A quick build to try to refine an old concept of mine. It probably requires high physics.
Controls
Throttle: Altitude
Roll: roll (10 degree max)
Yaw: Yaw
Trim: pitch orientation
VTOL: heavy airbrakes
Landing
Hover over the landing pad, then bring the throttle down to zero.
Activate the heavy airbrakes, then orient the nose down a little bit.
The airbrakes should slow the vehicle to a peaceful fall.
Tips
- Sometimes 100% throttle will cause the pistons to move too slowly. In that case, use 99%.
- Roll can help you with precise lateral movement.
- This aircraft is a mix of a plane and a helicopter, and therefore flies accordingly.
The Anisoptera was the result of collaboration between a small SPEcorp research team and an independent contractor who developed the first instance of piston-induced lift systems. Conceptually, it is nearly identical to its predecessor, but a gyro allows for more precise movements. Only a few units were manufactured, but they sold at a high price to wealthy collectors - resulting in a healthy profit for SPEcorp and involved associates.
Specifications
General Characteristics
- Predecessor 50 PART PLANE CHALLANGE (CLOSED)
- Successors 1 airplane(s)
- Created On Windows
- Wingspan 42.8ft (13.1m)
- Length 30.8ft (9.4m)
- Height 13.6ft (4.1m)
- Empty Weight 3,387lbs (1,536kg)
- Loaded Weight 3,387lbs (1,536kg)
Performance
- Wing Loading 7.8lbs/ft2 (38.2kg/m2)
- Wing Area 433.2ft2 (40.3m2)
- Drag Points 9889
Parts
- Number of Parts 50
- Control Surfaces 1
- Performance Cost 264
opening title
my destiny awaits i will be back home
@aghasttable267 Ah. Must be a balance thing.
@spefyjerbf No, it spun around in circles and wobbled. It wasn't nearly as controllable as it was with all of the wings.
@aghasttable267 Nice! Was the performance better with the two wings?
I crashed, and it hobbled away, 2 wings left, without me!
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I removed all of the wings but 2, and it still flew (I didn't realize that would rhyme)
Do not use slow motion on this thing
Its a self destruct basically
Great Weapons Platform For Twin Hevguns somehow Good For CIWS too
pretty mesmerising
time to weaponise it :P
Watching this thing in action really makes me dizzy for some reason. Really pretty looking build, though! Definitely an interesting way of flying!
WOW!
This defies the laws of physics lmao
@Thomasj041 I thought I did. You can set the activation group to none, or to 9.
@spefyjerbf Is it possible to disable them with Overload?
@Thomasj041 Nope! I used scaled detachers as structural features to get more detail from a reduced part count.
Are those things on the back supposed to be detached?
@spefyjerbf Yes, when they move vertical it is logical to change the air speed (and pressure) on each side of the wing. But when the move horizontally? Also i believe that thrust has an another algorithm in SP for calculate, because circular movement in the wings does not produce thrust in the Y axis. Anyway fantastic idea ! I declare fan of your work :-)
@Viper3000ad In SP, wings generate lift when they move. Normally, such motion is caused by engine thrust, but in this build, the lift-inducing motion is caused by pistons.
Mind got blown away
I keep asking my self why this plane flies ? Wonderful idea ! Congrats . Do you have a theory for this phenomenon ?
this is SO COOL!
I watch the future
Noice. The wing copter thing is back.
I’m thinking about some old video clips of some of the early attempts at heavier than air flight, with reciprocating propulsion parts. It’s easy to see that it’s a non-starter. @ThomasRoderick
Me too!@spefyjerbf
This is awsome
its Cirno in futuristic craft version!