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Easy-Flier Simple Biplane

30 Vera1890  1 hours ago

Edit: Oops! I forgot to unhide the airplane in the designer, its there and works just fine, just not all of it is visible in the designer lol.

This is a very simple, easy to fly biplane inspired by various airplanes of the late 1910s / early 1920s. Its light, slow, and it'll practically fly itself! To demonstrate what I mean, try it out! Just spawn in, set the throttle to 100%, and do not touch anything else! at ~60 knots the airplane will begin to climb with no input from the controls. after you've climbed up a satisfactory amount, reduce throttle to around 80% and it'll cruise straight and level.

You'll also find it is an absolute delight to land, with a bit of practice you should be able to set it down pretty much anywhere! (hell, if you cut the throttle and go full stick back it'll just float down to the ground, set up for a rough but serviceable 3 point landing.)

Low parts count, should run quite well on mobile I'd think!

I technically started work on this some 6 years ago, (the original version is still up on my old account!) but I haven't played SimplePlanes in about 4 years so its what I'd call "finished" now lol.

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General Characteristics

  • Created On Windows
  • Wingspan 30.9ft (9.4m)
  • Length 23.8ft (7.2m)
  • Height 10.6ft (3.2m)
  • Empty Weight 836lbs (379kg)
  • Loaded Weight 1,404lbs (637kg)

Performance

  • Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.106
  • Wing Loading 4.1lbs/ft2 (20.0kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 342.9ft2 (31.9m2)
  • Drag Points 3234

Parts

  • Number of Parts 94
  • Control Surfaces 11
  • Performance Cost 367