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PX-3B Hammerfall Thunderclap

1,721 HBirdmanAATL  7.8 years ago

Capitalizing on the fact that it's motor jet made the Hammerfall an excellent high speed interceptor Soviet engineers added improved motor jets and a second counter rotating piston engine. The second piston engine alone boosted the airplane's speed to 550mph. With it's motor jets active the plane began to kiss the sound barrier at 727mph in level flight, and break trough it in a dive. The now noticeably forward swept wings allowed for the aircraft to remain maneuverable even at these high speeds.

Like the Wingblade the inspiration for this plane came from an idea I had for a comic. I wanted to test to see if the design I came up with on paper might work in real life. Press 1 to activate the jet engines. Airbrakes are operated through the VTOL controls.

General Characteristics

  • Created On Windows
  • Wingspan 45.3ft (13.8m)
  • Length 36.4ft (11.1m)
  • Height 13.1ft (4.0m)
  • Empty Weight 11,327lbs (5,137kg)
  • Loaded Weight 13,988lbs (6,344kg)

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 1.606
  • Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.428
  • Wing Loading 41.6lbs/ft2 (203.2kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 336.0ft2 (31.2m2)
  • Drag Points 2243

Parts

  • Number of Parts 40
  • Control Surfaces 6
  • Performance Cost 280