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Vought XF5U "Flying FlapJack" (War Thunder Edition)

131k L1nus  yesterday

Vought XF5U "Flying FlapJack"


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OVERVIEW

The Vought XF5U "Flying Flapjack" was an experimental U.S. Navy fighter aircraft designed by Charles H. Zimmerman for Vought during World War II. This unorthodox design consisted of a flat, somewhat disc-shaped body serving as the lifting surface.


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Controls

Ag-1 / Throttle 0.01 for Engine Start
Ag-2 for Tail Hook


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Thanks for downloading this Aircraft, I tried to make it as accurate to the game from gameplay footage I've watched

Spotlights

General Characteristics

  • Created On Windows
  • Wingspan 32.5ft (9.9m)
  • Length 29.4ft (9.0m)
  • Height 15.3ft (4.7m)
  • Empty Weight 15,246lbs (6,915kg)
  • Loaded Weight 17,444lbs (7,912kg)

Performance

  • Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.154
  • Wing Loading 25.5lbs/ft2 (124.6kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 683.5ft2 (63.5m2)
  • Drag Points 1857

Parts

  • Number of Parts 374
  • Control Surfaces 8
  • Performance Cost 1,477
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    它出生在了错误的时代,就像钢铁侠的父亲一样,那个年代的飞控系统阻止了它继续发展下去

    Pinned 16 hours ago
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    Miles better than mine.
    Good job!

    4 minutes ago
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    131k L1nus

    @TheUltimatePlaneLover thanks that would be appreciated

    14 minutes ago
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    Nice XF5U!
    Also, I have the Pancake in WT so I can probably give some feedback regarding flight performance/realism when I get the chance :D

    an hour ago
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    131k L1nus

    @IMCI i do not play Warthunder, i've said this before below. please read sometime

    4 hours ago
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    Pancake.

    5 hours ago
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    WOWP maybe? hehe (WTISBETTERWTISBETTERWTISBETTERWTISBETTERWTISBETTERWTISBETTERWTISBETTERWTISBETTERWTISBETTERWTISBETTERWTISBETTERWTISBETTERWTISBETTERWTISBETTERWTISBETTERWTISBETTERWTISBETTERWTISBETTERWTISBETTERWTISBETTER)

    5 hours ago
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    9,018 IMCI

    @L1nus do you play War Thunder??

    12 hours ago
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    131k L1nus

    @PriusCat thanks

    15 hours ago
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    3,052 PriusCat

    ah yes, my favorite UFO/Pancake plane finally in Simpleplanes in all of it's glory. worked real hard to get it in Warthunder as well 💔

    +1 15 hours ago
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    would love to get one of these in warthunder, but nope they made it one of those stupid event things you have to grind half of your life every day to get it. also i no longer play warthunder lmao

    16 hours ago
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    131k L1nus

    @YishFish42 yeh i seen a short of it and wanted to make it

    +1 22 hours ago
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    10.5k YishFish42

    @L1nus or war thunder content watcher?
    Im just saying this because it's been very popular in war thunder recently

    23 hours ago
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    10.5k YishFish42

    @L1nus or war thunder content watcher?
    Im just saying this because it's been very popular in war thunder recently

    23 hours ago
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    death pancake

    +1 23 hours ago
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    @YishFish42
    L1nus doesn't play War Thunder per se, but his art style have indeed been inspired by WT, so...

    +2 23 hours ago
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    131k L1nus

    @YishFish42 I've never played warthunder before

    +1 23 hours ago
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    10.5k YishFish42

    I know a war thunder player when i see one

    23 hours ago
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    Must of been a bug because it had just been uploaded or something, it’s fixed now though.

    +1 yesterday
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    131k L1nus

    @TheRightStuff what do you mean it has zero pf cost?

    yesterday
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    It was fun watching this thing get developed on Discord. Also how does it have 0 performance cost?

    yesterday