In memory of our friend Edlor ... one of his last works in progress... the BV-155.
A real rare aircraft and a "Luft-1946" project.
The Blohm & Voss BV-155 was a German high-altitude interceptor aircraft intended to be used by the Luftwaffe against raids by
the USAAF Boeing B-29 Superfortresses. Work started on the design as the Messerschmitt Me 155 in 1942, but the project went through
a protracted development period and change of ownership, and prototypes were still under test and development when World War II ended.
Performance estimates of the American B-29 Superfortress reached German high command in early 1942. The American bomber would cruise at
an altitude at which no current German plane could operate effectively. To intercept it, the Luftwaffe would urgently need new aircraft.
Work on such a high altitude fighter was begun by Messerschmitt, but in 1943 the project was passed to Blohm & Voss.
The result would be the Bv-155 prototype that made its first test flight in September 1944. Only 3 were ever built.
Thank you Edlor.
May your angel wings take you higher into the beautiful sunset skies.
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On a side note... this aircraft flies very well (FM is already included) and it looks beautiful in its 3d-model design.
Cockpit also looks fabulous.
It was still a WIP when Edlor last worked on it. The extra bombs and stuff may need to be looked into for proper placement
on the airplane, or maybe add some more (?).
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This aircraft and many others can be downloaded and tested from here --->
https://www.sas1946.com/main/index.php/topic,58713.0.htmlThe package came with a nice skin-template. It just needs some extra details on it as well as more details on the main aircraft skin-files.
I will create some new skins for it very soon.