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1up Platform Jet VTOL Mach 1.9+

7,308 WarringMunky  4.2 years ago


In storage


Flying!


Somewhat tricky VTOL made much trickier while also making a screenshot

Anyway, I decided that I had taken my personal favorite build Platform Jet

This jet is Mach 1.9+ capable, VTOL capable (keep your thumbs on those RCNs 'cause it's a little tricky), has foldable wings and a retracting missile bay underneath. Where there were once four Blasto J50s, there are now four BFE 150s.

No gyros, no modded engines.

I took off from Wright with VTOL Nozzles forward and made it full throttle to Ice Base with just over 50% fuel left. Combining the huge horizontal stabilizers, the wing folding and VTOL makes some very fun maneuvering IMO. There is some heavy stall pulling up in a roll, fyi. I flew around inside the Ice Base valley and ran out of fuel and crashed without ever being hit.

You can shut off any engine group if you want to conserve fuel or one of your engines gets blasted. Using the lower 150s makes for the most level flight of the bunch.

Like I said, the VTOL is tricky, but it isn't too difficult to have a basically (basically, this is my first VTOL plane) vertical takeoff and then transition to the main engines for forward thrust.

AGs:
"All" A2A missiles, countermeasures group 1
1. Lower engines
2. Upper engines
3. VTOL engines
4. Countermeasures group 2
5. Countermeasures group 3
6. Open/close A2G missile bay, A2G missiles
7. Folding wings, turnable wheels
8. Arresting hook

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General Characteristics

  • Successors 1 airplane(s) +7 bonus
  • Created On Android
  • Wingspan 37.5ft (11.4m)
  • Length 39.6ft (12.1m)
  • Height 11.9ft (3.6m)
  • Empty Weight 26,333lbs (11,944kg)
  • Loaded Weight 41,543lbs (18,843kg)

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 3.57
  • Wing Loading 69.4lbs/ft2 (338.8kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 598.7ft2 (55.6m2)
  • Drag Points 3996

Parts

  • Number of Parts 90
  • Control Surfaces 9
  • Performance Cost 860
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    7,308 WarringMunky

    Thanks for the spootdoot @Kerbango

    +1 4.1 years ago
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    7,308 WarringMunky

    @CDRxavier thanks. I'll be 40 next month. Lots to reply to but it's all thanks.

    +1 4.1 years ago
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    5,285 CDRxavier

    @DickBrazen
    Man you are making builds much better than mine! Even if it looms weird on the side ...
    Edit: this is one heck of a crazy build. Somewhat even more crazy than my thought of manually controlled V1/V2 flying bombs. (thought never meet paper)
    I do have a few "good ones" coming up, so maybe the first sentence is invalid. But again, if you post something that you feel doesn't really fit/end up with bad results, you can remove the aircraft and try again sometime later. Timing is important, and yeah.
    Keep up the great effort!
    P.S. how old are you? 16? 18? 36? I am a graduating senior (of a high school), if that give you any clue.

    +1 4.1 years ago
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    7,308 WarringMunky

    Thangs @Imashovel. Some people say shovels shouldn't be allowed to build planes but I say more power to you!

    4.2 years ago
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    Np dude! @DickBrazen

    +1 4.2 years ago
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    you're welcome, keep up the good builds! @DickBrazen

    4.2 years ago
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    7,308 WarringMunky

    Nice! @ChallengerHellcat spotlighted me, ah thank you. And @Strikefighter04 upvotes me too, thanks, I've been seeing your name around

    4.2 years ago