Yo dawg, we heard you like perfection, so we put some perfection on your perfection, so you can...FLY IT!
I thought about making a Cessna myself, but stumbled across the 172RG by BaconAircrafts, which looked extremely good on first glance, so I downloaded it and thought "Well, one less project to do!". While taking a deeper look at it, I noticed a lot of things that didn't match the real design, so I opened Google, took some of the pictures and compared them.
Then I started tweaking everything and redoing a lot of things (cockpit controls, view position, shape of the front of the fuselage, propeller, landing gear, windows and some other small things).
This is the outcome, probably the best Cessna 172 replica SP has ever seen!
And don't expect it to be fast, it's a cruiser that goes ~200 MPH at max like the real one. When you are travelling between islands, turn on the autopilot, make yourself a nice (Bacon-) sandwich and lean back! :)
Take-off should be done at ~100 MPH, rather a bit faster for the landing (~130 MPH on final approach, slowly dropping down to 90 MPH).
As Bacon's description still holds true and controls didn't change, I'll just copy it and add the things that are new:
CONTROLS:
VTOL: Flaps
TRIM: Trim
GEAR: Gear
CAM:1 Pilot POV
CAM2: Co-Pilot POV
ACTION GROUP 1: Landing lights
& normal contols.
FEATURES:
- Fully furnished cockpit
- Working artificial horizon (it's on free spin and can get out of alignment very quickly, tries to make it better have failed)
- Navigation system (input set to yaw)
- Fully working yokes that react to pitch and roll
- Fully working pedals that react to yaw and brake
- Realistic retractable landing gear
- Working throttle
--> The second colour in the paint menu dictates the outline color (red) feel free to change it to your favourite!
CREDITS:
Landing gear hinge: @FrankieB
Indicator lights: @Flightsonic
DESCRIPTION: Cessna introduced a retractable landing gear version of the 172 in 1980 and named it the Cutlass 172RG.
The Cutlass featured a variable-pitch, constant-speed propeller and a more powerful Lycoming O-360-F1A6 engine of 180 horsepower (130 kW). The 172RG sold for about US$19,000 more than the standard 172 of the same year and produced an optimal cruise speed of 140 knots (260 km/h), compared to 122 knots (226 km/h) for the contemporary 160 horsepower (120 kW) version.[15]
The 172RG did not find wide acceptance in the personal aircraft market because of higher initial and operating costs accompanied by mediocre cruising speed, but was adopted by many flight schools since it met the specific requirements for "complex aircraft" experience necessary to obtain a Commercial Pilot certificate (the role for which it was intended), at relatively low cost. Between 1980 and 1984 1177 RGs were built, with a small number following before production ceased in 1985.[citation needed]
While numbered and marketed as a 172, the 172RG was actually certified on the Cessna 175 type certificate.
Feedback and suggestions are appreciated.
Cheers! :)
Specifications
General Characteristics
- Predecessor Cessna Cutlass 172RG
- Successors 1 airplane(s)
- Created On Windows
- Wingspan 70.5ft (21.5m)
- Length 50.2ft (15.3m)
- Height 17.9ft (5.5m)
- Empty Weight 21,749lbs (9,865kg)
- Loaded Weight 21,749lbs (9,865kg)
Performance
- Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.055
- Wing Loading 21.8lbs/ft2 (106.5kg/m2)
- Wing Area 996.7ft2 (92.6m2)
- Drag Points 10972
Parts
- Number of Parts 269
- Control Surfaces 10
- Performance Cost 1,249
Thanks @BRuthless
@JTM55 I made the same changes to the RG Cutlass as to the Floatplane. :)
This one above us can you have the cameras normal on that
Is this on the non float aswell @BRuthless
@JTM55 Just go to my profile page. :D
Or here: Floatplane
RG Cutlass
Wait new versions where ??
@JTM55 I find it better to have them fixed on the position where I rotate them to, but you can enable the auto centering in the settings of the cameras. New versions are uploaded now. :)
Yeah @BRuthless
@JTM55 You mean cameras that go back to center?
Ok thanks and if you can I would be happy with a version with fixed cameras 🙂@BRuthless
@JTM55 I angled the cameras down on purpose for better visibility. Of course I could upload one with the cameras at 0° angle. I can't do anything about the thing with it pulling to the right on the runway. Quite a few planes have such issues since the 1.4 update. It had that issue in the base version I downloaded from BaconAircrafts already and I couldn't find a reason for it.
Do you think you can fix how the cockpit cameras when you turn tilt on an angle and also can you fix the aircraft from vearing to the right
@Apehorse19 When I fly it I feel like it's not SimplePlanes anymore, it feels like a simulator. :D
Were not worthy, we're not worthy, were scum, we suck (reference). Seriously, to say this plane is awesome would be an understatement.
@MasterManufacturingCo it was for fun.
@MasterManufacturingCo Thank you very much! :D I think it's my daily "driver" now. I might also make a conversion with the floats from Bacon's version. Cessnas with floats landing on the water are damn sexy for some reason.
@BRuthless In america, cessna crashes into satellite. in soviet russia, satellite crashes into cessna.
@BRuthless But Im in america.... at least my MOM MAKES A SANDWICH!
@Swifter46ter In Soviet Russia, missile got shot down by Cessna.
Wow. Amazing Plane. Got shot down by missile. Poor family on vacation dead. government overthrown. Private jets now used for war. society crashes.