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SEALION X

1,014 Dominik  9.7 years ago
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D'aero'M SP DIV proudly present research plane Sealion eXperimental . I built this plane about month ago to research negative speeds and plane's behavior in extreme maneuvers . On this plane I tested many things (which I later used in other planes) such as asymmetrical fuel tanks & wings , air brakes , etc. With this plane I achieved my highest negative speed -360mph (which I succesfuly recovered) .
First thought that this plane I won't post here but it's too fun plane (to not post) .

Now , HOW-TO : Plane is bit tail-heavy but it's not problem . There are 3 a. grs : 1- activate first VTOL nozzles pair ; 2- act. 2nd nozzles pair ; 3- act. tail air brake (useful for stable pitching up) . Plane has floats .

Plane can ,,walk" on water : when on water (of course you need some speed) activate both noz. pairs then wait until the nose will be under water and strongly pitch up and hold . If you do it correctly plane should ,,walk" on water .
And if you want to see something wild fly at higher altitude then again act. both noz. pairs and pitch up and look at speed meter .

Plane maybe looks like Su-47 but it's not attempt at Sukhoi's replica (it's not even inspired by '47) . ENJOY !

General Characteristics

  • Created On Android
  • Wingspan 26.0ft (7.9m)
  • Length 32.7ft (10.0m)
  • Height 8.9ft (2.7m)
  • Empty Weight 6,222lbs (2,822kg)
  • Loaded Weight 7,452lbs (3,380kg)

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 1.809
  • Wing Loading 41.2lbs/ft2 (201.2kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 180.8ft2 (16.8m2)
  • Drag Points 2312

Parts

  • Number of Parts 81
  • Control Surfaces 8
  • Performance Cost 367