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Vintage Naval Strike Aircraft

17.4k karlosdarkness  8.9 years ago
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Still a work in progress I'm happy enough with the way this plane flies to let it loose on the community. We have folded wings (group 5) that can be folded further up a quarter or folded all the way down (slide down) for normal flight. Gear folds up on (group 6) push the slide up I usually do this after disabling the wing fold so all I need is to tap 6. Throttle is linked to prop pitch so I avoid 100% but anything other than that should be fine. Group 1&2 fire rockets made by SpiritusRaptor four at a time from each wing, group 3&4 drop the rocket rack and the opposite small bomb. Obviously speed and handling are affected by the weapons load and also the position of the landing gear so go carefully with the wheels down and fully armed as its easy to induce a stall. Heavy pitch inputs can lead to wing stalls and or nose over flips both of which aren't that hard to recover from unless you are close to the ground. The aircraft will roll slightly to the right under normal powered flight this is predominantly down to the way the propeller is set up, on a real plane this would be easy to fix it's a pain in the bum to fix on here though so just adjust for it manually. Don't forget to rate and tell me what you think, I know on occasions I upset the odd one or two of you but I can take constructive criticism but a 'one star I don't like it' isn't all that constructive tell me what is wrong and I can try and fix it, as I say it's a work in progress and the first time I've made the folding wings work consistently for me.

General Characteristics

  • Successors 4 airplane(s)
  • Created On Android
  • Wingspan 21.3ft (6.5m)
  • Length 32.0ft (9.7m)
  • Height 16.2ft (4.9m)
  • Empty Weight 7,010lbs (3,180kg)
  • Loaded Weight 11,470lbs (5,203kg)

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 1.175
  • Wing Loading 39.5lbs/ft2 (192.9kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 290.4ft2 (27.0m2)
  • Drag Points 6891

Parts

  • Number of Parts 135
  • Control Surfaces 7
  • Performance Cost 452
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    It's a pain to fly safely when fully loaded but worthy of stars for the folding wings and wheels.
    8.9 years ago
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    @Vikdesign @carter2 @Me600 a new version uploaded a few moments ago addressing the issues you raised (other than the missiles possibly causing detonation). Your comments would be most welcome.
    8.9 years ago
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    38.7k hypnotoad
    @karlosdarkness XD, nice one dude, ill give it a go :)
    8.9 years ago
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    @hypnotoad, was just uploading v1.1 as you commented having shifted the COL backwards she's less likely to bite your hand if you are a bit hard with the stick.
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    38.7k hypnotoad
    Excellent, As mentioned, all this needs is for the COM to be a bit further forwards and the COL to be a bit further back, otherwise this is genius
    8.9 years ago
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    @Me600 the rocket racks are rather experimental, I had issues a plenty setting them up in the first place but think they suit the vintage look, May go back to more conventional weapons if others keep having issues.
    8.9 years ago
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    @Vikdesign I'm aware the COL and COM are fairly close to one another I had issues with it sitting on its nose when I had it set up for safer flight, next effort will probably have a larger fuel cell just behind the main gear and delete fuel from the edge of the tail, that or I may just stretch the fuselage a little, which would you prefer to see?
    8.9 years ago
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    8,472 Doge27
    Thanks :)
    8.9 years ago
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    @carter2 @Me600 so you would both like the wings to unfold faster, point taken for the next effort.
    8.9 years ago
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    @stormy780 thanks for your comments she's nose light without weapons at anything over 75% power and I agree about her being a bit nose when loaded up, the missiles are new to me and obviously cause quite a bit of drag.
    8.9 years ago
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    8,472 Doge27
    Faster wing unfolding would be nice
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    6,432 Me600
    This is really good but the wings are really slow to unfold. Also the missiles blew me up in flight
    8.9 years ago
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    258 stormy780
    Nice flying plane! I know you said that this was a work in progress, but I found the plane a bit nose heavy. I also loved the rockets and folding wings. Great job!
    8.9 years ago
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    @carter2 many thanks, any suggestions on how you would like to see it evolve please leave so that I can read later.
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    8,472 Doge27
    This plane is so cool !
    8.9 years ago
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    @SpiritusRaptor @hypnotoad @Vikdesigns @StealthBomber @WalrusAircraft @Viper28 @planesnthings @JacobHardy64 @Hunter77 @Th3Champ @FredDeane @SirGorbachev @Electra10 @Griffith @CheekyMonkey @Ibecreepen @NasaSpace101@KingDeadshot @Kevpilot You have all be kind enough to leave comment on planes I have made in the past, if you have a few moments to give this a flight and tell me honestly what you think it would help it's development.
    8.9 years ago