Tarantula no cargo bay option/variant for extremely heavy cargo

[teal zinc]

So there I was, getting my rear blasted by a SAM and watching my entire cargo bay fall off and the poor sods in the IFV plummet to their deaths - assuming the missile hadn't already done that - when I thought to myself This tarantula sure does fly well with the cargo bay removed

By removing the cargo bay the tarantula might just be able to get off the floor with an MBT or small boat strapped to the bottom. Obviously it would need a new set of rear wheels and some other method of carrying it.

If this would be too large of a change for the load out editor this could be added as an alternative airframe with potentially upgraded engines and less armour to shave off a bit more weight.

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[teal zinc]

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[rapid coral]

More interestingly than a weight increase, this would let it carry outsize loads.

[ember halo]

I see laat, I up vote

[novel arrow]

this would be sick but idk if it would be possible

[dull hearth]

the cargo bay doesn't seem to be structurally important
you can easily lose it and still fly
unless it has fuel tanks that aren't modeled in or something

[novel arrow]

yeah it's 100% possible from a mechanical perspective but I mean from a game perspective

mitch said he won't do variants because it's about as much work as making a new plane iirc

this could be a great mod though

[crimson patrol]

how would one even mod that

[ember halo]

take a buzzsaw to the cargo bay in blender

[old forge]

how about a skycrane style helicopter instead

[sage birch]

Would be awesome seeing it being able to carry small boats if this is added

[autumn echo]

Do you know what?? Tara cannot carry smth heavy than 20T.
This dont have any sense

[novel arrow]

idk, offiry would probably know

[frozen moon]

Stratolance launchers are 18 tons.

[dull hearth]

you can probably stretch it to 25 or barely 27-28 tons if you take off horizontally

[lucid marten]

Shaving off the cargo bay is bound to increase the number a little

[teal zinc]

Also removing some armour and some weapons with their corresponding computers.

[teal zinc]

The tarantulas listed max weight is 53.5t but can take off vertically at 59t. It weighs 29.33t with 5% fuel so if we're generous and shave off half of that by removing the cargo bay, armour, and all weapons except the missiles or something we can get a dry weight of 15t.

A spearhead is out of the question at 71t but a Type 12 at 59t + 15t dry weight +3.5t of fuel (40%) means you're trying to get this off the floor at 77.5t or 125% capacity.

No VTOL but I think with a long rolling take off and flying with angled engines most of the time it's doable.
I would say that this would hardly be the standard use of this, more likely you would use it for moving more than 2 munitions crates or lighter vehicles that are still above the standard tarantula size or weight limit

[sly plank]

Half ? I think you overstimate the weight of the bay itself ! A third at most I'd say

But anyway, what of the rear landing gears ? Those need the bay structure to exist. What do you suggest ? Long struts ? Or are we keeping a reinforced and rampless back section for that purpose and reducing the carryable max length ?

[teal zinc]

Big ol' struts

If the cargo is held in suspension then the gear doesn't need to carry the weight of the cargo just the rear section

[sly plank]

For forward flight at high speed the cargo cannot be hoisted

[teal zinc]

Wow that is unreadable

[sly plank]

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[novel arrow]

I get the idea

[sly plank]

To all those saying no

[crimson patrol]

I don’t think mods can significantly change the structure of an airframe like that