Boomerang Mk I (Great Britain)

▄Boomerang Mk I

▄Boomerang Mk II

▄Boomerang Mk I

▄Boomerang Mk II

Britain

II Rank

Battle rating:

AB	RB	SB
3.3	3.0	2.7

Class:

PREMIUM

Fighter

Purchase:1 150

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This page is about the aircraft Boomerang Mk I (Great Britain). For other uses, see Boomerang (Disambiguation)

Description

The Boomerang Mk I (Great Britain) in the garage

The ▄Boomerang Mk I is a Rank II premium British fighter with a battle rating of 3.3 (AB), 3.0 (RB), and 2.7 (SB). This aircraft has been in the game since the start of the Open Beta Test prior to Update 1.29. It costs 1,150 Golden Eagles. This variant of the Boomerang represents a version which was designed and manufactured in Australia.

General info

Flight Performance

Characteristics
Stock
Max Speed (km/h at 5,100 m)		Max altitude (meters)	Turn time (seconds)		Rate of climb (meters/second)		Take-off run (meters)
AB	RB		AB	RB	AB	RB
469	459	10356	23.5	23.8	12.0	12.0	273
Upgraded
Max Speed (km/h at 5,100 m)		Max altitude (meters)	Turn time (seconds)		Rate of climb (meters/second)		Take-off run (meters)
AB	RB		AB	RB	AB	RB
?	?	10356	??.?	??.?	??.?	??.?	273

Details

Features
Combat flap	Take-off flap	Landing flap	Air brakes	Arrestor gear
✓	✓	✓	X	X

Limits
Wing-break speed (km/h)	Gear limit (km/h)	Combat flap (km/h)	Max Static G
			+	-
660	320	520	~20	~20

Optimal velocities
Ailerons (km/h)	Rudder (km/h)	Elevators (km/h)	Radiator (km/h)
< 365	< 300	< 420	> 215

Compressor (RB/SB)
Setting 1
Optimal altitude	100% Engine power	WEP Engine power
1,990 m	1,100 hp	1,188 hp

Survivability and armour

• 38 mm Bulletproof glass in front of pilot.
• 12.7 mm Steel plate behind pilot, with 3 mm steel plate flaps around it.
• Critical components located at the front of aircraft (fuel, pilot, engine, controls)
• More fuel tanks located in wings near the fuselage

Armaments

Offensive armament

The Boomerang Mk I (Great Britain) is armed with:

• 2 x 20 mm Hispano Mk.II cannon, wing-mounted (60 rpg = 120 total)
• 4 x 7.7 mm Browning machine gun, wing-mounted (1,000 rpg = 4,000 total)

Usage in the battles

Manual Engine Control

MEC elements
Mixer	Pitch	Radiator			Supercharger	Turbocharger
		Oil	Water	Type
Controllable	Controllable	Not controllable	Controllable	Combined	Controllable	Not controllable

Modules

Tier	Flight performance		Survivability	Weaponry
I	Fuselage Repair	Radiator
II		Compressor	Airframe
III	Wings Repair	Engine
IV		Engine Injection	Cover

Pros and cons

Pros:

• Tight turn speed and Roll ability at low altitude.
• Large amount of secondary machine gun ammunition (4000 Rounds).
• Large choice of ammo belts for both the Cannons and Machine guns.

Cons:

• Poor performance at higher altitude.
• Cannons only have 60 rounds in each gun.
• Low Speed for a Fighter Aircraft (even for Rank II).
• Occasionally poor matchmaking.

History

The CAC Boomerang was an Australian single-seat, single-engine fighter of mixed wood and aluminium construction.

The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour on December 7, 1941 and subsequent event in the pacific theatre of operations showed how unprepared the Australians were for war. The country had fewer than two hundred military aircraft, most of them obsolete. At that time, the Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation (CAC) only produced trainers, the CAC wirraway (a licensed version of the american NA-33) The License Agreement Provided for modifications, so, in order to have an fighter aircraft as soon as possible, The CAC decided to use the the trainer as a basis for a new fighter.

The CA-12(later called the Boomerang Mk.1) was created, the first domestically produced fighter to ever roll off Australian assembly lines. The CA-12 borrowed the Wirraway's landing gear, tail, and wing design and was powered by a license built American Pratt and Whitney Twin Wasp engine, rated at 1200 hp. The aircraft was armed with two Hispano cannons and four 0.303 inch Browning machine guns and could carny four 9kg smoke bombs to mark targets, one 337kg bomb, or a 365 liter external fuel tank.

The Ca-12 had high durability, good armament, and excellent handling characteristics at low level, although this performance deteriorated at height and the fighter's top speed was not at all competitive.

Mass production began in July 1942 and 105 Boomerang Mk.1 fighter were produced.

Media

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