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VTOL Kicking Bananafish

5,399 Sockdragger  24 days ago
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@Notgoodthe1 's Spirit of Existence with some minor adjustments for better flying quality. The result looks a bit like a mixture between jundroo's Simple Vertigo and its Kicking Fish but painted yellow...hence the name

Working on @Notgoodthe1's plane, I changed the nozzle control from the one Jundroo used in the Vertigo to my own standard method:
- VTOL slider neutral: nozzles straight back / conventional flight.
- VTOL slider down: flaps down for conventional take-off / landing (nozzles still straight back).
- VTOL slider up: nozzles rotate downwards.
- slide VTOL halfway up for jet-assisted VTOL/jumping start
- slide VTOL 3/4 up for nozzles straight down: hover mode
- VTOL higher that 3/4 rotates the nozzles slightly back (30%) for braking or hovering backwards

Other changes include: moved nozzles back and rearranged RCM vents for better hovering. Replaced standard air brakes with custom wing segments. Did some embellishments on the fuselage..

Not yet included because I just wanted to help @Notgoodthe1 by doing some simple upgrades to his plane:
-VR/ Cockpit
-Automatic descent control: use 'funky' power settings to automatically increase engine power when rate of descent surpasses a preset safe landing speed.
-insignia or custom paint schemes.

If you feel this plane MUST absolutely have one of the above, feel free to download and build any of them yourselves. And please upload it here when you're done.

General Characteristics

  • Created On Android
  • Wingspan 30.3ft (9.3m)
  • Length 41.5ft (12.6m)
  • Height 12.8ft (3.9m)
  • Empty Weight 9,252lbs (4,196kg)
  • Loaded Weight 16,409lbs (7,443kg)

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 1.643
  • Wing Loading 71.6lbs/ft2 (349.5kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 229.2ft2 (21.3m2)
  • Drag Points 3028

Parts

  • Number of Parts 55
  • Control Surfaces 9
  • Performance Cost 349