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Royal motorjet aeroplane
Royal engineers continue to show their technological prowess: the latest result of their pondering is a new type of engine which they call "motorjet". Eager to use it, they designed a new capable aeroplane — Slaktfisk.
With a slender fuselage and a powerful new engine, this machine already proved itself against imperial fighters. Initially Slaktfisk was meant for the heavy fighter role and was armed with a machine gun and 18mm self-loading cannon. But its' characteristics were so superior, that now these planes have bomber and reconnaissance variants.
But it has its' issues: new powerplant is hard to produce and expensive to maintain, and for the pilots this unusual type of propulsion is hard to handle. Although the technology is kept in secret, the Empire probably can't copy it anyway, since they can't produce enough powerful piston engines as it is.
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This time my build is actually loosely based on a real thing — experimental airplane Coandă-1910 .
I really like the concept of a jet propulsion in WW1 era, and it looks goofy enough to include in my colonialpunk setting. My design looks quite a bit more advanced though.
Royal motorjet aeroplane
Royal engineers continue to show their technological prowess: the latest result of their pondering is a new type of engine which they call "motorjet". Eager to use it, they designed a new capable aeroplane — Slaktfisk.
With a slender fuselage and a powerful new engine, this machine already proved itself against imperial fighters. Initially Slaktfisk was meant for the heavy fighter role and was armed with a machine gun and 18mm self-loading cannon. But its' characteristics were so superior, that now these planes have bomber and reconnaissance variants.
But it has its' issues: new powerplant is hard to produce and expensive to maintain, and for the pilots this unusual type of propulsion is hard to handle. Although the technology is kept in secret, the Empire probably can't copy it anyway, since they can't produce enough powerful piston engines as it is.
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This time my build is actually loosely based on a real thing — experimental airplane Coandă-1910 .
I really like the concept of a jet propulsion in WW1 era, and it looks goofy enough to include in my colonialpunk setting. My design looks quite a bit more advanced though.