This aircraft is an completely unknown aircraft.
In the WWII end, it is one of the original bills of the aircraft development that a German air force planned.
I have made the airplane of the rubber power in childhood.
It was said that the airplane that was the face down of the tail would fly better than a usual airplane at that time.
Actually, the airplane of the rubber power that I had made flew well.
I do not understand whether to relate to it and this Ju 187.
As for either, the maximum feature of Ju 187 might be a rotating tail.
It face upes when landing, and the face down when flying.
It is said that the purpose of it is the gunner's view securing the stability when flying.
However, how did it actually rotate?
I rotated it a little forcibly.
Can it fly when actually rotating like this?
It is a big mystery!!!
Special Thanks :
I wish to express my gratitude for Luft '46 Design Team and Mr. Gino Marcomini.
****** Original Ju 187 Paint Art by Gino Marcomini ***********
http://www.luft46.com/gmart/gm187.html
e-mail : ginomarcomini@bol.com.br
By the time of the Battle of Britain, the venerable Junkers Ju 87 design was beginning to show some of its shortcomings.
A new, faster, better armed and better armored replacement was needed, so work was begun on the Ju 187 design.
It kept some of the features of the earlier Ju 87, such as the cranked (gull) wing and two man crew, but added retractable landing gear and a very novel reversible vertical tail.
The Ju 187 was to be entirely of metal construction.
The wing was tapered and featured both dihedral and anhedral.
Slatted dive brakes were fitted near the trailing edge of the landing flaps.
The main landing gear was housed in a bulge at the junction of the wing where the angle of the wing changed, and retracted to the rear (also rotating 90 degrees to lay flat under the wings).
Power was to be supplied by a Jumo 213A 12-cylinder liquid-cooled engine, which was also used in the Fw 190D and Ju 88G-6), and developed 1750 horsepower at takeoff.
One of the most unusual features was the movable vertical tail fin, which could be moved 180 degrees in flight, thus clearing the field of fire for the rear gunner.
Two men sat back-to-back in a pressurized cockpit.
Defensive armament was located in a remote-controlled rear turret, consisting of one 151/20 20 mm cannon and one MG 131 13mm machine gun.
The bomb load was composed of one 500 kg (1102 lbs) bomb under the fuselage, and two 50 kg (110 lbs) bombs under each wing on either side of the landing gear bulges.
Although windtunnel models and even a full-sized mock-up was built, the project was canceled due to the fact that the projected performance was not that much of an improvement from the older Ju 87, and also that fighter-bombers such as the Fw 190F series could do the job as well as specialized dive bombers.
In October 1943, the project designation 287 was officially given to the forward-swept wing jet bomber project that Junkers was designing.
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[ About the directions point in FS2004 ]
This aircraft can be basically used also with FS2004 because it is made with FSDS Ver. 2.24 .
However, the aerofoil tip might not be able to enter in the screen in the spot taking a picture view because of very wide the width of the aircraft.
Please switch to the spot taking a picture view with other aircraft when this state happens seeming this as it is because the magnification switch of the spot taking a picture doesn't operate well.
Afterwards, if this aircraft is chosen by selecting the aircraft, it is sure to be displayed by a normal magnification.
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