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Polikarpov I-16

5,947 Maximum777  4.3 years ago

It is simply an I-16, made to dogfight and be cool and most of all unique, a big part of its build was making it do everything the real one did, and I suggest a Google tbe I-16 was just so cool. For example its landing gear was THE first retractable landing gear used in a fighter, and therefore it was non powered, thus you had to hand crank the wheels uo and down, this process takes something like 40 seconds IRL, so of course I made custom gear that takes 40ish seconds to transition. My whole goal with this build was to make it as 1 to 1 as possible, and I did. So ya hope you enjoy, build took me a while because it was fun and now it does everything I-16 I could make it do. Features: its purposefully unstable and hard to fly, but if its flown right it is incredibly good at dogfighting. Hand crank landing gear was allready mentioned. Silly placement of guns because thats where they are IRL the one that fires down the crankshaft of the engine is my favorite by far, its just so funny to me. Great visabality, a staple of the I-16. Lots of scale detail. Safely stored fuel. Close to scale speeds and manoverabality. the propeller APPARENTLY can survive overspeeding IDK how. Fun to fly, Hard to fly, Enjoy. I love it

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General Characteristics

  • Created On Android
  • Wingspan 39.1ft (11.9m)
  • Length 36.0ft (11.0m)
  • Height 17.7ft (5.4m)
  • Empty Weight 10,725lbs (4,865kg)
  • Loaded Weight 12,097lbs (5,487kg)

Performance

  • Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.165
  • Wing Loading 21.3lbs/ft2 (104.1kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 567.3ft2 (52.7m2)
  • Drag Points 6041

Parts

  • Number of Parts 216
  • Control Surfaces 18
  • Performance Cost 893
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    5,947 Maximum777

    lets be clear here, this fly's terribly, the new version is perfect, look for V2!

    4.0 years ago
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    5,947 Maximum777

    Uploading with screenshots needs to be a thing again, RIP Mods - 2019

    4.3 years ago