- For the tabletop aircraft, see Hughes Bloodhawk (tabletop).
- "The Hughes Bloodhawk is the latest in a line of superlative aircraft from Hollywood's premiere aircraft manufacturer: Hughes Aviation. The Bloodhawk is the epitome of style and function, engineered as much for appearance as for deadly effectiveness."
- —Aircraft description[1]
The Hughes Bloodhawk is an aircraft featured in Crimson Skies. Designed and built by the Hughes Aviation company for the Nation of Hollywood,[1] the Bloodhawk is extremely manoeuvrable and sleek in its appearance. of Hollywood were designed by Howard Hughes. Stylish but functional, the Bloodhawk is extremely manuverable, even at high speeds. The Bloodhawk does however struggle with an unusually high stall speed. Containing precision-balanced weapons and sighting systems, the Bloodhawk has earned a lethal reputation. It is currently one of the fastest aircraft in service. At the Boeing Special Projects division in Pacifica, Doctor Willhem Fassenbiender was working on an experimental Bloodhawk, codenamed Blue Streak, and instead of the standard Allison V engine, it could be given one with a nitro injection which allows a sudden burst of speed for a small period of time (see The Pilfered Prototype). [2]
Unique aircraft[]
- Blue Streak - A prototype Bloodhawk fitted with the Allison V-1690 nitro engine, giving it a nitrous oxide booster. As this engine would overburden the airframe, it has one less hardpoint on it.
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Trivia[]
- The Bloodhawk's design is very similar to the Henschel P.75, an experimental Luftwaffe aircraft developed during WWII. It may be based upon the Kyushu J7W Shinden, an Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service interceptor.
- When equipped with a Nitro-booster, the speedometer will go far beyond the maximum display of 300 m.p.h.
- Additionally, the aircraft will travel so fast that it will cause the sound to glitch out, becoming silent until the nitro has worn off.
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