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NGAD F/A-28A Lodestar

3,260 Drakenquack  2 days ago

Naval NGAD designed for carrier operations.

Vortices mod variant here

Probably looks like any other NGAD but this is my take on the F/A-XX Program.

Controls

AG1 — Arresting Hook
AG2 — Full Tail Control
AG3 — Formation Lights
AG4 — Nav Lights
AG5 — Refuel Panels
AG6 — Master Arm
AG7 — Canopy
AG8 — Toggle Idle Engine Sound
VTOL — Tail Trim

Features

No Gun!
12 AA Missiles
Airbrakes?
Cool Afterburners!
Spacious Weapons bay..
Multi-purpose Control surfaces?

I've always loved dorito planes, they have a special place in my heart.

I was hoping to push this build more but I think that burnt me out more than anything (bit off more than I could chew). This thing was just taking too much damn time out of my day especially the freaking FBW which was all scrapped.

This FBW system was going to aid in flight and make it fly SMOOTH, but due to my inexperience in funky trees (Skill issue) and prolonged hours of the code working just right then breaking when you simply performed a loop along with a plethora of head banging issues I just decided to toss it and resort for a more RUDIMENTARY flight control scheme...

Besides that it flies well. Enjoy!

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General Characteristics

  • Created On Windows
  • Wingspan 37.7ft (11.5m)
  • Length 64.0ft (19.5m)
  • Height 9.5ft (2.9m)
  • Empty Weight N/A
  • Loaded Weight 43,520lbs (19,740kg)

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 4.647
  • Wing Loading 66.8lbs/ft2 (326.3kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 651.2ft2 (60.5m2)
  • Drag Points 12224

Parts

  • Number of Parts 725
  • Control Surfaces 0
  • Performance Cost 2,899
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    8,316 SPMistatopi

    Well, that's another quintillion spent on building the funniest looking starscream

    2 hours ago
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    3,260 Drakenquack

    @PlainDude11 Sort of, I went through many different variants of this craft. One in particular had flip up vertical stabs that were going to be deployed to aid in maneuverability, however there were many issues with this that would require a full redesign. Near the end I did consider TVC for this but again that would require a lot of moving stuff around... Idk maybe in the future I might come back to this and remake it into a crazy PSM/TVC/Missile/mothership lol.

    13 hours ago
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    Were you planning on making this perform PSM maneuvers? I would love to see one that can do this. This is amazing by the way love what you did with the tail.

    +1 15 hours ago
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    2,939 Rayquaza4590

    Looks like j36 w 2 engines

    +1 22 hours ago
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    0 ali91

    perfect!

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    3,123 johc

    i'll spotlight while i can i guess...

    +1 yesterday
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    3,260 Drakenquack

    @MobileBuilder21 Yup, I took all the screenshots myself.

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    7,270 0V3R533R

    Dude its so smooth

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    Extraordinary work, did you do your own screenshots?, because if so they look great.

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    Love it, no other way to express it

    +1 yesterday
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    3,260 Drakenquack

    Holy crap, I want to thank everybody for the upvotes and awesome comments, I didn't think this thing would get as popular as it would, definitely a motivator to keep building.

    yesterday
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    3,260 Drakenquack

    @NapoleonPizza Fellow artist? Also I freaking love ur builds.

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    15.2k Rb2h

    Those air inlets are quite questionable for stealth🤓👆

    +1 2 days ago
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    6,061 Trainz448

    Take my upvote and spotlight. This is amazing!

    +1 2 days ago
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    13.5k Berulacraft

    The combination of a very well-made construction with very high-quality images makes this publication simply unbeatable, magnificent work.

    +2 2 days ago
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    2,670 SHIMO

    bro destroyed my most upvoted plane in 6 hours🥀(i like teh plane too dw)

    +1 2 days ago
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    Absolutely incredible work! I can see the effort you have put into this. Well done! I hope to see some of your builds in the future.

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    Fking sick man😭🙏🔥🔥🔥

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    15.1k Austinowen

    long legged lady

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    Amazing

    +1 2 days ago
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    8,266 Aero72

    Nice plane

    +3 2 days ago
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    Something aint right here... Sickass builds with barely any recognition? We gotta change that.

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    285 Neom

    this things awsome

    +2 2 days ago