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A new entry has been added to Add-Ons Library, category CFS 2 Skins - British
Description: Fairey Barracuda
British Royal Navy Torpedo and Dive bomber
First Flight 7 December 1940 on the same day as Pearl Harbour
Entered Squadron Service Spring 1943
Specification:
Powerplant 1 1640 hp Rolls-Royce Merlin 32 inline piston engine
Performance:
Speed 386 km/h at 535 m without torpedo
Range 1,851 km without bombs
Service Ceiling 5,060 m
Dimensions:
Wingspan 14.99 m
Wing Area 38.46 mē
Length 12.12 m
Height 3.73 m
Weights
Empty Weight 4,907 kg
Maximum Take Off Weight 6,464 kg
Weaponry:
Guns Two .303 in Vickers type K machine guns
Bombs etc One 1,620 torpedo or up to 1,640 lb of bombs, depth charges or mines.
Crew 3 (Mk3 2)
The first monoplane torpedo bomber of the RN. It was said that the Barracuda was designed by a committee and built in a madhouse. In fact, it was not that bad an aircraft, but early versions were seriously underpowered, and it was certainly ugly. The Barracuda was plagued from the start because it was overweight and its structure just could not handle the pressures put upon it.
The Barracuda was a shoulder-wing design with large Fairey-Youngman flaps and a T-tail. Perhaps one of the most unpopular aircraft ever to fly operationally with the Royal Navy, Fairey's Barracuda was nevertheless supplied in greater numbers than any other British naval aircraft, with no fewer than 2,572 "Barras" of all marks being delivered to the Fleet Air Arm. At one point equipping twenty-three first-line squadrons, it is interesting to note that the same crews who derided this rather pedestrian aircraft achieved conspicuous successes with their Barracudas, most notably against German shipping off the Norwegian coast, and in strikes against the Japanese in the Bay of Bengal.Its real moment of glory were the attacks on the Battleship Tirpitz in 1944, resulting in Tirpitz being effectively put out of the war until a final asssault by Lancasters of 617 squadron. Type remained in service until 1953. One part aircraft remains in the Fleet Air Arm Museum, Yeovilton.
Versions
Mk I Initial production model; 1,260 hp Merlin 30; three blade propeller
Mk II Prototype Single Mk I conversion
Mk II Main production model; unrated engines; Four blade propeller; A.S.V. MkIIn radar
Mk III Prototype Single Mk II conversion
Mk III Modified Mk II torpedo-reconnaissance version; A.S.V. Mk X radar
Mk V Post war development, with Griffon Engine
To check it out, rate it or add comments, visit Brrracuda_Pacific_Fleet_repaint.zip (http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/local_links.php?linkid=6671&catid=58)
The comments you make there will appear in the posts below.
A new entry has been added to Add-Ons Library, category CFS 2 Skins - British
Description: Fairey Barracuda
British Royal Navy Torpedo and Dive bomber
First Flight 7 December 1940 on the same day as Pearl Harbour
Entered Squadron Service Spring 1943
Specification:
Powerplant 1 1640 hp Rolls-Royce Merlin 32 inline piston engine
Performance:
Speed 386 km/h at 535 m without torpedo
Range 1,851 km without bombs
Service Ceiling 5,060 m
Dimensions:
Wingspan 14.99 m
Wing Area 38.46 mē
Length 12.12 m
Height 3.73 m
Weights
Empty Weight 4,907 kg
Maximum Take Off Weight 6,464 kg
Weaponry:
Guns Two .303 in Vickers type K machine guns
Bombs etc One 1,620 torpedo or up to 1,640 lb of bombs, depth charges or mines.
Crew 3 (Mk3 2)
The first monoplane torpedo bomber of the RN. It was said that the Barracuda was designed by a committee and built in a madhouse. In fact, it was not that bad an aircraft, but early versions were seriously underpowered, and it was certainly ugly. The Barracuda was plagued from the start because it was overweight and its structure just could not handle the pressures put upon it.
The Barracuda was a shoulder-wing design with large Fairey-Youngman flaps and a T-tail. Perhaps one of the most unpopular aircraft ever to fly operationally with the Royal Navy, Fairey's Barracuda was nevertheless supplied in greater numbers than any other British naval aircraft, with no fewer than 2,572 "Barras" of all marks being delivered to the Fleet Air Arm. At one point equipping twenty-three first-line squadrons, it is interesting to note that the same crews who derided this rather pedestrian aircraft achieved conspicuous successes with their Barracudas, most notably against German shipping off the Norwegian coast, and in strikes against the Japanese in the Bay of Bengal.Its real moment of glory were the attacks on the Battleship Tirpitz in 1944, resulting in Tirpitz being effectively put out of the war until a final asssault by Lancasters of 617 squadron. Type remained in service until 1953. One part aircraft remains in the Fleet Air Arm Museum, Yeovilton.
Versions
Mk I Initial production model; 1,260 hp Merlin 30; three blade propeller
Mk II Prototype Single Mk I conversion
Mk II Main production model; unrated engines; Four blade propeller; A.S.V. MkIIn radar
Mk III Prototype Single Mk II conversion
Mk III Modified Mk II torpedo-reconnaissance version; A.S.V. Mk X radar
Mk V Post war development, with Griffon Engine
To check it out, rate it or add comments, visit Brrracuda_Pacific_Fleet_repaint.zip (http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/local_links.php?linkid=6671&catid=58)
The comments you make there will appear in the posts below.