KerbalX

Details

• Type: SPH
• Class: aircraft
• Part Count: 977
• Pure Stock
• KSP: 1.10.1

One of the most feared and advanced aircraft of the Second World War.

The B-29 Superfortress is the manifestation of the need by the USAAF for a heavy bomber to replace the B-17 and B-24. It ultimately became one of the most expensive weapons projects of the entire war, and went on to become a powerful aircraft capable of delivering the war home to Japan and served until the Korean War.

NOTE: For this aircraft to display correctly, you need the nothing.png flag in your game, downloadable here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1DhWdtsw46cqRGsmUkkFLFctaI-uj9xuu/view?usp=sharing

This aircraft flies pretty well and is maneuverable although finicky. Deploy flaps and fuel cells (necessary for maintaining higher throttle settings) with the 2 key. On the takeoff run, start changing prop pitch with the I/K keys (Start with pressing I until the acceleration peaks off). Once in the air after reaching around 60 m/s, continue optimizing prop pitch at higher speed. Throttle down around this point because the aircraft can only maintain around ¾ths throttle while still generating enough ElectricCharge to keep the engines running. Even with half throttle you should be able to maintain around 80 m/s given optimized prop pitch.

Bomb bay toggles with 1 key. Use staging to deploy bombs. Do not hold full throttle for too long or you risk running out of ElectricCharge and shutting the engines down.