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Drag..... Useful or Useless?

5,219 HAECQAL  8.1 years ago

Guys, when you design your craft, do you also consider 'Drag' into your design? Is it important? or we can just ignore it...... i appreciate your respond

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    5,219 HAECQAL

    @ oDDDity thanx for the tips bro, I rarely use XML for performance purposes, because I prefer build my craft which can be applied in 'real physics' environment.....

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    5,219 HAECQAL

    @CrazyCodeC yeah, we have to compromise between both, either beauty or speed.....

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    8,615 CrazyCodeC

    I built a prop plane that could travel at about 490 mph ASL, before decoration. After I added detail, and some cosmetics, the top speed dropped to 310 mph ASL. So, to sum it up, yes, drag matters, an awful lot.

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    5,219 HAECQAL

    @IStoleYourMeme thank you, I guess perhaps it has to do with the plane size....

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    @HAECQAL Hard to specify because it depends on the size of the plane.

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    5,219 HAECQAL

    @IStoleYourMeme by lots of drag you mean in which range?

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    if a plane is too slow i just pump up the power like you have no idea @HAECQAL BUT that's never happenend

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    5,219 HAECQAL

    @MechWARRIOR57 sometimes i get too greedy, I want beauty but in mean time I want speed and performance.....

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    If you have lots of drag your plane will go slow. It's a pain for race plane and to some extent replica builders but other than that you can ignore it.

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    5,219 HAECQAL

    Is there any drag point limit? all i can see is numbers...... maybe there are 'normal' drag point for reference such as jet fighter, or civil aviation.....

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    to me i don't really care about drag unless I'm trying to make something go really fast

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