This is one possible representation of the flying wing aircraft that appeared in the movie Raiders of the Lost Ark. While the plane was fictional, it had some similarities to unbuilt German designs such as the Me 265 and the Ar E.555. This design is based on specifications of the Me 265, but reduced in size and performance, and is intended for use as a dive bomber and ground attack plane.
The Me 165 burns 45 gallons of fuel per hour at routine usage.
Subassemblies: Medium Fighter chassis with Good streamlining
+3, Light Fighter-Bomber Wings with STOL option +3, 2¥Large Weapon
engine pods +2, three fixed wheels +0.
P&P: 2¥495-kW aerial supercharged HP gas engine with
2¥495-kW prop and 180-gallon self-sealing tanks [Wings]
Occ: 2 CS Cargo: 3.5 Body
| Armor | F | R/L | B | T | U |
| All | 2/3 | 2/3 | 2/3 | 2/3 | 2/3 |
| Pilot | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/+30 | 0/0 | 0/+30 |
| Gunner | 0/+30 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/+30 |
Weaponry
2¥20mm Medium Aircraft AC/MG 151/20 [Body:F] (125 each).
2¥Aircraft LMG/MG 17 [Body:F] (500 each).
2¥Aircraft LMG/MG 81Z [Body:B] (1,000).
2¥550-lb bombs [Body:U].
2¥220-lb bombs [Wings:U].
Equipment
Body: Medium range radio transmitter and receiver, navigation
instruments, autopilot, bombsight, 1,100-lb bomb bay. Wings: One
220-lb hardpoint each.
Statistics
| Size: 30'x40'x10' | Payload: 1.66 tons | Lwt: 5.25 tons |
| Volume: 200 vsp | Maint.: 32 hours | Price: $39,000 |
HT: 10
HP: 120 [body], 160 [each wing], 12 [each wheel], 120 [each
pod]
| aSpeed: 303 | aAccel: 6 | aDecel: 21 | aMR: 5.5 | aSR: 1 | |
| Stall: 85 mph |
| gSpeed: 160 | gAccel: 7 | aDecel: 10 | aMR: 0.5 | aSR: 2 | |
| Takeoff: 447 yards | Landing: 481 yards |
Design Notes
The rear turret was subsumed as part of the body to reduce design complexity.
To reflect the stability problems of early flying wings, aMR was reduced
from 2 to 1. Like the Ho 229 (p.W:WW70), HT was based on wing HPs, not
body HPs.