In the menu, while in the sandbox mode, there is a button labelled as "i". When you click on it, it shows you the Airplane Properties or the Properties of your build/creation.
In the Airplane Properties there are 4 sections. The 1st section is General Characteristics, it contains Wingspan, Length, Height, Empty Weight, and lastly Loaded Weight. Now, I would like to explain to you all about these things and what they tell you about.
•Wingspan is width, it measures the longest point of your craft from the right to the left or the left to the right.
•Length is the longest distance. It's measured from the back to the front or the front to the back by the longest point.
•Height is the distance measured on the ground to the tallest point of the craft.
•Empty Weight is Dry Weight. A weight that is measured without the presence of liquid.
•Loaded Weight is Kerb Weight. A weight that is measured with the liquid filled up completely.
The 2nd section is Performance, it contains HP/Weight Ratio, Power/Weight Ratio, Wing Loading, Wing Area, and lastly Drag Points.
•HP/Weight Ratio is the ratio determined by dividing the maximum hp by the total weight of the craft.
•Power/Weight Ratio is the same as HP/Weight Ratio.
•Wing loading is a useful measure of the stalling speed of an aircraft.
•Wing Area is the surface areas of the aircraft's wings.
•Drag Points are the total points where the drags are being generated.
The 3rd section is Parts, it consists of Part Count, Control Surfaces, Performance Cost, and lastly Selected Part Cost.
•Part Count is the total parts that are being in the build.
•Control Surfaces is the number of wings that has control in it.
•Performance cost is an attempt to measure the computational intensity of a craft in terms of straight blocks.
•Selected Part Cost is the Performance Cost of the selected part.
And the 4th section, which is the last section, it is called Tournament. It consists of Class, and Validate button.
•Class is where you select the class of your build for a tournament.
•Validate is to join the tournament of the class.
@DogeToTheMoon
Thank you!
@ToeTips exactly
@DogeToTheMoon
Oh I see
So to make a heavy aircraft more agile in the air just add more wing area?
@ToeTips It's the other way around. The more weight the faster the stall speed gets. That's why you see butterflies flying slowly without them failing to the ground.
@DogeToTheMoon
Oh I see, basically this determines the plane's handling to a certain point
So does higher wing loading mean slower stall speed? Or is it the other way around?
@ToeTips it's basically the total weight of the aircraft divided by the area of the wings.
For example an aircraft has a total weight of 1000kg and a wing area of 100m².
The wing loading would be 1000kg÷100m²=10kg/m²
Therefore the Wing loading is 10kg/m².
The stalling speed or the speed where the wings stop generating lift is determined by the wing loading itself.
I still don't get wing loading. Can you explain in more detail?
A tutorial? How nice