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Jim_diGris

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c46 commando
« on: February 16, 2012, 01:54:25 PM »

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The C-46 "Commando" was based on the CW-20 commercial airliner first flown on in March, 1940. With a wing span of 108 feet (only two feet shorter than the Consolidated B-24 "Liberator" bomber), it was the largest twin engine transport used by the USAAF. It's sheer size and power allowed it to carry a far greater load than could the more famous C-47, a fact not lost on the USAAF's Air Transport and Troop Carrier commands, which accepted 3,144 "Commandos" for hauling cargo, and personnel, and for towing gliders. The C-46 saw its greatest use in the CBI flying the infamous "Hump" route between India and China. Its ability to fly higher, faster and farther while carrying a greater load gained it its fame. The huge size of the aircraft, along with its somewhat unusual fuselage shape gained it the nick name of "The Whale" for its resemblance to a whale. Maintenance crews, gave it the less affectionate name "Plumber's Nightmare" due to the complexity of the hydraulic systems that operated the control surfaces as well as brakes and landing gear.










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General characteristics

    Crew: 4
    Capacity: 62 passengers
    Length: 76 ft 4 in (23.27 m)
    Wingspan: 108 ft 1 in (32.9 m)
    Height: 21 ft 9 in (6.63 m)
    Wing area: 1,360 ft² (126.8 m²)
    Empty weight: 32,400 lb (14,700 kg)
    Max. takeoff weight: 48,000 lb (22,000 kg)
    Powerplant: 2 × Pratt & Whitney R-2800-51 two-row 18-cylinder radial engines, 2,000 hp (1,500 kW) each

Performance

    Maximum speed: 269 mph (234 knots, 433 km/h)
    Cruise speed: 173 mph (278 km/h)
    Range: 2,950 mi (2,560 nm, 4,750 km)
    Service ceiling: 27,600 ft (8,410 m)
    Rate of climb: 1,300 ft/min (6.6 m/s)
    Max. wing loading: 35 lb/ft² (170 kg/m²)
    Minimum power/mass: 0.083 hp/lb (140 W/kg)
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Re: c46 commando
« Reply #1 on: February 16, 2012, 02:01:04 PM »

I think it could be possible to make a frankenplane for this, don't know who'd want to do it though
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Re: c46 commando
« Reply #2 on: February 16, 2012, 03:47:49 PM »

+1

Fat birds need loving too.
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Re: c46 commando
« Reply #3 on: February 16, 2012, 05:21:23 PM »

Not as well known as the C47. Nevertheless, it was a very important contributor to the allied victory. CBI theater, especially. I support it's inclusion in the game.
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Re: c46 commando
« Reply #4 on: February 16, 2012, 08:16:29 PM »

lol armament six machineguns---
The soldiers sticking their Tommy Guns through the window holes, eh?
seems ridiculous.

But the Plane itself is as impressive as a B-17 with two missing engines.
She has got some serious "presence" on the tarmac, all right!
Fat? Nah. There is no Fat in there. Just large shoulders.
Fat? a "Super Guppy" would be Fat, eh...
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Re: c46 commando
« Reply #5 on: February 17, 2012, 04:07:01 AM »

Ugh ??? what is that ???
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Re: c46 commando
« Reply #6 on: February 17, 2012, 05:09:17 AM »

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Ugh  what is that


A Target  ;)
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Re: c46 commando
« Reply #7 on: February 17, 2012, 06:29:26 AM »

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Ugh  what is that


A Target  ;)

Big fat juicy target ;D
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Re: c46 commando
« Reply #8 on: February 17, 2012, 06:38:24 AM »

He aint FAT!!

graaaargh!

Some people...
About a Me-323 nobody says a word, and THAT is a fat sucker.
But about a Curtiss commando, they make comments...
this Plane has as much Style as a C-69 connie...
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Re: c46 commando
« Reply #9 on: February 17, 2012, 11:04:37 AM »

I love shooting 8 flights of Me-323 when they are all loaded with 32 Paratroopers, so many come out that my computer lags
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Re: c46 commando
« Reply #10 on: February 17, 2012, 12:21:05 PM »



A C-2A Greyhound
Isnt it better with a Naval logistic aircraft : http://www.navy.mil/view_single.asp?id=16429

Making carrier landings with one of those must be fun. This aircraft has served as a Garbishtruck, VIP transport, foodprovider for US Navy for many years
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Re: c46 commando
« Reply #11 on: February 17, 2012, 12:25:59 PM »

By the way, I liked this request, and second it. It just got me to remember the above plane. Sorry for the hijack.
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