Steinbacker Sb-350
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| Steinbacker Sb-350 "Albatros" | |
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| Sb-350, formerly of the Luftstreitkräfte, pictured in 2019 | |
| Role | Strategic bomber |
| National origin | Englean Kaiserreich |
| Manufacturer | Kaiserliche Flugzeugbau |
| First flight | 1942 |
| Introduction | 1944 |
| Retired | 1961 |
| Status | Retired |
| Primary users | Luftstreitkräfte Shastaran Air Force |
| Produced | 1942-1951 |
| Number built | 456, 12 (Shastara) |
The Steinbacker Sb-350 Albatros was a four-engine long-range strategic bomber developed during the Second Great War for the Englean Luftstreitkräfte. First envisioned in 1937 as a long-range civilian transport aircraft, the design was modified in 1942 to enter the Reichsluftfahrtministerium's Ventismarbomber project. This project called for a long range bomber capable of taking off from the mainland Kaiserreich or Kleinaruscha and strike targets within Rezuan-controlled Ventismar. With its excellent range, the Sb-350 was chosen as the winner for the competition and immediately the company received an order for 100 aircraft to be produced by the end of 1943. By the end of the war, the aircraft was sued against targets within Ventismar, the Empire of the Tao, and in Damsmar. After the war the aircraft was used as the primary strategic bomber of the Luftstreitkräfte, being equipped with the Type 1952 "Atomwaffe" and Type 1956 "Fliegender Fisch" nuclear cruise missile.
Specifications (Sb-350 H)
General characteristics
- Crew: 8
- Length: 20.8979 m (68 ft 6.75 in)
- Wingspan: 43.00 m (141 ft 1 in)
- Height: 4.2990 m (14 ft 1.25 in)
- Wing area: 127.700 m2 (1,374.55 sq ft)
- Empty weight: 21,150 kg (46,627 lb)
- Max takeoff weight: 56,001 kg (123,460 lb)
- Powerplant: 4 × Merzedes-Benz MzB-4055 14-cylinder air-cooled radial piston engines, 1,300 kW (1,700 hp) each for take-off
- 1,070 kW (1,440 hp) at 5,700 m (18,700 ft)
- Propellers: 3-bladed constant-speed propellers
Performance
- Maximum speed: 546 km/h (339 mph; 295 kn) at 36,000 kg (79,366 lb) at 6,101 m (20,015 ft)
- 470 km/h (290 mph; 250 kn) at 34,400 kg (75,840 lb) at 8,300 m (27,230 ft)
- 565 km/h (351 mph; 305 kn) at 8,300 m (27,230 ft) with GM-1 operating
- 470 km/h (290 mph; 250 kn) at 34,400 kg (75,840 lb) at 8,300 m (27,230 ft)
- Cruise speed: 349 km/h (217 mph; 188 kn) at 8,001 m (26,250 ft)
- Range: 15,000 km (9,321 mi; 8,099 nmi) 333 km/h (207 mph; 180 kn)
- Service ceiling: 8,000 m (26,250 ft) at 36,000 kg (79,366 lb)
- Rate of climb: 2.00 m/s (393 ft/min)
Armament
- Guns: **10 × 20 mm (0.51 in) MG 252/20 cannons
- 8 × 25 mm MG254/25 cannons (1950 refit)
- 2 x 20 mm (0.51 in) MG 252/20 cannons (1950 refit)
- Bombs: 3,000 kg (6,614 lb) bombload in internal bomb bay at 14,400 km (8,947 miles). 13,200 kg (29,101 lbs) bombload in internal bomb bay at 8,600 km (5,343 miles).