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My attempt to make the lowest drag plane possible. 149 drag points!! Beat it and I'll give it an upvote.
Specifications
General Characteristics
- Predecessor Pusher prop
- Successors 5 airplane(s) +24 bonus
- Created On iOS
- Wingspan 34.2ft (10.4m)
- Length 31.2ft (9.5m)
- Height 9.6ft (2.9m)
- Empty Weight 2,138lbs (970kg)
- Loaded Weight 2,791lbs (1,266kg)
Performance
- Horse Power/Weight Ratio 1.074
- Wing Loading 23.5lbs/ft2 (114.9kg/m2)
- Wing Area 118.7ft2 (11.0m2)
- Drag Points 148
Parts
- Number of Parts 10
- Control Surfaces 8
- Performance Cost 82
@Jaredis2 thanks :)
Wow just wow the lowest I got was 59 I think I will give it a fly and comment over there @OlafGliders
@Verdnan @Jaredis2 @BlackDO34 @Planetinker https://www.simpleplanes.com/a/JuvrK7/Lowest-Drag
how about 31?
@Verdnan Clever out-of-the-box solution to the canopy drag problem!
Check this out @Planetinker @Jaredis2
@Verdnan Playing around with your V550 design some more this evening I was able to reduce the drag score to 108 without landing gear. Check out "DragScore108". I tried to add a trolley system so I could take off from airfield instead of doing an air drop, but it was too finicky.
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Beaten 124 drag!
Flies great. I tried a bunch of stuff to lower your 148 drag points. Anything I did to the fuselage just increased drag so it has to be near perfect. Finally, I swapped the engine for a T1000 and put a slim inlet behind the canopy. Had to drop some dead weight in the nose to move the CoM. All that got it down to 143. Top speed I got was similar; 750-752 at 40k feet level fight. Thanks! Learned a lot.
Awesome just downloaded it 138 drag points is outstanding I guess that the review star thing isn't a thing anymore so I gave it an upvote thanks@Verdnan
My plane the V550 Isabel has a drag of 138, if you remove the landing gear. Which is fair seeing as yours has none. Just add like 200lbs to the nose to fly.