Damn, I am able to download this but it runs VERY laggy, it takes a minute just for it to appear in edit screen and a good three minutes to spawn. Also, the controls (AG1, AG2) don't work, probably due to so much lag, which is a problem, and it isn't weaponized, which defies the F16's whole purpose. Well, it does have a machine gun, but every time it fires it hits the F16 for some reason, causing fuselage damages.
@Trainzo You shouldn't thank me, I should thank you for building such an amazing and realistic aircraft! Thanks for spending your time designing it, I hope that someday I'll be as good making planes as you are!
It was never built because of two main reasons. Number one: The plane was too slow (max air speed 100 knots aprox and max underwater speed 3 knots aprox). Number two: It couldn't take off for some reason, meaning it failed completely as a plane. It was also quite heavy in controls, so, even if it managed to take off, it could be outmaneuvered by almost all enemy fighter planes of it's time (e.g Messerchmitt Bf109, A6M2 Zeros, and, later on, F86 Sabres, F82 Twin Mustangs, etc. Also, If it somehow managed to take off and have better maneuverability, it still wouldn't be good enough to face other fighters. If the project had ended with Ushakov's plane being adopted by the navy or air force, it would have probably entered service by the early fifties, which was bad, since fast jet aircraft became increasingly common, meaning it would be really hard to down any enemy aircraft since they could just increase throttle by a tiny bit and speed away. It wouldn't have worked as a submarine neither, because it was so slow it would run out of fuel various times before even reaching enemy territory and would take days, maybe even weeks to do so. It's extremely low water speed also meant it could be easily defeated by other submarines, corvettes, anti-submarine ships, etc. So, though it sounded and looked cool, it wouldn't be good at all @RailfanEthan
Damn, I am able to download this but it runs VERY laggy, it takes a minute just for it to appear in edit screen and a good three minutes to spawn. Also, the controls (AG1, AG2) don't work, probably due to so much lag, which is a problem, and it isn't weaponized, which defies the F16's whole purpose. Well, it does have a machine gun, but every time it fires it hits the F16 for some reason, causing fuselage damages.
+3@Trainzo You shouldn't thank me, I should thank you for building such an amazing and realistic aircraft! Thanks for spending your time designing it, I hope that someday I'll be as good making planes as you are!
I was speaking about Pugachev's Cobra @TheClimbGhostPilot
It was never built because of two main reasons. Number one: The plane was too slow (max air speed 100 knots aprox and max underwater speed 3 knots aprox). Number two: It couldn't take off for some reason, meaning it failed completely as a plane. It was also quite heavy in controls, so, even if it managed to take off, it could be outmaneuvered by almost all enemy fighter planes of it's time (e.g Messerchmitt Bf109, A6M2 Zeros, and, later on, F86 Sabres, F82 Twin Mustangs, etc. Also, If it somehow managed to take off and have better maneuverability, it still wouldn't be good enough to face other fighters. If the project had ended with Ushakov's plane being adopted by the navy or air force, it would have probably entered service by the early fifties, which was bad, since fast jet aircraft became increasingly common, meaning it would be really hard to down any enemy aircraft since they could just increase throttle by a tiny bit and speed away. It wouldn't have worked as a submarine neither, because it was so slow it would run out of fuel various times before even reaching enemy territory and would take days, maybe even weeks to do so. It's extremely low water speed also meant it could be easily defeated by other submarines, corvettes, anti-submarine ships, etc. So, though it sounded and looked cool, it wouldn't be good at all @RailfanEthan
It can do it fairly easily @typeZERO
I just blew it up first try lol. I used an F4 Phantom with a tactical nuke