A further evolution of the Scythe VI design, the Scythe XI was built to an exacting standard. Although the AI autopilots cannot always handle the aircraft effectively and crashes are not unheard of, it can easily hit 1200mph whilst undergoing maneuvers. I built this using JohnnyBoyThePilot's "Silver Bullet" as a benchmark, and I'm happy to say that it could prove quite the match.
Specifications
Spotlights
- JohnnyBoythePilot 6.4 years ago
General Characteristics
- Created On Windows
- Wingspan 23.9ft (7.3m)
- Length 22.6ft (6.9m)
- Height 4.4ft (1.3m)
- Empty Weight 719lbs (326kg)
- Loaded Weight 1,212lbs (550kg)
Performance
- Power/Weight Ratio 9.266
- Wing Loading 8.4lbs/ft2 (40.9kg/m2)
- Wing Area 144.7ft2 (13.4m2)
- Drag Points 396
Parts
- Number of Parts 17
- Control Surfaces 6
- Performance Cost 73
@MEERKAT978
Nice lol
@JohnnyBoythePilot Yup. It took a little playing around with settings and removing the annoying postprocessing effects e.g. blur but she works a treat. Even in Vietnam on the Unsung mod. Hope Charlie likes the taste of napalm 3:)
@MEERKAT978
A2 I assume is ArmA 2?
@JohnnyBoythePilot My old laptop was barely able to run it, I've got my best mate's old rig and that just about works for me. On WT and A2...
@MEERKAT978
I use to play War Thunder, and was pretty good at it, but in recent updates I think they increased the graphics because my PC can't play War Thunder anymore, even on minimum low settings.
@JohnnyBoythePilot Gotcha, I detest of J7Ws in War Thunder, they're cancer to bombers 😵
@MEERKAT978
My Silver bullet has some inspiration from the J7W1 Shinden and a modern Long-EZ or a Velocity XL. Look up "Rocket Racing League". That's where I also got the idea for my racer.
@JohnnyBoythePilot Not a problem, in the 20 or so test runs I made today with both designs, it was quite tight in places. Sometimes mine would like into terra firm a within a few checkpoints, sometimes the Bullet would, sometimes they'd both make the finish.
Might pan out different at times but that's the way today went. I ended up putting different versions of the earlier Scythes against each other which led to this- with a good deal of inspiration from the Bullet's jet canard design ;)
Nice, I'll have to pit this against my Silver Bullet to see how it performs. Nice to see another canard design. While you said it's based on Silver Bullet, I like how it's configuration and setup is actually quite different than Silver Bullet. I like that!