RyanCrierie
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The Spruce Goose cruised at 175-178 MPH for 3,500 miles with a full payload (130,000 lbs). Unfortunatley, the maximum load you can carry in WITP:AE in a plane is 65,000 lbs. But, I do have SACs for a lot of stuff: XR6O-1 Constitution SAC -- several MB!! And on Page 5 of the SAC they have a range/payload graph flying at an altitude of 1500 feet; which is applicable I think to the SPRUCE GOOSE. It comes out as: R6O Constitution: 20,000 lb payload: about 2,200 nm (50% design payload) 40,000 lb payload: about 1,200 nm (design payload) So if we assume the SPRUCE GOOSE had the same performance gains/degradation as payload increased/decreased as the R6O, then flying at 65,000 lb cargo weight (50% of design); would give the Spruce Goose a range of about 6,400 miles (or 5,560 nautical miles). So in game the Spruce goose would be: Max Speed: 220 Cru Speed: 175 Endurance: 2194 (minutes at cruise) Manouver: 5 (it IS huge after all) Climb: 500 (fpm) Max Alt: 12000 Armor: 0 Max Load: 65000 Service Rating of 20-30 Crew: 18 Rng Max: 5600 (ferry range; I would imagine if you deploy a Spruce Goose somewhere, you want to carry not only the crew -- 18 men is about 3,600 lbs alone; but also some spares, mechanics, etc.) Rng Ext: 5800 or 6000 Rng Normal: 5560 I think that should work for it.
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