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FBW Post Stall Agility Testbed

20.3k JessaLeih  4.0 years ago

This is my first time playing around with a fly by wire thrust vectoring system in order to help me conceptualize a supermaneuverable post-stall agility test-bed, this is to me what the X-29 was to NASA, and what I learned with this build will be applied to my future fighter designs.

I'm very pleased with the results of this X plane, I used funky tree functions to add automatic corrective inputs so that the plane cancels out any unwanted pitch and yaw movements, effective enough to even allow the autopilot to fly this otherwise unstable plane almost as if on rails.

It uses a single 3D thrust vectoring nozzle for both pitch and yaw, with the high dihedral allowing for yaw to also affect roll, AG-1 amplifies pilot input to make the plane go beyond it's aerodynamic envelope and enter the post stall phase, where pitch and yaw can make it flip and cartwheel while also remaining controllable, there's no roll vectoring.

Have fun!

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General Characteristics

  • Created On Android
  • Wingspan 51.2ft (15.6m)
  • Length 72.5ft (22.1m)
  • Height 15.2ft (4.6m)
  • Empty Weight 10,188lbs (4,621kg)
  • Loaded Weight 29,427lbs (13,348kg)

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 1.145
  • Wing Loading 24.4lbs/ft2 (119.2kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 1,204.9ft2 (111.9m2)
  • Drag Points 1585

Parts

  • Number of Parts 25
  • Control Surfaces 5
  • Performance Cost 248
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    20.3k JessaLeih

    @CanadianRAF yeah sure that's what the game is for

    3.6 years ago
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    Can I borrow the funky trees program from this plane and reuse it?

    3.6 years ago
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    its like abetter X-29!

    +1 3.7 years ago
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    41.4k rexzion

    :oooo it flies so well!

    +1 3.7 years ago