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Tricopter

5,521 Verdnan  9.8 years ago
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This is a real tricopter, it use only rotors for lift and control. You will see that the VTOL nozzles don't provide lift and that there are no thrusters. To fly just activate group 1 and throttle to 100%. Group 2 will activate more engines for more lift but burns more fuel. Now move the VTOL control up from center to takeoff, and down from center to fly inverted. Please remember that yawing reduces lift from the tail. So you must compensate by pushing forward on the stick, backward if you are inverted.

General Characteristics

  • Successors 6 airplane(s) +21 bonus
  • Created On Android
  • Wingspan 70.3ft (21.4m)
  • Length 61.8ft (18.8m)
  • Height 6.6ft (2.0m)
  • Empty Weight 19,922lbs (9,036kg)
  • Loaded Weight 27,116lbs (12,299kg)

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 2.983
  • Wing Loading 67.4lbs/ft2 (329.1kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 402.3ft2 (37.4m2)
  • Drag Points 8294

Parts

  • Number of Parts 109
  • Control Surfaces 12
  • Performance Cost 508
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    This is awesome. Thanks for giving me the idea for the rotors. I have made a quadrocopter myself using similar rotors. Any way this is a awesome plane and I love the ability to fly it upside down whenever I try to fly mine upside down it just explodes iunlike yours.
    9.5 years ago
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    5,548 Intencer
    Helicopter challenge reward.
    9.7 years ago
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    842 Legomore
    Amazing! Once i got this to about 800 ft i tried doing a backflip and it only lost about 50 ft in altitude!
    9.8 years ago
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    5,521 Verdnan
    @mjred1287 Yeah its does because of the retreating blades maybe I'll add a trim function. Sure I can make a quad.
    9.8 years ago
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    Dude, this is awesome! The only complaint I have is that is always wants to tilt slightly to the left. Can you make a quadrocopter next?
    9.8 years ago
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    1,014 Dominik
    NICE !!!
    9.8 years ago
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    A RC multi rotor beginner could train on this!
    9.8 years ago
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    Awesome
    9.8 years ago
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    6,133 thomasjaf
    Bravo!
    9.8 years ago