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XF-53

1,963 DumbPlaneMaker  10 months ago

Because of everyone who upvoted and spotlighted this plane, it became my first one to reach the 1st page. Thanks to all of you!

Background

XF-53 is an experimental aircraft made to test propellers with thrust vectoring control to improve pitch maneuverability. A contra-rotating propeller layout was chosen to eliminate the effects of prop wash on the roll and yaw axis while the propeller is angled. The philosophy of the aircraft is to angle itself properly and take a shot from its two devastating 150mm with 50 rounds each cannons, once and for all.

Controls

  • VTOL for propeller blade pitch
  • Pitch also controls propeller angle
  • Standard pitch, roll, throttle, yaw

Some cool screenshots


Taking off from USS Tiny Two


Flying above USS Tiny Two and 2 destroyers


Just after shooting down a target drone


Hope you enjoy flying this plane!
And don't forget to upvote if you like it!

Spotlights

General Characteristics

  • Created On Android
  • Wingspan 44.3ft (13.5m)
  • Length 37.7ft (11.5m)
  • Height 13.7ft (4.2m)
  • Empty Weight 15,118lbs (6,857kg)
  • Loaded Weight 20,053lbs (9,096kg)

Performance

  • Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.099
  • Wing Loading 41.3lbs/ft2 (201.5kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 485.8ft2 (45.1m2)
  • Drag Points 0

Parts

  • Number of Parts 118
  • Control Surfaces 11
  • Performance Cost 652
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    14.6k Graingy

    Contra-rotating propellers? Engine vectoring?
    two heavy-artillery guns on a fighter?
    ...
    Welp, the engineers have unionized. Seem to be waving red flags, even.

    +1 9 months ago
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    1,206 Weisbrich

    This is a really cool concept! I like it a lot.

    +1 10 months ago
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    27.2k 32

    @DumbPlaneMaker yah I really like that mechanic, makes the plane much more dynamic to fly.

    +1 10 months ago
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    5,857 Jabuticaba23

    Another borzoi enjoyer I see

    +1 10 months ago
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    29.2k VenusLancer

    Thats a interesing idea, a lot of time ago i considered to make one prototype of a engine like this, but it didn't convinced me

    +1 10 months ago
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    @32 Increase propeller pitch when it overspeeds

    10 months ago
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    27.2k 32

    engine destroyed from overspeeding

    +2 10 months ago
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    @Carbon2128 That's the catch of manually controlling the prop pitch, you have to set a value that both gives adequate acceleration and doesn't overspeed

    10 months ago
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    Bro made a supersonic prop fighter.

    +1 10 months ago
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    HELL YE'
    WAIT. WHAT THE F###
    op for my p-51 mustang psm

    +1 10 months ago
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    Is there a way to get rid of the over speed thing?

    +1 10 months ago
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    Sky Crawlers

    +1 10 months ago
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    @AnomalyYeet Thanks, didn't know that
    @FlyingPatriot
    @IceCraftGaming
    @100

    +1 10 months ago
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    18.3k AnomalyYeet

    @DumbPlaneMaker You can only do 3 tags per comment, all others tags below the 3 you do won't be received.

    +1 10 months ago
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    Very smooth controls

    +2 10 months ago
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    @100

    +1 10 months ago