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New from Flying Cat Industries, the C/B-66 Griffon Transport.

Crew: Six (pilot, copilot, two flight engineers, two loadmasters)
Powerplant
Six General Electric TF39-GE-1C turbofan engines (43,000 pounds per engine (ATR))
Dimensions
Length: 247 feet, 10 inches
Wingspan: 222 feet, 9 inches
Height: 65 feet
Weights
Empty: 374,000 lb (169643 kg)
Maximum Takeoff: 769,000 pounds (348,818 kilograms)
Performance
Speed: 518 mph (.77 Mach)
Ceiling: 35,750 ft (10895 m) at 615,000 lb (278960 kg)
Range: Unlimited with in-flight refueling
Cost:$135 million
Not as big as the C-5 Galaxy, but it's AVTOL abilities more than make up for that. Bomber version(B-66) is excelent for carrier-borne carpet bombing raids.
OOC: comments/criticisms welcome!

bump?

bump :(

Realistic, and also it's STOVL.

BTW how does it achieve VTOL? Thrust vectoring?

Powerplant is listed as 4 engines, and there are clearly 6 on the plane

Powerplant is listed as 4 engines, and there are clearly 6 on the plane

*looks worried* no it doesn't! :wink:

It achieves take off by tilting all four wings, and therefore the engines as well. This is based on a real concept, currently being studied by Boeing's Phantom Works. And I'm changing it to AVTOL (almost vertical take off and landing - not NVTOL as that would be stealing Raysia's idea) as the wings do not go all the way.

Any takers?

Interesting... can you make a version that can transport troops and vehicles? If you can then I may buy some depending on the price and amount of equipment carried, but I cant buy many because Im making a rather large naval purchase that will take me ages to pay off...

Well, it may be real....but to me there's just got to be aerodynamical problems by having one wing infront of the other...

Interesting... can you make a version that can transport troops and vehicles? If you can then I may buy some depending on the price and amount of equipment carried, but I cant buy many because Im making a rather large naval purchase that will take me ages to pay off...

It does that at the moment. Like the C-5, the nose lifts up and there is a ramp at the back.

Communist rule: the pic is an optical illusion :wink: anyways, just think of them as big canards!

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The Empire of CommieBoi is willing to pay a larger sum (500Million) if you could provide a custom C/B-66 Griffon Transport suitable for an Emperor the money is all yours if more money is needed we can supply

Interesting... can you make a version that can transport troops and vehicles? If you can then I may buy some depending on the price and amount of equipment carried, but I cant buy many because Im making a rather large naval purchase that will take me ages to pay off...

It does that at the moment. Like the C-5, the nose lifts up and there is a ramp at the back.

Ok, so can you tell me how many (I know you give a tonnage but how many men/tanks can physically fit inside the cargo bay?)?

Anyway I shall take 5 now for testing and I may buy more later (the naval purchase fell through).

That will be 675,000,000. Money will be wired on confrimation.

CommieBoi, you need to tell me more about what you want in it.

Praetonia, 2 M1A2s and 20 men or 200 men. order confirmed