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A fantasy jet I made up. I will get an updated version out later. Controls: VTOL up for infinite thrust. Essentially the key here is to control the pace it flies at. Flutter and buffetting start at around 2,800 TAS so when it starts shaking be cautious of your throttle control. It can go beyond 3,000 TAS, however. To take off, throttle 100%, and get it off the ground. Gear up, and start the energyless flight by taking away all throttle and VTOL up as much as you want.
Specifications
General Characteristics
- Created On Android
- Wingspan 22.5ft (6.9m)
- Length 35.2ft (10.7m)
- Height 11.6ft (3.6m)
- Empty Weight 7,642lbs (3,466kg)
- Loaded Weight 10,373lbs (4,705kg)
Performance
- Power/Weight Ratio 3.249
- Wing Loading 55.4lbs/ft2 (270.3kg/m2)
- Wing Area 187.4ft2 (17.4m2)
- Drag Points 2320
Parts
- Number of Parts 37
- Control Surfaces 5
- Performance Cost 280
@99807 no need to delete this. Maybe one day you'll want to show someone your learning path, and this post will come in handy. Also, it's cute.
@99807 you're welcome.
@EternalDarkness Either way thanks for the help.
@EternalDarkness I did some building and found out the trick to all that on a separate jet. It works so well, I hit speeds of over 30,000 TAS. Thanks for the help! I am going to delete this post and redo it with the improved version.
@99807 use structural wings. There's an option accessible through Overload that enables control surfaces if you need them. Feel free to ask about custom wings with custom control surfaces when you think you are ready to try that. It's a bit more complicated, but results in much better builds.
@EternalDarkness I really needed the advice, thanks. How do I get stronger wings?
While this is a cute build, I think I should give you a bit of constructive criticism on it:
Wings aren't very strong, and main landing gear, which bears most of the weight, shouldn't be on wingtips. Only planes with main gear under the fuselage in bicycle fashion have wingtip outriggers, like Harrier. Also, you should go for all-moving horizontal stabilizers. Put structural wings on rotators and give them input
Pitch + Trim/10. That will give you both pitch control and trim that is 10% of pitch. Adjust the max angle and speed of rotators to avoid pitch oscillations.