Too good an opportunity to miss on this awesome challenge! Who’s the greatest adventurer of all time? It’s got to be Indy of course! (I mean he does some archeology as well but mostly he’s scrapping villains with his bullwhip in remote temples around the world) Here we have the float biplane from what is possibly the greatest opening scene ever - where he’s escaping from a trap ridden temple chased by an angry tribe of natives. George Lucas inserted Star Wars references into the scene as the planes reg number is OB-CPO (and I’m not going to insult you with what they could possibly mean. Think even my dog knows when she’s watching Star Wars...) The plane itself is a 30s Waco UBF2 floatplane. I keep telling myself no more floatplanes so this should be it now! Allegedly it was used at the time as some guys commuting plane - I know, alright for some ain’t it! Well the lettering is once again a little crude and the wires are not 100% accurate but I think the overall effect is there! Takeoff - get to around 120mph and pull back swiftly and she will unstick herself from the oggin, landing requires a little more finesse to avoid cartwheeling arse over tit or the engine exploding if the props strike the water. There’s not many more times Indy can return but return he shall people.....
Specifications
Spotlights
- This craft has been featured
- RedBeard66 6.5 years ago
- RailfanEthan 6.5 years ago
- FlyingThings 6.5 years ago
- Awsomur 6.5 years ago
- GhostHTX 6.5 years ago
General Characteristics
- Created On iOS
- Wingspan 31.9ft (9.7m)
- Length 26.4ft (8.1m)
- Height 9.2ft (2.8m)
- Empty Weight 10,907lbs (4,947kg)
- Loaded Weight 13,537lbs (6,140kg)
Performance
- Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.443
- Wing Loading 23.0lbs/ft2 (112.2kg/m2)
- Wing Area 588.9ft2 (54.7m2)
- Drag Points 3076
Parts
- Number of Parts 214
- Control Surfaces 11
- Performance Cost 679
Select the engine and open up the overload xml icon. Where it says “disableAircraftcollisions” it will be set to false. Delete that and put “true”. I made this before us mere mortals had the xml mod etc on iOS. @MatthiasFan863
@Tang0five ok. How?
Disable collisions on the engine. @MatthiasFan863
The engine randomly explodes
Cheers! @Davisplanez
good idea!
Well thank you first of all! @BogdanX the hollow fuselage was to emphasise the ribs and spars running the length of the fuselage and I couldn’t quite tie it in at the back so just faded them out. I thought about adding the participants of the scene but was running out of time for your deadline and thought I’d let that up to someone else to do hence the hollow feature. Yup she is dull drab grey - but then again so is the movie prop so I’ll take that one on the chin! As regards to blueprints, I run off them as closely as possible but couldn’t find any of a floating Waco and the plans I could find varied somewhat so the floats were mostly inferred from the movie stills. Thanks again for the debrief, I’ll take these points on for future builds!
@AJosh92FS @longlonglong @tylerdeveneuxmusic and @goboygo1 cheers lads!
@Awsomur thanks buddy for the spotlight!
@Tang0five Credit where credit is due, old boy.
Keep this up and you'll be spotlighting me soon.
@niggelas100 @EternalDarkness @JettStorm @Pianoman @Maximis and @Zott thanks very much guys, glad you like it!
Thanks once again for spotlighting @GhostHTX very sporting of you!
Thanks @OwenWolf very kind of you!
Thank you very much @SpiritusRaptor, honoured by your presence sir!
I was looking everywhere for the type of plane this was but could not pin it down 100% - Well done on both!
"Jock! Start the engine!" Love It!
@Tang0five best Indiana Jones movie in my opinion
np :-)
@kgv23 @jlewisifer @Treadmill103 and @FlyingThings
Much obliged to you!
shoots tail off Son they got us @Tang0five
Ha ha yup! I’ve done that one a few months back ref the last crusade @ThePrototype
I may be thinking of the wrong movie @Tang0five
Np , but what’s at eleven o’clock? @Tang0five
@ThePrototype and @Blue0Bull thanks lads!
Thanks! @Lankanski
“Oh that’s just my pet snake Reggie”.
Cheers buddy! @SAC923