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I am pleased to announce that Ted has released his new Ju88 variant through my ol' website. The download includes the aircraft files and the pylon/weapon files needed. I have also produced a pdf manual for it.
Here's a synopis of the aircrafts history:
The Ju 88S was the result of an attempt to increase the speed of the aircraft. Work began in the new design late in 1942 and production aircraft began to appear late in 1943. Performance was improved by removing any items that would cause unnecessary drag, such as the dive brakes and external bomb racks. The original glass nose was replaced by a smooth transparent nose cap, modelled on the solid nose used on the fighter variants. Powered by two 1,700hp BMW 801D radial engines, the prototype aircraft reached a top speed of 332mph, good but not good enough.
S-1
The S-1 saw even more weight removed. The ventral gondola was removed, and the crew reduced to three. All but the most important protective armour was removed, and the defensive armament was reduced to one MG 131 in the rear cockpit position. Even with all of these changes, the normal top speed was only increased to 340mph. A more important increase came from the use of BMW 801G-2 engines with GM-1 nitrous oxide boost. Under boost the S-1 could reach a top speed of 379mph, not enough to escape from allied fighters, but perhaps enough to make interception more difficult. The S-1 entered production in late 1943 and was the most numerous of the S series aircraft. It was used during Operation Steinbock, the last German bombing offensive against Britain (early 1944) as a pathfinder.
This aircraft belonged to KG 66 (Z6+) Formed at Chartres at end April 1943. The units operational duties were marking targets for other bomber units - "Pfadfinder".
We hope you enjoy
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Here's a synopis of the aircrafts history:
The Ju 88S was the result of an attempt to increase the speed of the aircraft. Work began in the new design late in 1942 and production aircraft began to appear late in 1943. Performance was improved by removing any items that would cause unnecessary drag, such as the dive brakes and external bomb racks. The original glass nose was replaced by a smooth transparent nose cap, modelled on the solid nose used on the fighter variants. Powered by two 1,700hp BMW 801D radial engines, the prototype aircraft reached a top speed of 332mph, good but not good enough.
S-1
The S-1 saw even more weight removed. The ventral gondola was removed, and the crew reduced to three. All but the most important protective armour was removed, and the defensive armament was reduced to one MG 131 in the rear cockpit position. Even with all of these changes, the normal top speed was only increased to 340mph. A more important increase came from the use of BMW 801G-2 engines with GM-1 nitrous oxide boost. Under boost the S-1 could reach a top speed of 379mph, not enough to escape from allied fighters, but perhaps enough to make interception more difficult. The S-1 entered production in late 1943 and was the most numerous of the S series aircraft. It was used during Operation Steinbock, the last German bombing offensive against Britain (early 1944) as a pathfinder.
This aircraft belonged to KG 66 (Z6+) Formed at Chartres at end April 1943. The units operational duties were marking targets for other bomber units - "Pfadfinder".
We hope you enjoy
:ernae:
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Can't thank you enough! Another great aircraft from the masters. Thank you and well done!
Included is another "txt file" with the release flight model, station load CoG -3.1 and fully loaded -0.8, no idea where it came from but it didn't want to fly all that well.