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P-80/F-80 Shooting Star

4,841 NovaTopaz  8.2 years ago
Auto Credit Based on NovaTopaz's P-80 Shooting Star v3

"The Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star was the first jet fighter used operationally by the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF).[2] Designed and built by Lockheed in 1943 and delivered just 143 days from the start of the design process, production models were flying but not ready for service by the end of World War II. Designed with straight wings, the type saw extensive combat in Korea with the United States Air Force (USAF) as the F-80. America's first successful turbojet-powered combat aircraft, it helped usher in the "jet age" in the USAF, but was outclassed with the appearance of the swept-wing transonic MiG-15 and was quickly replaced in the air superiority role by the transonic F-86 Sabre."
-Wikipedia

About time I got back into building aircraft... Don't mind the predeccor thing, this is barely related other than the paint scheme.

Very much to scale on every side, down to the inch, and the only unrealistic thing is... Well, the lack of lights(which I'm probably going to fix), and the P/W and all that sort of engine stuff, because Simple Planes is weird that way.

VTOL Down to bring down the flaps, and pretty much everything else is generic in terms of functions(no activation groups!)

Have fun flying this aircraft!

One with guns and bombs and all that coming soon.

General Characteristics

  • Predecessor P-80 Shooting Star v3
  • Successors 1 airplane(s)
  • Created On Windows
  • Wingspan 38.6ft (11.8m)
  • Length 34.4ft (10.5m)
  • Height 11.3ft (3.4m)
  • Empty Weight 8,410lbs (3,814kg)
  • Loaded Weight 12,228lbs (5,546kg)

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 0.918
  • Wing Loading 49.8lbs/ft2 (243.3kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 245.4ft2 (22.8m2)
  • Drag Points 2208

Parts

  • Number of Parts 62
  • Control Surfaces 7
  • Performance Cost 298
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    @Florida0man sure

    3.7 years ago
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    3,090 S0og

    @NovaTopaz thanks

    5.3 years ago
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    4,841 NovaTopaz

    @Florida0man Sure. I have no problems with that as long as I get credit for it. Sorry for the late reply, I don't check here often...

    5.3 years ago
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    3,090 S0og

    @NovaTopaz Is it ok for me to add colors+weapons+other stuff to this plane?

    5.3 years ago
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    Cool! I got to the gold Prix raceway with this! Thanks!

    8.2 years ago
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    4,841 NovaTopaz

    @SHCow Thanks! This took quite a few hours... well, like 4 or 5. More than usual, I think, for myself, but it's been a while.

    8.2 years ago