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DWG Patrol Torpedo Bomber- Goosemaster

I have been meaning to make a large flying boat patrol bomber for a while, and I figured I would step outside of my comfort zone and try doing it in the DWG's style, since a flying torpedo boat seemed right up their conceptual alley. The Goosemaster is the unholy lovechild of a 2x scale Boeing 314, PBY Catlina, and an AC-130.

I imagine that in-universe such a vehicle would represent the heavy end of the DWG's conventional air forces, resulting from the combination of an outdated Steel Striders patrol aircraft pattern and typical piratical "ingenuity". Designed to carry a heavy load of torpedoes a long distance, or bombard hard surface targets with its pair of twin-linked 250mm automatic cannons firing shaped charge rounds, the Goosemaster was perfectly suited to combating Onyx Watch castle-ships, which tended to suffer from a dearth of ack-ack and underwater protection. Of course, such large and (relatively) finely-built aircraft would be rare among the various DWG fleets even during their heydays, but there was nothing quite so fearsome to an Onyx Watch captain or White Flayer ship-abbot than a Goosemaster roaring in at wave-top level.

Practically Speaking, the Goosemaster comes out to about 118,000 resources, and is reasonably capable against DWG and OW vessels at and above its own cost, provided they don't have quick-firing cannons. I deliberately designed the Goosemaster to be strongest from forward and below, and weakest from forward and above- though because of the cramped central area, the direct side is also a weak point. It flies smoothly without PIDs and I have no idea how. It can automatically choose between its two attack patterns based on the target size- whether to orbit and spew 250mm HEAT or make successive torpedo runs with its 6m Large Torpedoes. Arguably the two are mismatched- the aircraft is harder to hit while flying an orbit and the guns benefit from a larger target, but I felt that having it do torpedo runs on the small fry rendered the heavy torpedoes moot, not to mention that I theoretically could have pulled one of the 250s and doubled the effectiveness of the other, but I liked the symmetry. In short, for an aircraft that I deliberately designed to be sub-optimal, I'm satisfied with its performance.

Painted in DWG fleet colors.