2033, MMC Aerospace’s HQ was attacked and almost completely obliterated. The USAF bought the blueprints and designs off MMC, and planned to upgrade all of them. As MMC was working on a war budget, their designs were created with a certain unit cost in mind, which inevitably resulted in less efficient and budget driven aircraft. When the USAF became the manufacturer of MMC Aerospace’s aircraft they, with a considerably larger budget, planned to proceed with production of all aircraft, and had more advanced successors on the way. The Isoptra 220 was the first USAF made aircraft since MMC was destroyed. The Isoptra was designed for stealth operations, and was used for mostly reconnaissance purposes, boasting an incredibly manoeuvrable airframe with the rotating primary and secondary engines. Having only a single M134 “Minigun”, the Isoptra was more suited to dodging hostiles than confronting them. With the Quad engine setup, the 220 was the most advanced drone yet, and the first from the USAF or MMC with more than two engines. With the USAF’s much larger budget they had managed to fit much more advanced technology inside their reconnaissance drone, and planned to bring it over to MMC other drones such as the JJ-4S, R11A-W3, and JA-32B.
(Mouse as Joystick recommended)
Controls
- 61% to hover
- AG 2 to activate M134 “Minigun” aiming system
- Roll and Pitch is directed to engine rotation
- to move forwards have 61% throttle and full pitch forward
Specifications
- Quad BF245 Jet Engines
- Single M134 “Minigin”
Specifications
Spotlights
- FennVectorCWA 6.8 years ago
- TheNightmare811 6.9 years ago
General Characteristics
- Created On iOS
- Wingspan 43.5ft (13.3m)
- Length 39.2ft (11.9m)
- Height 13.3ft (4.1m)
- Empty Weight 29,630lbs (13,440kg)
- Loaded Weight 81,075lbs (36,775kg)
Performance
- Power/Weight Ratio 1.995
- Wing Loading 225.1lbs/ft2 (1,099.2kg/m2)
- Wing Area 360.1ft2 (33.5m2)
- Drag Points 13320
Parts
- Number of Parts 123
- Control Surfaces 0
- Performance Cost 767
that's amazing, really! and the name is good :D
Just to give you guys an idea of how I’m going to rate planes, I’ll rate mine. (This isn’t actually part of the competition and can’t win)
Aesthetics - 8.5/10. The decals are a nice addition and aren’t plastered all over the build. The modified inlets on the top of the engines are also relatively pleasing to the eye. The wing dihedrals and overall appearance of this build is good, but could use some more custom parts (landing gear) the Quad engine set up is also quite unique and nice.
Functionality - 7.5/10. As a reconnaissance drone, this does pretty well, the manoeuvrability would be an asset in getting Intel (from pictures) and the relatively high top speed would be useful. However, I imagine that 4 high power jet engines would make quite a big heat signature, which would be something to work on. (Lower the weight, use XML modded engines to consume less fuel)
Impressions - 4/5. As an aircraft this is a pretty well rounded one. With no obvious drawbacks this performs well in pretty much all situations; manoeuvrability, top speed... etc. I do however feel that more weaponry wouldn’t go amiss, I get that it’s only meant for reconnaissance, but surely a few extra missiles wouldn’t hurt?
Aerodynamics - 9.5/10. This flies beautifully. The rotating engines for pitch and roll work perfectly and it is just incredibly intuitive to fly. The added touch of the 4 secondary forward thrusters is nice as well, a little extra thrust when you’re flying forwards. However, when flying forwards at full tilt, the time it takes to stop is noticeable. Very noticeable, something to work on in a later version probably.
Description - 3/3. I love the backstory, and the effort that went in is noticeable.
Overall 32.5/38 (85.5%), a solid build, well rounded build!