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RI-1 Gnat

25.1k JohnnyBoythePilot  6.6 years ago

Let me introduce Renston Aircraft Industries!

RAI was an aircraft manufacture in Banolin that first started in 1918. Their first aircraft, the RI-1 Gnat was first flown in 1919. It was a fighter designed to fight against the P1A Eagle. To sum things up, it was horrible against the P1 Eagle. The gnat's only advantage was speed. It had terrible manueverability and poor quality/construction, breaking apart easily when hit. The fighter was widely used during the Invasion of Elemordale in 1920, but was easily clubbed by the retaliating P1 Eagles. Overall 2/3 of Gnats dispatched during the invasion were lost to P1 Eagles. After the invasion, the gnat was quickly phased out of service and the RAI looked for ways to improve it.

I made this plane to be as simple as possible so the AI can use it with ease in dogfight mode. I also was hoping this would spawn around the sandbox map as AI but it doesn't. This is the first airplane I've made that was the enemy's during the North Atlantic War. I don't expect too many upvotes from this because it's really simple and not fun to fly. This is really just an AI plane that you'll easily club.

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General Characteristics

  • Successors 1 airplane(s) +7 bonus
  • Created On Windows
  • Wingspan 28.9ft (8.8m)
  • Length 19.3ft (5.9m)
  • Height 8.2ft (2.5m)
  • Empty Weight 2,514lbs (1,140kg)
  • Loaded Weight 2,965lbs (1,344kg)

Performance

  • Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.505
  • Wing Loading 14.4lbs/ft2 (70.2kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 206.3ft2 (19.2m2)
  • Drag Points 1307

Parts

  • Number of Parts 30
  • Control Surfaces 5
  • Performance Cost 173