B-17 in Hero game stats

[Barton]

This is from AOPA magazine June 2012 pages 56 to 63 and based off of manufacture’s calculations.

 

Boeing B-17 “Flying Fortress”

Richard Williams a reporter for Seattle Times dubbed it the Flying Fortress.

In production from 1935 to 1945, 12,731 of models A through G (last and most heavily armed model with 12 x .50 cal BMG) were constructed by Boeing, Douglas, and Vega. Eleven are still airworthy today.

 

The belly gun is a Sperry ball turret with two .50 cal Browning machine guns. The ball turret gunner could not wear a parachute while in his battle station.

 

The B-17 is an “electric” plane, electrical operated hydraulics where used. This is one of many reasons it brought crews home after suffering a lot of battle damage. A B-17 took on average 3,200 flak grenades to knock it out of the sky, it is a tough bird. Considered to be “easy to fly” and a plane that brings its’ crew home it was LOVED by all who flew it (it had the lowest accident rate of any US military plane in WW2).

 

B-17G’s are powered by four Wright R-1820-97 nine cylinder 1,200 horse power radial engines. The aircraft consumes 225 gallons (US gallons) of fuel per hour.

Price new in 1945: $204,370.

 

Specifications (converted to game terms)

Powerplants: Four R-1820-97 radial engines, 9 cylinders, supercharged 1,200 hp.

Propellers Hamilton Standard constant-speed, full feathering, hydromatic, approx. 3.53 m diameter

 

Diameter 3.53m

Length 22.78m

Height 5.82m

Wingspan 31.62 m

Wing area 131.92squ. m

Crew: 10 – pilot, copilot, navigator, bombardier, flight engineer (top turret gunner), radio operator, two waist gunners, tails gunner and ball-turret gunner.

 

Empty weight (plus oil and standard equipment) 14,841.54 kg

Max gross weight (wartime) 29,483.50kg

Max takeoff weight (wartime) 29,256.71kg

Max useful load 14,415.17kg

Payload w/ std. full fuel 9,788.52kg

Payload w/ “Tokyo” tanks 6,849.25kg

Payload w/ bomb bay tanks 4,617.57kg

 

Fuel capacity, standard tanks 6,435.20L 4,626.64kg

Fuel capacity, “Tokyo” tanks 10,523.45L 7,565.92kg

Fuel capacity, bomb bay tanks 13,627.48L 9,797.60kg

Oil system capacity, each engine 140.06L

 

Bomb capacity (normal 12x 500lb free fall bombs) 2,721.55kg

 

Performance (converted to game terms)

Takeoff distance, ground roll 1,066.8m

Takeoff distance over 15.24m obstacle 1,341.12m

Rate of climb, sea level 175.26m per second

Max Level speed, at 9,144m 482.80kph

Max continuous speed, at 7,620m 423.26kph

Normal cruise speed at 7,620m 276.81kph

Normal cruise speed at 3,657.60m 317.04kph

Max range standard tanks 2,977.29km

Max range “Tokyo” tanks 4,940.69km

 

Cruise speed @ 83% power, autorich mixture at 9,144m 251.06kph 1,563.38L/hr

Cruise speed @ 83% power, autorich mixture at 6,096m 294.51kph 1,563.38L/hr

Cruise speed @ 83% power, autolean mixture at 4,572m 257.50kph 957.71L/hr

Cruise speed @ 83% power, autolean mixture at 1,828.80m 273.59kph 798.72L/hr

 

Service ceiling (remember the B-17 is NOT pressurized) 10,850.88m

Crew wears oxygen masks and heated flying suits.

Absolute ceiling 12,192m

Landing distance over a 15.24m obstacle 1,066.80m

Landing distance, with ground roll 594.36m

 

Airspeeds (converted to game terms)

Best rate of climb speed 217.26kph (60.35m/sec)

Min controllable speed with outboard engine inoperative 170.59kph (47.39m/sec)

Max speed with landing gear down 280.68kph (77.97m/sec)

Max flaps extended 236.57kph

Max Speed to never go past 434.52kph (120.7m/sec)

Stall Speed 160.93kph (44.70m/sec)

Stall Speed while landing 141.62kph (39.34m/sec)

 

Note: Performance figures are based on daytime, standard atmospheric pressure, sea level, and gross weight unless otherwise noted. Above figures rounded to two decimal places.

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