Since my last testing, I have incidentally discovered the batplane does not need any tail to fly, and got rid of it altogether, making the plane lighter and stealthier!
Additionally, there were additional tweaks to the aircraft to improve its manoeuvrability, allowing more AoA before the limiter kicks in.
Key Features
6 custom air-air missiles
Detailed cockpit with fully functioning tracking radar in cockpit
Fly-by-wire with G and AoA limiters
3 different flight modes: Normal, Stealth and Acro
Flight characteristics:
Take off speed: ~300kmh IAS
Top speed: 1750kmh at sea level
Critical AoA: 25 degrees
Turn rate: Capped at +11Gs and -3Gs, though instantaneous G force might be higher
Enjoy the build!
Specifications
General Characteristics
- Created On Android
- Wingspan 62.0ft (18.9m)
- Length 52.7ft (16.1m)
- Height 10.5ft (3.2m)
- Empty Weight 27,324lbs (12,394kg)
- Loaded Weight 34,928lbs (15,843kg)
Performance
- Power/Weight Ratio 2.895
- Wing Loading 48.7lbs/ft2 (237.8kg/m2)
- Wing Area 717.1ft2 (66.6m2)
- Drag Points 2189
Parts
- Number of Parts 205
- Control Surfaces 2
- Performance Cost 1,371
For anyone who wants to know more about the plane, there are some known issues while testing in android:
1. Switching between acro mode and normal mode can be really fiddly sometimes, with the fly-by-wire system taking some time before allowing you to control the pitch.
2. I did not test negative Gs very extensively as planes shouldn't pull negative Gs often, but a known issue is it pulls negative Gs very slowly due to PID being optimised for positive Gs.
3. Acro mode is useless and can become extremely unstable at very high speeds, I strongly recommend not switching it on above 1000kmh IAS (~Mach 0.8+)