Rule the skies

[VoxApocrypha]

With the results of the first test of the T-30, they would take the data and as well, examine the air frame briefly to service it before then they would settle on their own vote.
The T-30 could proceed with further testing and before too long if all went well, weapons tests. They'd want to start small and scale up as they.

For the T-30A they were not as invested but nonetheless would plainly state that they believed the altered tail structure and additional weight played a large part in why the aircraft had basically crashed on landing.
They wanted to potentially strip down the back arrangement to only hold two machine guns and as well work on trying to lighten the airframe some, as well potentially giving it a stronger engine.

[Greywall]

The Gaelic team was happy about the T-30 results but the T-30A's crash was concerning. They needed a dedicated naval bomber and began mulling over what caused the crash, they took into account the Roskana suggestions about the tail structure being changed as well as shrinking the guns from four to two. The Gaelic team placed an order to Callahan back home for a stronger engine and began reinforcing the rear tail with armor to make it sturdier.

[Greywall]

After several Spring months, the Gaelic team had finished reinforcing the armor around the tail of the T30A, they were ready for another test flight when they sent an inquiry on the arsenal of bombs the Marrlan and Roskana wanted to equip on the T30.

[Artsy Astra]

The Marrlan engineers would wheel in a few crates of bombs for mounting. Mostly training duds, but a few live ones were requisitioned.



In order from top to bottom:
300lb Bomb,
250lb Bomb,
150lb Bomb,
50lb Bomb.

[Greywall]

T30 weapons test flight would be setup, T30A test flight would be planned afterward with hopes that the new addition provided the results needed.

[VoxApocrypha]

The Roskanans would have the same bombs as Marrlan, and a few larger ones, but they seemed to only really have their minds set on the 250 pounders and smaller, between the 150 pound bombs and 250-pounders.
They'd suggest starting with a bomb load of maybe 2 to 4 150lb bombs.

[Artsy Astra]

The Marrlaners would agree and also suggest a test payload of 2 150lb bombs.

[EpicToaster1]

Technology Project Moderation

T-30

Tarmac: The T-30 fueled up without issues and was able to make its way to the runway, though the engine seemed to strain itself during taxiing.

Take-off: The aircraft's take-off ended up being a little bumpy but was able to enter a steady climb.

Basic Flight Path: The aircraft was unable to achieve stable, level flight, being forced to drop the dummy payload and return to the airstrip.

Landing: The aircraft landed without issue and was able to make it back to the tarmac under its own power.

From an Engineer's perspective, the aircraft may need a stronger engine to handle the weight, though it equally could have been a bad fuel valve or other engine issue that made the engine unable to perform optimally.


T-30A

Tarmac: The T-30A fueled up without issues and was able to reach the runway under its own power.

Take-off: The aircraft's engine would blow out and sputter shortly after the aircraft departed from the ground.

Emergency Flight Path: The aircraft managed to achieve a stable flight glide, allowing the pilot to float quietly around the airfield back to the runway to land.

Emergency Landing: The aircraft's landing was a great success, with no major damages caused by the relatively hard unpowered landing. The test crew was able to walk away from the scene safely.

From an Engineer's perspective, the engine will need to be looked into to ensure its build quality was correct to the engineering standards.

[VoxApocrypha]

The Roskanan team would set about looking into the engine on the T-30 once they had brought the aircraft back in for servicing. The aim would be to determine what the issue ultimately was and how they might then be able to fix it.

Ground control would have a recovery crew recover the T-30A and bring it back to the hangar, where they would begin repairs on the aircraft. Similarly, inspectors would be sent in to give it a look over and figure out what happened from listening to the test crew.

[Greywall]

Gaelic crews began looking over and inspecting the T-30 and T-30A along with the Roskanan crews to make sure nothing ruptured or broke that would have caused the engines to sputter out.

[Greywall]

After some time devoted to overhauling the engines and gave the T-30A some parts from a custom made Callahan engine. For the T-30 they installed some parts to push more intake to have more power to haul the payload better.

[VoxApocrypha]

The Roskanan air crew would be the ones of whom were clearly concerned more about the T-30 than anything else. They had a rather vested interest in the design as it stood anyway and that wasn't hard to guess at, because they'd not only been fawning over it, but clearly though not openly copying as many details as they could to paper should they ever need it.

And it would naturally be a Roskanan pilot of whom would be shoehorned in to run the T-30 on another testflight, the same one from last time.
Come the next test, they'd be watching and waiting eagerly from the sides of the raised dirt that held up the asphalt runway.

[Greywall]

A Gaelic pilot would be recruited to fly the T-30A with the overhauled Callahan engine, after doing all their checks and overlooking the systems for a third time they would green light the take off. The Ulster-Gaelics left the T-30 test flight to the Roskanans.

[VoxApocrypha]

The Roskanan Pilot would be the same as last time. He checked the engine, the propeller, and other systems alongside the technicians, before he sat down in the pilot's seat. He relaxed back into it, and would let the technicians close the canopy, before he felt two strong taps from a Festria's hand on the side of the cockpit glass, and through the airframe too. He'd nod his head, and switch the engine to on.

Taxing to the airstrip was the easy part.
This was the hard part. This is where this project would be made or broken..
And so, he tried to take off and to reach a sustained and level flight. If he could do that, he'd do the maneuvers again, with his dummy bomb-load.

[Greywall]

The Gaelic pilot took off and the T-30A successfully completed a test run flight, the new Callahan engine roared loudly in the sky making the T-30A sound near demonic as it flew in the sky giving it a nickname 'Sea Demon'. It landed without much issue and would be prepped for a weapons load test, the Ulster-Gaelics were thrilled to see the long project finally have some success.