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B-17G Flying Fortress (for Vue)


 
Product Specifications:
 
Offered By: DigimationModelBank and Helgard
 
Downloadable File Size: 7.32 M (approx.)
Polygon Count: N/A
Uploaded on: 3/3/09
System Requirements: Windows/ Mac, Vue 2012 or higher
File Format: Vue d`Esprit
   This product contains: vob and/ or vue files.
Texturing: Combination
   This product uses a combination of image maps and procedural shaders for textures.
Note: since this product uses procedural textures, it may not work correctly in programs other the one listed above.
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Product Description
 
The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress is a four-engine heavy bomber aircraft developed for the United States Army Air Corps (USAAC). Competing against Douglas and Martin for a contract to build 200 bombers, the Boeing entry outperformed both the other competitors and more than met the Air Corps` expectations. Although Boeing lost the contract due to the prototype`s crash, the Air Corps was so impressed with Boeing`s design that they ordered 13 B-17s. The B-17 Flying Fortress went on to enter full-scale production and was considered the first truly mass-produced large aircraft, eventually evolving through numerous design advancements.

The B-17 was primarily employed by the United States Army Air Force (USAAF) in the daylight precision strategic bombing campaign of World War II against German industrial, civilian and military targets. The United States Eighth Air Force based in England and the Fifteenth Air Force based in Italy complemented the RAF Bomber Command`s nighttime area bombing in Operation Pointblank, to help secure air superiority over the cities, factories and battlefields of Western Europe in preparation for Operation Overlord. The B-17 also participated, to a lesser extent, in the War in the Pacific, where it conducted raids against Japanese shipping.

From its pre-war inception, the USAAC (later USAAF) touted the aircraft as a strategic weapon; it was a potent, high-flying, long-ranging bomber capable of unleashing great destruction, able to defend itself, and having the ability to return home despite extensive battle damage. It quickly took on mythic proportions. Stories and photos of B-17s surviving battle damage widely circulated, increasing its iconic status. Despite an inferior range and bombload compared to the more numerous B-24 Liberator, a survey of Eighth Air Force crews showed a much higher rate of satisfaction in the B-17. With a service ceiling greater than any of its Allied contemporaries, the B-17 established itself as a superb weapons system, dropping more bombs than any other U.S. aircraft in World War II. Of the 1.5 million tonnes of bombs dropped on Germany by U.S. aircraft, 640,000 were dropped from B-17s.

General characteristics

  • Crew: 10: Pilot, co-pilot, navigator, bombardier/nose gunner, flight engineer-top turret gunner, radio operator, waist gunners (2), ball turret gunner, tail gunner
  • Length: 74 ft 4 in (22.66 m)
  • Wingspan: 103 ft 9 in (31.62 m)
  • Height: 19 ft 1 in (5.82 m)
  • Wing area: 1,420 ft² (131.92 m²)
  • Airfoil: NACA 0018 / NACA 0010
  • Empty weight: 36,135 lb (16,391 kg)
  • Loaded weight: 54,000 lb (24,495 kg)
  • Max takeoff weight: 65,500 lb (29710 kg)
  • Powerplant: 4× Wright R-1820-97 "Cyclone" turbosupercharged radial engines, 1,200 hp (895 kW) each

    Performance

  • Maximum speed: 287 mph (249 knots, 462 km/h)
  • Cruise speed: 182 mph (158 knots, 293 km/h)
  • Range: 1,738 nmi (2,000 mi, 3,219 km) with 2,722 kg (6,000 lb) bombload
  • Service ceiling: 35,600 ft (10,850 m)
  • Rate of climb: 900 ft/min (4.6 m/s)
  • Wing loading: 38.0 lb/ft² (185.7 kg/m²)
  • Power/mass: 0.089 hp/lb (150 W/kg)

    Armament

  • Guns: 13× M2 Browning .50 caliber (12.7 mm) machine guns in twin turrets, plus single dorsal, fore and aft beam positions (with optional extra nose armament fitted in glazed nose).
  • Bombs:
    - Short range missions (<400 mi): 8,000 lb (3,600 kg)
    - Long range missions (˜800 mi): 4,500 lb (2,000 kg)
    - Overload : 17,600 lb (7,800 kg)

    .: Product Features :.

    The product contains two versions of the B17 aircraft, one with the undercarriage lowered, and one with the undercarriage retracted and the blade blurs for the propellers added. Load the model and delete the one you do not want to use in your scene.
    A detailed and textured model. Contains materials for retexturing.
    The model is UV mapped and textured.


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    Customer Feedback
     
    By: toulouse2k on 7/24/09
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    Rating: 10 (out of 10)

     Beautiful....just a beautiful piece of art. These planes brought beauty to the skies of the Allied forces....and terror to our enemies. Thank you for making such a beautiful craft available for digital art.
     

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