i love this little guy
Description
The Aerosonde was originally developed as a very long endurance low-cost mini-UAV for meteorological observations in remote areas. Between 1995 in 1998, the UAV was developed in Australia by two Australian companies, the Australian Bureau of Meteorology, and the Insitu Group from the USA. The U.S. Navy's ONR (Office of Naval Research) was a co-sponsor of the program. In August 1998, an Aerosonde became the first UAV to cross the Atlantic when it covered more than 3200 km (2000 miles) in a non-stop flight of 26 h 45 min. In 1999, two companies were formed to market the UAV, Aerosonde Pty Ltd. in Australia and Aerosonde North America Inc. in the USA.
Controls are normal
Specifications
General Characteristics
- Created On Android
- Wingspan 22.7ft (6.9m)
- Length 16.8ft (5.1m)
- Height 5.2ft (1.6m)
- Empty Weight N/A
- Loaded Weight 2,481lbs (1,125kg)
Performance
- Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.048
- Wing Loading 37.5lbs/ft2 (183.0kg/m2)
- Wing Area 66.2ft2 (6.2m2)
- Drag Points 400
Parts
- Number of Parts 60
- Control Surfaces 6
- Performance Cost 247
@JBPAviation damn... that shucks:[
@Sed I haven't really had time to play the Playtest yet since I have to prepare to host a family for Christmas so...yeah...
FUN😅
(not really)
@JBPAviation thanks, i kinda followed that one build technique where you kinda put rotators and other parts in the gizmos tab, after that you would scale it down and nudge it so that it would look like a mechanical ish niche looking engine (i seriously dont know how to describe that) without needing much as much parts as possible.
Also how's the SP2 Playtest going for you? Been a hot minute since we talked.
I am genuinely impressed with how realistic the engine looks considering the amount of parts it's made of