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The XP-54 "Swoose Goose" was an experimental twin-boom pusher design proposed during WW2. Only two were ever made, and there are none left surviving. My conception of color comes only from scale models I've seen, and I am aware that the dimensions of the wings are slightly off, however this plane works fine. Start in the air, but be prepared to see a model with functioning landing gear. BEWARE when using the rudder, or you will throw yourself into a flat spin. The weirdest part is that I got the rudder to work on this thing JUST FINE, until one test flight where I found out that it didn't like to shift yaw, and the problem still persists. This model is armed with four nose-mounted machine guns.
Specifications
General Characteristics
- Created On Windows
- Wingspan 37.0ft (11.3m)
- Length 33.2ft (10.1m)
- Height 8.8ft (2.7m)
- Empty Weight 3,090lbs (1,401kg)
- Loaded Weight 3,623lbs (1,643kg)
Performance
- Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.137
- Wing Loading 13.2lbs/ft2 (64.5kg/m2)
- Wing Area 274.2ft2 (25.5m2)
- Drag Points 1137
Parts
- Number of Parts 45
- Control Surfaces 11
- Performance Cost 160
Hi I found that the swept foreward wings are an arch enemy to stability, and as I like to take off from the beast I just increased the power and prop blade number, I also decreased the rudder surface area, it reminds me of a Japanese plane, very cool, maybe a gyro will help.@LittleKachowski
@MarcG Ay, thanks for resolving those. Whenever i make a plane, I try to keep utmost amount of realism. I leave it to the people who download it to tweak/fix what I make.
A bigger issue with making this plane was being well aware that this was a FAILURE of a design, so getting it to work without stretching the proportions was a bit annoying.
Fixed the uc problem. Still a little nose heavy, more blades solved the carrier take off problem, what a looker.