The more and more I tried to make something out of the Condor, I started to realize how badly it was drawn. There were a lot of things wrong with the first design, so I've redesigned everything but the tail (excluding the tail gunner).
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187-04 Heavy Bomber
187-23 Long Range Reconnaissance Aircraft
187-56 Maritime Patrol Aircraft (with MAD and upgraded RADAR)
187-95 Heavy Bomber
And the specs:
Model 187
B-12 'Condor'
Role: Heavy Bomber (Primary), Reconnaissance, Maritime Patrol
First Flight: October 1951
Introduction: January 1955
Produced: 1951-1959, 1963-1966
Number Built: 96x (72x 1st, 2nd batch)+(24x 3rd batch)
Out of Service: 2040s expected
Crew: 14 - pilot, copilot, 2x flight engineer, navigator, bombardier, radio operator, tail gunner, 2x forward gunner (omitted after refit), 2x aft gunner (omitted after refit), 2x lower aft gunner (omitted after refit). RB-12s had an extra 5 crew members, 2 cameramen and 3 ECM operator.
Length: 179' 4"
Wingspan: 234' 7"
Height: 50' 0"
Empty Weight: 193,700lb
Loaded Weight: 472,000lb
Max Weight: 511,000lb
Max Fuel Weight: 214,400lb incl. tip tanks (163,200lb w/o)
Wing Area: 4,300ft2
Wing Loading: 188.8lb/ft2
Powerplant: 6x Brittany Motors 6,100hp Turboprops
4x Turbojets, 7,200lbf
Power/Weight: 0.117 hp/lb
Cruise speed: 280 knots
Max speed: 420 knots
Range: 8,100 (10,600nm with tip tanks)
Combat Radius: 3,240nm (4,300nm with tip tanks)
Service Ceiling: 48,000ft
Rate of Climb: 2,000ft/min
Guns: 8x 25.4mm autocannon, 490 rpm, 600rds each
Bombload: 102,000lb total; 88,000lb internally in two bomb bays, up to 56,000lb externally on 4 pylons
I'm still not entirely sure on the MPA version, so if anyone has any ideas, I'd be glad to hear them.
-EZ