T-03 "Dorito"
Original sketch.
This was originally built for AlivePan's LCA challenge, but AlivePan just got banned, so I don't know if the challenge will continue. Regardless, it's still a great airplane.
It's also my very first fighter jet, and my first time making rivets.
Credits to the Wasp for providing the cockpit interior, and PlanariaLab's HUD.
Cockpit Layout (for VR users)
This is VERY IMPORTANT, as you'll have a hard time finding all the buttons without this.
The switches not shown in this image are already labelled in-game.
Lore
The T-03 is an advanced jet trainer aircraft developed by RCP Engineering for the Republic of Cursed Planes Air Force, better known as the RCPAF.
It was first proposed in 1998 to replace the ageing A-4 trainer aircraft that the RCPAF had been using since the 1960s. The new aircraft would be equipped with the latest avionics and a fly-by-wire control system, and it would have be able to download a wide variety of training software to help pilots prepare for every scenario possible.
The RCP Engineering designers based the new aircraft off their latest 4.5th generation fighter, the F-03 (I forgot to photograph the sketch). As such, the final design retained many of the F-03's appearance and features, including a full-body delta wing and a single-engine configuration with the intake on the aircraft's underside, similar to the F-16.
After 3 years of development, the new trainer, now designated the T-03, took to the skies on 1st May 2001. Its NATO designation became "Dorito", due to its wing greatly resembling a Doritos tortilla chip.
The T-03 has remained in service with the RCPAF ever since. Attempts to sell the aircraft to other countries were unsuccessful as they preferred the Aermacchi M-346 Master.
Features
- Simple, yet detailed design
- Fully VR-compatible cockpit
- Parachute and arresting hook included
- Fuel tank and missiles are detachable
- Mobile-friendly, with only 291 parts
- No opening canopy, sorry
Weapons
- 2 AIM-7 missiles
- 2 miniguns mounted in front of the cockpit
- 2 external fuel tanks (can be used as makeshift bombs)
That's it, I guess. Have a great flight, but don't leave your instructor behind!
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Specifications
Spotlights
- This craft is curated
- FlyingThings 1.6 years ago
- Sgtk 1.6 years ago
- MAHADI 1.6 years ago
- VenusLancer 1.6 years ago
- CookingWithCinderBlocks 1.6 years ago
- Aarav 1.6 years ago
- Dragoranos 1.6 years ago
- WinsWings 1.5 years ago
General Characteristics
- Predecessor The Light Combat Aircraft Challenge (Closed)
- Created On Mac
- Wingspan 31.9ft (9.7m)
- Length 31.4ft (9.6m)
- Height 13.2ft (4.0m)
- Empty Weight 11,662lbs (5,290kg)
- Loaded Weight 17,179lbs (7,792kg)
Performance
- Power/Weight Ratio 2.354
- Wing Loading 43.4lbs/ft2 (212.1kg/m2)
- Wing Area 395.5ft2 (36.7m2)
- Drag Points 6276
Parts
- Number of Parts 291
- Control Surfaces 5
- Performance Cost 1,722
flying dorito
If you want to fix the issue of it not turning easily, just take the hinge rotators and limit them to 10-15 degrees of range
Why do the flaps make the plane bank? And the rudder lever is just the trim lever. But I love the plane
dorto plen
Cockpit Stolen from.......... The WASP
@ATERO250 it cant really turn or gain altitude
Wdym @sussyF35
can i eat this
Is this a new unreleased flavor?
@WinsWings thanks! I usually draw my designs before building them
this is worth a spot too - love the original content and the sketch too. I also do sketch for some of my builds
@RepublicOfCursedPlanes
understandable have a great day
@ZeroWithSlashedO I mean, I wanted a full-length delta to make it cursed, and technically the canard can deflect air under or above the wings (I don't study aeronautical engineering yet so idk).
Also for the landing gear, yeah I had to make some compromises on it.
Honestly, I'm probably better at designing airliners, but I guess this was a good learning opportunity nevertheless.
@RepublicOfCursedPlanes
here's what I have to say about your counterarguments:
I don't question the intake placement, but I question your control surfaces now what in the world
I have no comments for the last 2 points
other than that, you're welcome
@ZeroWithSlashedO
Only thing I agree with is the small nose cone, but other than that, here’s my counterargument. You’re welcome.
appearance review:
6/10
honestly, does not look very fun to fly, nor does it look appealing
aircraft looks unstable, and it doesn't look aerodynamic
nose cone looks too small for a radar
thin, delta wings suggests a supersonic trainer configuration, but since the aircraft doesn't look that aerodynamic, I doubt it can go past mach 1 (realistically)
engine config is... questionable
so is the main landing gear
however, this has potential
if it's redesigned with proper aeronautical engineering in mind, it has potential to be a great platform
I love delta wings. They're just, pog.
@ZeroWithSlashedO welp.
Copy that, Private Parts!
@TheTomatoLover
I am sure
@ZeroWithSlashedO are you sure?
@TheTomatoLover
I was not
never was
@RepublicOfCursedPlanes but General Dorito cough cough, is @ZeroWithSlashedO
@TheTomatoLover it's mine...
@ZeroWithSlashedO :( I thought you were the dorito man
@TheTomatoLover
no
@ZeroWithSlashedO this is your plane, right?