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Douglas F3D Skyknight

5,184 AnHNWhiteCornet  1.8 years ago
Auto Credit Based on WinsWings's Fighter Under 100 parts, Challenge [CLOSED]

Description

To replace the aging F7F Tigercats, the F3D Skyknight was developed. Powered by two jet engines and mounted with the newest and most powerful radar available, the Skyknight would prove to be a worthy adversary in the night sky. The plane helped develop the Sparrow I missile which would latter become the Aim-7 air to air missile and the model depicted has four mounted on the wing pylons. Additionally armed with four 20mm cannons, the plane could tear any Mig or Yak to bits or strike any plane down from a far. Although not the most graceful compared to the Corsairs and Mustangs or fast as the F86 Sabers, the Skyknight rules the midnight skies.

controls

Standard pitch and roll and throttle
VTOL for flaps and trim for trim
-Ag1 for cannon activation
-Ag2 lowers arrestor hook
-Ag3 to unlock nose wheel steering
-Ag4 to drop the external fuel tanks
-Ag5 fires all missiles
-Ag6 folds wings

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General Characteristics

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 1.106
  • Wing Loading 28.8lbs/ft2 (140.7kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 740.0ft2 (68.8m2)
  • Drag Points 4191

Parts

  • Number of Parts 100
  • Control Surfaces 9
  • Performance Cost 487
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    4,260 LonelySea22

    I'm very impressed with how good your builds look while maintaining such a low part count.

    2 months ago
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    256k WinsWings

    nice work, also extra point for bringing up a forgotten aircraft

    +1 1.8 years ago