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Heavy lift Thropter

3,187 Madmaximus  15 days ago

AG1-rear door
AG2-VTOL mode, gyro and jet boosters
AG3-Nav lights
AG4- landing light

VTOL-wing AOA and booster angle

Throttle- throttle when AG2 is t active >50% will slow you down beacause the wings flap out of sync.

To take off first slect AG2 then VTOL down and throttle up to, once your in the air move the VTOL slider up to gain speed until its in the middle. You can then turn off AG2 to conserve fuel. I would recomend not putting throttle above 50% once AG2 is off because you will go slowly.

This craft is an amphibious multiuse ornithopter that fills a role similar to a chinook. It has seats for 10 (2 pilots, 8 passengers) but it can carry many more. Unlike the ornithopter gunship it is equipped with two small jet turbine boosters to allow for a heavier take off weight. When these turbines or not active the act like windmills, and can charge the batteries of the ornithopter. In some desperate situations these turbines are pointed at the wind to act like a generator. The wings are shorter to allow for more clearance from obstacles, but to compensate for this there’s two more wings on each side, a cable cutter is also on the front to cut vines, branches and wires that would otherwise get stuck.

I worked on flight systems until I got a few to work but never as successful as spartiancarlos73’s so I bummed it off of his ornithopter (which you should check out it’s really cool I’ll put a link to it below) and modify it slightly
https://www.simpleplanes.com/a/j2lkUN/Atreides-Ornithopter

Check out my other ornithopter with this
https://www.simpleplanes.com/a/C00141/VTOL-ornithopter

A urban police version is linked below
https://www.simpleplanes.com/a/8M38jd/Popo-thropter

-Thanks madmaximus

General Characteristics

  • Created On iOS
  • Wingspan 51.9ft (15.8m)
  • Length 38.6ft (11.8m)
  • Height 9.6ft (2.9m)
  • Empty Weight 821lbs (372kg)
  • Loaded Weight 4,366lbs (1,980kg)

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 3.088
  • Wing Loading 13.4lbs/ft2 (65.2kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 327.0ft2 (30.4m2)
  • Drag Points 4577

Parts

  • Number of Parts 178
  • Control Surfaces 12
  • Performance Cost 1,417