models. Test Pilot, I
Wanted Wings, and Passage to Marseille come to mind.
 
jamminjames said:
I saw it too at a very young age. I had recorded it off TCM a while back and watched it again the other night after seeing this thread. The movie centers around the airplane better that most and the scenes are full of detail. Enjoy it more with every viewing...
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Yep, I grabbed a copy from TCM too. I didn't watch it then though, just stashed it in my DVD library. Now I think I'll watch it the next time I get a little free time.

Slightly off topic, but also shown on TCM from time to time is Thunder Birds, about pilot training in early WW2, directed by that old fighter pilot William Wellman, full of beautiful blue and yellow Stearmans (Stearmen?) and other planes in glorious living color, starring Gene Tierney, one of the cutest cuties of her day. If you haven't already, grab it when it comes around again.
 
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