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Mach 6 (Speed Racer)

4,336 Stanmich  6 months ago

This is what I was building up to. The Mach 6, from the 2008 Speed Racer movie.

Its a T-180 vehicle, which means it has free moving wheels that can rotate completely around its longitudinal axis.

CONTROL BASICS
When driving this car, it will be in one of two modes, the default mode is crabbing, where the car will move with its wheels both sideways from the direction of travel. In this mode, steering the car (Roll) rotates it, with the wheels only given power (Throttle) and no steering authority; when the jet engine is engaged (VTOL), it allows higher speeds and turning. The secondary mode is wheel lock, where the back wheels are locked, and the front wheels are steering. The throttle is a secondary lever (Pitch), while the wheel (Roll) is used for steering. Oh, one more thing. Braking is always accomplished with the right handle button on the steering wheel.

AIRBORNE
When airborne, you always, ALWAYS, ALWAYS want to be in crab mode. this will give you pitch and bank authority. Banking is done with the secondary stick on the left panel (Yaw). Pitching is done with the secondary stick used in wheel lock mode for the throttle.

This car is NOT DESIGNED TO FLY, even though it does it WAY TOO WELL.

ACTIONS
AG4 and AG5: These are spinning buttons, (triangle buttons on the wheel), used for spinning the car. if they are both pushed, the unspin stabilization is turned off and steering becomes quicker, but a bit more floaty.
AG6: This is DriveAssist, and is used for exclusively NON-VR USERS. It angles the camera toward the direction of travel, and makes it easier to make sense of driving (Right round button).
AG7: This is for decorative Hi-beams (Middle round button).
AG8: This toggles the drive mode, between crab and wheel lock (Left round button).
Landing Gear: This controls the Auto Jacks. They are set to toggle. I have no hopes of them working in Low Physics.

ADDENDUMS
1a. The Lamps in the cockpit; Left is for G-Forces on the pilot, while the Right is for overspeeding.
1b. this car will not crash.

Spotlights

  • This craft is curated

General Characteristics

  • Created On iOS
  • Wingspan 10.8ft (3.3m)
  • Length 24.4ft (7.4m)
  • Height 10.2ft (3.1m)
  • Empty Weight 4,221lbs (1,915kg)
  • Loaded Weight 7,213lbs (3,271kg)

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 37.387
  • Wing Loading 1,695.3lbs/ft2 (8,277.0kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 4.3ft2 (0.4m2)
  • Drag Points 676

Parts

  • Number of Parts 432
  • Control Surfaces 0
  • Performance Cost 1,450