Overview
Had a hit of inspiration and decided to build this during the weekend. Very simple build, quite nice to fly. Features custom landing gear, wing spoilers (linked to brakes) as well as my first ever wing flex (~6° max). Built almost to 1:1 scale (a mixup of the models put the length off by a couple feet). Mobile friendly too.
Controls
TRIM - Calibrate vertical axis/trim
AG8 - Navigation Lights
Pictures
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Information
The Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk is an unmanned (UAV) surveillance aircraft. It was initially designed by Ryan Aeronautical (now part of Northrop Grumman), and known as Tier II+ during development. The Global Hawk performs a similar role as the Lockheed U-2. The RQ-4 provides a broad overview and systematic surveillance using high-resolution synthetic aperture radar (SAR) and long-range electro-optical/infrared (EO/IR) sensors with long loiter times over target areas. It can survey as much as 40,000 square miles (100,000 km2) of terrain a day, which is an area the size of South Korea or Iceland.
(Source: Wiki)
Specifications
Spotlights
- Johndfg 5.8 years ago
- mikoyanster 5.8 years ago
- Dllama4 5.8 years ago
- Marine 5.8 years ago
- Chancey21 5.6 years ago
General Characteristics
- Predecessor RQ-4B Global Hawk UAV
- Successors 5 airplane(s) +21 bonus
- Created On Mac
- Wingspan 130.9ft (39.9m)
- Length 44.7ft (13.6m)
- Height 14.2ft (4.3m)
- Empty Weight 28,261lbs (12,819kg)
- Loaded Weight 32,974lbs (14,957kg)
Performance
- Power/Weight Ratio 2.453
- Wing Loading 33.9lbs/ft2 (165.4kg/m2)
- Wing Area 973.5ft2 (90.4m2)
- Drag Points 13863
Parts
- Number of Parts 459
- Control Surfaces 0
- Performance Cost 1,889
@CoolPeach How are the blueprints coloured?
nah just kidding I won't have brain cancer
@Wolfkingthethird3 hmm now I have brain cancer for some reasons
Lol I was looking at the real life one on Wikipedia and thought "maybe this will be on simple planes, well it is and I noticed that the wingspan is literally just .1 of the real one has a wingspan of 131′ 0″ and yours has a wingspan of 130′ 9″.
This was overthrown by Iran
I used a propeller
@CoolPeach Yup, that works, thx. And again awesome creation...
The wheels are funny on low physics, try medium or high. @BUILDERMATT03
@CoolPeach Yes, I think my phone its more than capable to run this model.
Are you running on low physics?
@BUILDERMATT03
It's awesome but the wheels are unstable and gets destroyed during takeoff, any idea why?
That’s another one (probably the MQ-9 Reaper), this one is purely for reconnaissance only
@BossyMr
I love this aircraft and UAV! However, like @TitanIncorporated stated, it has no weapons. Would the real UAV not have air to ground missiles, or is that another UAV I am thinking about?
@Boatrider thx
It’s a reconnaissance drone, not an
attack drone
@TitanIncorporated
@CoolPeach ahhh okay, thank you!
I XML edited the rotators to free spin with a range of 2° (via overload). It just comes up as “disabled” because it’s less than 5
@Hyattorama
Oh, and also: fantastic build, btw. I love it.
How did you make the wings flex like that? It’s exactly what I wanted for one of my previous builds, and I couldn’t figure it out... I used disabled hinge rotators but it wouldn’t flex like this... how did you do it? Lol
100th upvote!
@Phantos you go into SP and go into your menu in you build and fly, and click share aircraft. from there, you post.
I play on a Android do you know how to upload planes
cool i like it
Um so I’m on iOS and I can’t just set it to 0 without it being floppy@CoolPeach
Ooh okay and I installed gyroscopes on the aircraft to help “auto pilot” keep it in a perfect circle @CoolPeach @CoolPeach