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D.A.C Comet Darner (fictonal VTOL)

1,490 Whaletail2012  2 months ago

WARNING: You will need to use high physics settings for this aircraft!

Yeah so, sorry for such late posting, but here is one out of my two "silver special" aircraft! And it's a custom VTOL by my own company: D.A.C (Dynamic Aeronautical Cooperation).

The Comet Darner is D.A.C's first aircraft, and will be hoping to make more soon.

Note: You will NEED the VTOL gyro for any form of VTOL or VSTOL, as the aircraft is quite unstable.

Controls:

Ag1: VTOL gyro

Ag2: Anti-collision lights

Ag3: Navigation lights

Take-off speed: 180mph

Landing / touchdown speed: 165mph

VTOL guide:

  1. Start off by turning on the VTOL gyro, This red button can be located at the top right of the dashboard or you can just turn on Ag1.

  2. You will need over 70% throttle to lift off into the air.

  3. Once you are ready, quickly move the vtol slider upwards to 45°, or halfway up.

  4. When you get to around 150mph, push the vtol slider all the way up to 90°, and turn off the vtol gyro.

  5. Have fun

VTOL landing

I would recommend you use reverse thrust when landing in vtol to slow yourself down, but don't go over 45° as you will start to fall out of the air.

77% throttle is your sweet spot for landing, as you won't come down too fast.

That's all, See ya!

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General Characteristics

  • Created On Android
  • Wingspan 39.7ft (12.1m)
  • Length 56.8ft (17.3m)
  • Height 16.5ft (5.0m)
  • Empty Weight 11,818lbs (5,360kg)
  • Loaded Weight 18,493lbs (8,388kg)

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 1.312
  • Wing Loading 30.2lbs/ft2 (147.4kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 612.5ft2 (56.9m2)
  • Drag Points 8706

Parts

  • Number of Parts 137
  • Control Surfaces 5
  • Performance Cost 785
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    I've now just realised that my showcase images haven't shown up lol

    Pinned 2 months ago
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    @Whaletail2012 np

    18 days ago
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    @xXLouisPlayzXx Thx

    +1 19 days ago
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    @Whaletail2012 nonono it's completely fine! Things happen in life, hence why I upload weekly now. You can finish it whenever you feel like it. Please no rush ;)

    +1 19 days ago
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    @xXLouisPlayzXx Oh man...

    I completely forgot about making aircraft! 😓

    So much stuff has been happening lately that simpleplanes has been the last thing on my mind...

    I'll finish it as soon as I can.

    +1 19 days ago
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    When's your next plane coming out?? No rush, just curious :))

    +1 19 days ago
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    @Sockdragger Good job on the improvements! I'm definitely going to try to incorporate the airbrakes into my next D.A.C aircraft

    one month ago
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    8,265 Sockdragger

    I posted a version where I changed the controls to VTOL neutral= nozzles straight back for forward flight, VTOL up= nozzles rotate from full back to full down and a little further to 39° forward for flying backwards/braking. You can find it HERE..feel.free.to lol at it and use what you find useful for your next build. You can even repost the aircraft wholesale as your own. You built most of it after all.

    one month ago
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    @Sockdragger Thanks for your ratings!

    Oh I didn't realise! Whoops... 😅

    one month ago
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    8,265 Sockdragger

    I'd give it a 10 for looks. Also with some RCN nozzles to the front and the back, you can fly it without gyroscope.

    +1 one month ago
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    @Whaletail2012 yeah.... It's ok I'll wait 😁

    +1 one month ago
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    @xXLouisPlayzXx noooooo...

    Oh man, sorry

    +1 one month ago
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    @Whaletail2012 no I can't since I don't play on anything other than mobile 😭

    one month ago
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    @xXLouisPlayzXx Thanks! Are you going to be trying the simpleplanes 2 playtest?

    +1 one month ago
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    Yo this is actually fire! I really like this design, keep up the good work!

    +1 one month ago