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Omelet 1 (Egg challenge entry)

3,253 ValtsuAircraftIndustries  4.3 years ago
Auto Credit Based on Thorne's Egg Challenge, Completed!

A cheap aircraft made from cheap materials

Built around the high-tech cockpit, which had used up most of Eggy's budget, it's mostly made from wood and thick canvas combined some other things such as some old cart wheels and an engine from a car powering a pair of contra-rotating propellers. Eggy even managed to get a hold of some old aircraft guns and a missile! The guns are located in the nose cone cut from a liquid tank and the missile under the plane. Due to their positioning you have to aim slightly above an enemy, when firing. Although it could seem that the missile's location would create some problems, it should be entirely safe. Just be careful when landing on rough terrain with it attached.

The plane does have some drawbacks as well, such as it's combustability and fragility: as there wasn't any other place for it, Eggy had to put the fuel tanks into the cockpit structure, the structure which most bullets would most likely hit and which happens to be the structure to which all of the wooden and canvas bits are attached to. It's also not particularly stable at slow speeds, so be smooth with the controls when taking off or flying slowly. Also, be careful not to tip it over when landed.

It's not very manueverable or fast, although impressively so considering what it's built from.

I would give it an optimal landing speed of about 180-210 kmh/112-130 mph.

AG 1: Lights
AG 2: Jettison/Fire the missile. Perhaps it could be used as a rocket against ground targets?

General Characteristics

  • Predecessor Egg Challenge, Completed!
  • Created On Android
  • Wingspan 47.5ft (14.5m)
  • Length 32.4ft (9.9m)
  • Height 15.3ft (4.7m)
  • Empty Weight 11,628lbs (5,274kg)
  • Loaded Weight 20,368lbs (9,238kg)

Performance

  • Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.196
  • Wing Loading 23.4lbs/ft2 (114.4kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 869.2ft2 (80.8m2)
  • Drag Points 10841

Parts

  • Number of Parts 184
  • Control Surfaces 0
  • Performance Cost 911