The Bloch MB.200 was a French bomber aircraft built by Societé des Avions Marcel Bloch, designed in response to a 1932 requirement for a new day/night bomber.
As the winning design for the competition, the MB.200 entered production in 1933, and equipped 12 French squadrons by end of 1935. Production in France totalled over 200 aircraft, being carried out by a number of different companies, while Czechoslovakia chose the MB.200 as part of their modernisation program in the 1930s.
At the rate of aircraft development at that time, the MB.200 became obsolete in a couple of years. However, the Czechoslovakians needed a quick solution involving the license production of a proven design, as their own aircraft industry did not have sufficient development experience with such a large aircraft, or with metal airframes and stressed-skin construction. After some delays, both Aero and Avia began license-production in 1937, with a projected total of 74 aircraft. Czechoslovakian MB.200s were basically similar to their French counterparts, with differences in defensive armament and other equipment.
The gradual German conquest of Czechoslovakia meant that MB.200s eventually passed under their control, including aircraft that were still coming off the production line. As well as serving in the German Luftwaffe, some bombers were distributed to Bulgaria. A total of 208 aircraft were built in France, by a variety of manufacturers, and 124 in Czechoslovakia.
General characteristics
Crew: Four
Length: 16.00 m (52 ft 6 in)
Wingspan: 22.45 m (73 ft 8 in)
Height: 3.90 m (12 ft 10 in)
Wing area: 62.50 m² (721 ft²)
Empty weight: 4,300 kg (9,480 lb)
Max takeoff weight: 7,480 kg (16,490 lb)
Powerplant: 2× Gnome-Rhône 14Kirs, 649 kW (870 hp) each
Performance
Maximum speed: 285 km/h (155 knots, 178 mph)
Range: 1,000 km (540 nm, 621 mi)
Service ceiling 8,000 m (26,200 ft)
Rate of climb: 260 m/min (852 ft/min)
Armament
3 × 7.5 mm MAC 1934 machine guns (one for each defensive post).
1,200 kg (2,640 lb) of bombs
Installation:
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-Unzip "Bloch 200D" into a temporary file and move the "Bloch 200D" folder into the main Aircraft directory.
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-Read instructions carefully when installing the gauges , say YES...when asked if the gauges sources should be trusted. If you say no....most of the gauges are not going to work !
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-Leave the Douglas_DC3.cab in your Bloch 200D \gauges folder.
-If having trouble with the cockpit transparencies or turningprop in FSX acceleration or FSX demo, copy the glass.bmp and propdisk3.bmp from the Acceleration.texture into the plane's texture folder.
Effects
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-On startup there is automatic engine smoke.
-Spoiler opens bomb doors and moves copilot to top turret.
-Shift+E opens door.
CREDITS
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Special thanks to :
-GMAX for the drawing program and Microsoft for their makmdls.mdk and the Douglas_DC3 gauges
LEGAL:
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The project is released as freeware. You may modify it and repaint it. You may upload this file to another website as long as it is not for profit.
You need the written permission of the original authors to use any of these files for commercial purposes, otherwise a simple credit would be nice. Non commercial repaints-remakes are welcome but I would appreciate very much receiving a copy of your model.
This file should not cause any problems with your computer, but I accept no responsibility if you think it does. Remarks and hints are welcome and are being considered.
Happy Landings!
A.F.Scrub
January 2011
Email: af_scrubbypc@hotmail.com
