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Golden Hornet [5k CELEBRATION!]

10.3k TurtlesThatFly  3.5 years ago

Thank you all for bringing me to gold!

Born to speed, this aircraft was built around it’s engine to be the smallest thing possible to use that said engine. It incorporated a gear retraction system that was being used in US Navy fighters at the time and had lots of power. It however came with the cost of low maneuverability and terrible low speed control, earning an unwanted reputation as a killer.

As a celebration of reaching gold, I made this diminutive plane. It’s a small air racer that I based off of a much earlier design I made more than a year ago I called the Yellowjacket. Though I never posted the Yellowjacket, I just made a reprise of it. This plane flies not much like it, but it can be naturally spawned just like the original due to it’s low part count. Also, this may hint at something coming up ;)

Tips: Try to keep your landing speed high to avoid a crash. The plane is easy to stall out at speeds below 190kmh (or about 120mph). Oh yeah, I also highly recommend you fly this with a mobile device/joystick due to it's previously mentioned low speed characteristics. If you are flying with a keyboard... godspeed.

and to end, some of the most important people that helped me to my path to gold, as well as friends:
benjaminlavezzari (Gone)
TitanIncorporated
Mage2IsTriggered
Hpacceli
NumbersNumbersTheMan
rexzion
Inuyasha8215

:)

General Characteristics

  • Created On iOS
  • Wingspan 21.0ft (6.4m)
  • Length 16.7ft (5.1m)
  • Height 8.6ft (2.6m)
  • Empty Weight 3,439lbs (1,560kg)
  • Loaded Weight 4,680lbs (2,122kg)

Performance

  • Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.106
  • Wing Loading 38.4lbs/ft2 (187.7kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 121.8ft2 (11.3m2)
  • Drag Points 1488

Parts

  • Number of Parts 30
  • Control Surfaces 6
  • Performance Cost 196
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    If you want to fly with keyboard better just set elevator deflection to 15, just makes it a little easier to control

    Pinned 3.5 years ago
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    @APilotOfPlanes me neither

    3.5 years ago
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    7,397 FeiWu

    @TurtlesThatFly I have not yet mastered the art of keyboard flying

    3.5 years ago
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    41.8k Ren

    Also congrats on 5K!

    3.5 years ago
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    41.8k Ren

    @TurtlesThatFly
    Sorry, just thought rex was kinda hypocritical

    3.5 years ago
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    @KnightOfRen please don’t try to stir up drama here

    3.5 years ago
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    41.6k rexzion

    @KnightOfRen this man really be telling me I still use stock gear despite that build being made when I was silver, actually maybe bronze still.

    3.5 years ago
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    4,290 Lixcuudis

    Congrats on gold!

    +1 3.5 years ago
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    41.8k Ren
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    41.6k rexzion

    stock gear
    BRUH

    3.5 years ago
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    4,416 Airglider112

    I'm gonna appreciate it first

    3.5 years ago