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Mig Fighter Red Alert 3

75 Weizhenshc  4.5 years ago

The Mig air-superiority fighter from Command & Conquer Red Alert 3
The aircraft is built from ipad simple plane without mods and is fully functional.
This aircraft is my 1st VTOL build, and it is quiet interesting to say the least. I have no idea if EA actually consulted military aviation professionals for this game or not, but it seems to me that after I overcame the technical difficulties of building this aircraft, I must say that the resulting performance is very "Mig like".
In summary, the aircraft flies quiet counter-intuitively. At lower altitudes, the aircraft struggles to reach even mach 1 due to the massive drag created from its giant body-wing design, but instead is a decent near-sonic turn-fighter, much like the real life early Mig fighter series. However, thanks to the massive lift that said wing generates and a decent power-to-weight ratio, the aircraft can reach ~1300 mph at near 50,000ft, and is able to maintain EXTREME stability, control, and elevation authority at 40,000-60,000ft altitude without any fear of stalling or flat-spin. In short, this is a peculiar aircraft that is a low-speed turn-fighter at low altitudes, and a high-speed interceptor at high altitudes, which is fully adherent with RA3 lore.

(one minor detail, I put this aircraft into a guns only dogfight with the in-game p-51, and after one of my VTOL engine group was hit by gunfire from AI, the Mig kept flying mostly normal for 10 more minutes with a burning engine. The aircraft remained operation despite having one actively burning engine, and eventually stopped burning and simply didn't put out any thrust. This kind of resilience is an obvious result of its triple-body independent thrust output design, which is also very coherent with in-game performance of the burning aircraft maintaining flight after being chased by guns-blazing enemy fighter aircraft)

Notes for pilots:
VTOL takeoff procedure-- throttle 65% is optimal for takeoff, and after gaining 300+ft of altitude from ground, immediately pull full back on VTOL and quickly increase throttle to 100%. Adjust pitch to stabilize, and once above 290 mph, deactivate ctrl group 8 and retract landing gear to enter conventional flight mode.
Recommended trim is slightly less or equal to 40% pitch up at below ~20,000 ft for stable elevation control.
It is recommended to re-activate group 8 RCS apparatus at altitudes of 40.000-60,000 ft for additional pitch control authority. However, at lower altitudes the RCS will make the aircraft less controllable during regular flight.

Hope you enjoy!

General Characteristics

  • Created On iOS
  • Wingspan 34.6ft (10.5m)
  • Length 34.3ft (10.4m)
  • Height 12.2ft (3.7m)
  • Empty Weight 13,974lbs (6,338kg)
  • Loaded Weight 22,169lbs (10,056kg)

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 1.824
  • Wing Loading 109.1lbs/ft2 (532.8kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 203.2ft2 (18.9m2)
  • Drag Points 3875

Parts

  • Number of Parts 76
  • Control Surfaces 6
  • Performance Cost 399