Auto Credit Based on Bradford's Pipper PA-44 Seminole [Update #2]
Fourth update on the Piper PA-44 Seminole! It has been a lot of fun building this aircraft and now it is almost practically as accurate as the real thing! (All I have left is to make it fly like the real thing) Special thanks to @niggelas100 for explaning how to do paneling and positioning with XML and @Mustang51 for great feedback on this aircraft.
Specifications
General Characteristics
- Predecessor Pipper PA-44 Seminole [Update #2]
- Successors 2 airplane(s) +7 bonus
- Created On Mac
- Wingspan 43.6ft (13.3m)
- Length 35.2ft (10.7m)
- Height 13.1ft (4.0m)
- Empty Weight 6,410lbs (2,907kg)
- Loaded Weight 7,340lbs (3,329kg)
Performance
- Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.272
- Wing Loading 30.0lbs/ft2 (146.3kg/m2)
- Wing Area 245.0ft2 (22.8m2)
- Drag Points 6094
Parts
- Number of Parts 109
- Control Surfaces 5
- Performance Cost 427
Sounds good! I’ll experiment and see what happens!
That’s already looking a lot better! To XML the weight and drag you have you set the drag and weight scales lower on each part you want. However, if you make the drag too low, it will fly sort of funny and take forever to decelerate making it tough to land. You can definitely take off a lot of drag points but be careful not to overdo that :)
@Mustang51 Here is the new version with the wider wing base. I plan to make this aircraft fly like the real thing, but I don’t know much about XML modding. The real aircraft has a cruise speed of about 180mph but this only goes 140mph. How can I XML drag and weight?