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Northrop F-5E Tiger II Chile

121k asteroidbook345  3.8 years ago
8,813 downloads
Auto Credit Based on MAHADI's COLD WAR Challenge [CLOSED]

Thanks to ChiChiWerx for flight model advice and SavageMan for the pilot!
Warning: This aircraft will depart controlled flight if you attempt to roll at high
AoAs. Do not fly with keyboard.

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Act. 1 - Nose gear hike - activate on takeoff
Act. 2, 3 - Engine startup and engage auxiliary intake doors
Act. 4 - Drop ventral fuel tank
Act. 5 - airbrakes
Act. 6 - parachute
Act. 7 - arrestor hook
Act. 8 - nose gear steering

The F-5E Tiger II is a single-seat all-weather supersonic light fighter. The E variant is the 3rd of the series and was designed primarily for export, though a few US squadrons used them. It was exported to 32 countries, and several were sent to the Soviet Union by Vietnam and Ethiopia. It was a very sturdy design that is still in limited operation today. It is used in the US as a training aircraft and is still in active service in Iran as the Azarakhsh, an unlicensed version of the F-5E with mid-wing intakes and other avionics changes. It is also still in active duty with the US Navy, and the Taiwanese and South Korean air forces.



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General Characteristics

  • Predecessor COLD WAR Challenge [CLOSED]
  • Created On Windows
  • Wingspan 27.8ft (8.5m)
  • Length 48.6ft (14.8m)
  • Height 13.7ft (4.2m)
  • Empty Weight N/A
  • Loaded Weight 16,082lbs (7,295kg)

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 17.606
  • Wing Loading 63.2lbs/ft2 (308.8kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 254.3ft2 (23.6m2)
  • Drag Points 777

Parts

  • Number of Parts 551
  • Control Surfaces 3
  • Performance Cost 2,398
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    Note: Guns don't work on mobile because of the way I had to delay them. Sorry about that.

    Pinned 3.8 years ago
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    26.2k Default4

    Pin this if you're gay

    Pinned 3.8 years ago
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    I just deleted the funky tree code and it works for me on mobile now

    1.6 years ago
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    26.2k Default4

    @asteroidbook345 WOOOOOOO YEAH BABY

    1.9 years ago
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    @Default4 holy shit I just realized this comment foreshadowed my actual coming out

    2.0 years ago
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    Mig-28!!

    2.0 years ago
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    @LieutenantSOT thanks!

    3.6 years ago
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    Awesome!

    BTW: this is your 3rd upvote. Congrats on 1st place!!!

    3.6 years ago
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    41.3k Phox

    trainer bois

    3.7 years ago
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    16.6k DarthAbhinav

    This really is an F5E Tiger II Chile moment.

    +2 3.8 years ago
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    156k MAHADI

    @AsteroidAsteroidTheBook np

    3.8 years ago
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    @MAHADI Thanks!

    3.8 years ago
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    156k MAHADI

    RATING

    Looks : 8.95/10 pts.
    Performance : 9/10 pts.
    Details : 9.1/10 pts.
    Weaponry : 9.25/10 pts.
    Functionality : 9.25/10 pts.
    Description : 9/10 pts.

    OVERALL RATING : 9.1/10

    +1 3.8 years ago
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    23.4k marcox43

    Yay, another FACH plane! :3 may I challenge you to shoot down my M.A Red arrow? I designed it to compete with the chilean F-5 tiger II, I'll tag you in it.

    +1 3.8 years ago
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    48.8k EngieWeeb

    @AsteroidAsteroidTheBook Oh yeah that works too :3

    3.8 years ago
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    @EngineerOtaku I fixed them and I might upload an unlisted successor with the fixes. I just made them anti-collision and it fixed it

    3.8 years ago
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    5,408 HeavyC22

    Nice build! Never fail to impress @AsteroidAsteroidTheBook

    3.8 years ago
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    5,408 HeavyC22

    Nah he’s right i checked blueprints and the spine is a bit off as well @Default4

    3.8 years ago
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    48.8k EngieWeeb

    @AsteroidAsteroidTheBook I know what happened and it plagues all of my missile builds as well. Basically you have to be sure that you launch your missiles from such an angle that they won't turn into your aircraft as they track a target, which means you have to just know the order of launch. If you set an ignitionDelay into the XML for the missiles you can just have them not fire off the motor until they're clear of your plane. It ain't you, it's just how the stock missiles are programmed I assume.
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    In terms of "fixing" the canopy one trick I use a lot is to just panel build sections of the cockpit that aren't supposed to be glass. Funny enough I did that on my F-5E build so if you kind of want an idea for a fix that might help. Looks kinda cool once you do that.

    3.8 years ago
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    @BagelPlane Lol yeah don't go full pitch

    3.8 years ago
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    24.1k BagelPlane

    Well I figured out what "depart controlled flight" meant pretty quickly

    3.8 years ago
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    26.2k Default4

    @AsteroidAsteroidTheBook Can you show me what you mean on Discord?

    3.8 years ago
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    @Default4 The canopy is not 100% fine. ChiChi told me to revise it. It's a difficult shape to get right and I would have had to redo the whole fuselage in order to get it right

    3.8 years ago
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    @EngineerOtaku I usually activate the airbrakes and then gradually put the flaps down until I'm at about 150-160mph. Then I usually don't have to use trim, or if I do it's a little bit up. One of the sidewinders did a little buggy thing one time but it seemed to fix itself in other tests so I'm not entirely sure lol.

    3.8 years ago
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    @Fliegerkerlchen I might redo them

    3.8 years ago
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