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Seaplane

4,066 Cypher01  7.9 years ago

Experimental airplane for a new system of landing gear and use my flaps :) Good flights ! :)

General Characteristics

  • Created On Windows
  • Wingspan 119.1ft (36.3m)
  • Length 72.2ft (22.0m)
  • Height 30.2ft (9.2m)
  • Empty Weight 26,655lbs (12,090kg)
  • Loaded Weight 46,392lbs (21,043kg)

Performance

  • Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.172
  • Wing Loading 30.7lbs/ft2 (149.7kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 1,513.1ft2 (140.6m2)
  • Drag Points 12409

Parts

  • Number of Parts 143
  • Control Surfaces 13
  • Performance Cost 807
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    4,066 Cypher01

    @TMach5 For the water takeoff, think to use flaps and you will can take off with the extended landing gear. Thanks for your advice :)

    7.9 years ago
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    113k TMach5

    @Matthew01 Aesthetically, the landing gear is great and sturdy. Functionally, it's in the wrong position causing the nose to flip when applying breaks on landing at the runway. I fixed my copy easily by swapping the cylinder with the landing gear with the one in front of it. Once the gears moved forward 5ft, no more nose flips. Landing on water was very smooth. However, the gears down in the water creates too much drag and prevents lift off. Simply retracting gears at take off speed lifts the plane into the sky. You have a solid plane and I like flying it a lot.

    7.9 years ago
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    4,066 Cypher01

    @TMach5 what do you think about my landing gear ?

    7.9 years ago
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    4,066 Cypher01

    Thanks @MrSilverWolf, @TrashFarm and @Benny3053 :)

    7.9 years ago
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    4,066 Cypher01

    @TMach5 Thanks :D

    7.9 years ago
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    113k TMach5

    Looks good!

    7.9 years ago
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    4,066 Cypher01

    Thanks @Djbanana @Stampede :)

    7.9 years ago