M.D.450B Ouragan

M.D.450B Ouragan

◘Sea Fury FB 51

M.D.450B Barougan

M.D.450B Ouragan

◘Sea Fury FB 51

M.D.450B Barougan

France

V Rank

Battle rating:

AB	RB	SB
7.3	7.7	7.7

Class:

Fighter

Jet fighter

Research:95 000

Purchase:270 000

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This page is about the French jet fighter M.D.450B Ouragan. For the "Barougan", see M.D.450B Barougan.

Description

The M.D.450B Ouragan in the garage

The M.D.450B Ouragan is a Rank V French jet fighter with a battle rating of 7.3 (AB) and 7.7 (RB/SB). This aircraft was introduced in Update 1.73 "Vive la France".

The M.D.450B Ouragan is a French jet fighter located at the fighter line in the French tech tree at a battle rating of 8.0. It is the first unlockable jet as you go down the Fighter line in the French tech tree.

The main role of the Ouragan is the Fighter role. Avoid loading any secondary loadout on it as ground pounding at the start of jet matches in Air RB is a bad idea.

General info

Flight Performance

Describe how the aircraft behaves in the air. Speed, manoeuvrability, acceleration and allowable loads - these are the most important characteristics of the vehicle.

Characteristics
Stock
Max Speed (km/h at ?,000 m)		Max altitude (meters)	Turn time (seconds)		Rate of climb (meters/second)		Take-off run (meters)
AB	RB		AB	RB	AB	RB
?	?	?,000	??.?	??.?	??.?	??.?	???
Upgraded
Max Speed (km/h at ?,000 m)		Max altitude (meters)	Turn time (seconds)		Rate of climb (meters/second)		Take-off run (meters)
AB	RB		AB	RB	AB	RB
?	?	?,000	??.?	??.?	?.?	?.?	?

Details

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

Limits
Wing-break speed (km/h)	Gear limit (km/h)	Combat flap (km/h)	Max Static G
			+	-
???	???	???	~??	~?

Optimal velocities
Ailerons (km/h)	Rudder (km/h)	Elevators (km/h)	Radiator (km/h)
< ???	< ???	< ???	> ???

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

Survivability and armour

• 40 mm Bulletproof glass in cockpit front.
• 13.5 mm Steel plate in the nose.
• 13.5 mm Steel plates behind the pilot.

Armaments

The M.D.450B Ouragan is armed with:

• 4 x 20 mm M50 cannons (125 RPG = 500 total)

The four machine guns are clustered on the underside of the fuselage, directly below the pilot. Each are armed with the same amount of ammunition, which means that all guns will fire with each other until empty.

Suspended armament

The M.D.450B Ouragan utilize external pylons to carry various configurations of:

• None
• 2 x 500 lb AN-M64A1 bombs
• 2 x 1,000 lb AN-M65A1 Fin M129 bombs
• 16 x T10 140 rockets
• 16 x T10 151 rockets

Usage in battles

The M.D.450B Ouragan is mainly a BnZ aircraft. It retains in vertical turns and BnZ maneuvers well. When you takeoff, gain speed. After gaining speed, you side-climb up to 2500 - 3000 meters then head to the center. When you're finally in the center, you've already gained speed by accelerating. Then, you commence BnZ tactics. Dive, engage, zoom up to 2500 - 3000 meters, loop around, look for a suitable target, rinse and repeat. If you find yourself in a bad situation where you can't use BnZ tactics, then your last resort would be turning.

Manual Engine Control

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

Modules

Tier	Flight performance	Survivability	Weaponry
IA
II
III
IV

Pros and cons

Pros:

• Good maneuverability, especially between 500kmh and 600kmh
• Good roll rate
• Nose-mounted guns
• Doesn't compress much below 900kmh
• Downtiered often, very capable aircraft against lower-ranked aircraft
• Strong and effective flaps
• M50 20 mm cannons excel with "Air Targets" belts
• Easy to fly and land with a ripped wingtip

Cons:

• Stock performance is lacking
• Wingtips rip easily in a dive
• Slow compared to contemporaries
• Extremely heavy compression above 970kmh
• Poor acceleration
• M50 20mm cannons tend to "spark" and are less effective with "Default" ammo belts, "Air Targets" belts have no tracers

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See also

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