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Bell X-1E a.k.a. 'Little Joe'

742 coldglorry  8.0 years ago

As a celebration for me getting bronze status and as a thank you to everybody who upvoted I made an american classic!

The X-1E was the first plane to reach mach 2 and completed 26 flights during the late 1950's.

Although this isn't completely accurate representation, it should be reasonably close in all but the speed speed department. I had enough trouble trying to get the darn thing to stay in the air to try adding more engines! It also might have something to do that Simple Planes seems to have a different atmosphere compared to earth, making it impossible to reach the 90.000+ ft service ceiling.

As always, group 1 for taxiing yaw control.

Note: I would prefer to take off the VTOL engines and inlets, a plane that can't fly isn't really a plane!

Again, thanks everybody who got me to bronze in a day, you have all deserved a virtual cookie!

Spotlights

General Characteristics

  • Created On Windows
  • Wingspan 25.8ft (7.9m)
  • Length 27.5ft (8.4m)
  • Height 10.6ft (3.2m)
  • Empty Weight 6,121lbs (2,776kg)
  • Loaded Weight 6,854lbs (3,109kg)

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 1.967
  • Wing Loading 77.2lbs/ft2 (376.9kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 88.8ft2 (8.3m2)
  • Drag Points 2920

Parts

  • Number of Parts 69
  • Control Surfaces 5
  • Performance Cost 289