Hello Folks,
The layout of the G.1 Ursinus design not only allowed bombs to le loaded more easily under the lower wing, but also offered a clear field of fire all-round from the top. The attached scan shows that contrary to what I expected, the pilot sat in the rearmost seat, not in the middle. I donīt know how accurate this drawing is, as the rear seat would allow a better defence of the lower rear.
Update Confirmation on 2nd Gunnerīs position: I checked, and in effect, it seems that in case of a second gunner, he would be placed in the middle.
Update on rudder shape:
On this drawing I corrected the rudder. Originally it showed a rudder which went down lower than the elevator, and was horn-balanced underneath. This way it would have had a smaller elevator between the rudders, with 2 small elevators on outboard sides. I have only found one photo with these rudders, but it refers to an improvement in the G.I design which was not produced in any numbers and apparently did not see any service. Photos of production aircraft all only show rudders slanting upwards to make space for elevator movement.
Anyway, the attached drawing shows the bombs: It can be seen that bombs were not only loaded under the wing. There are photos showing two hanging from the nose in the front. They also look fatter than the slim French hand-bombs, and look heavier.
Update: Bomb weight correction.
After further research, it seems bombs were 20 Kg bombs. How would the 330 lb (150 Kg) bombload have been distributed?
Perhaps 7 x 20 Kg. (5 under the wing and 2 x 20 Kg at the nose), althought that would make it only 140 Kg...
I wonder if anyone knows if there is a 20 Kg bomb .bgl with this shape.
Another question:
Regarding the .air file, it appears that one thing is how the plane flies as a piloted plane, with the CFS1-type airfile (rather than a mere FS98 one where all the engine needs is an entry for Hp), and another is how it flies as an AI plane.
Does anyone know about AI flight dynamics? I suppose it would also need tweaking the Dp files with more boxes for more detailed damage points. The Gotha series apparently was not easy to shoot down, so it would be useful to keep that in mind too.
Cheers,
Aleatorylamp
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