Automatic Piston Ornithopter
27.4k JovianPat
8.2 years ago
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A piston-powered Ornithopter that flies automatically with no fuel. Simply throttle up to flap your wings and use the VTOL slider to adjust the wing's angle. The wing's flapping speed depends on your throttle, so use about 60% for regular flight. VTOL halfway up for a good angle.
Specifications
General Characteristics
- Successors 7 airplane(s) +35 bonus
- Created On Windows
- Wingspan 53.6ft (16.3m)
- Length 52.4ft (16.0m)
- Height 10.3ft (3.1m)
- Empty Weight 5,156lbs (2,339kg)
- Loaded Weight 5,156lbs (2,339kg)
Performance
- Wing Loading 2.0lbs/ft2 (10.0kg/m2)
- Wing Area 2,526.0ft2 (234.7m2)
- Drag Points 3053
Parts
- Number of Parts 93
- Control Surfaces 16
- Performance Cost 707
it flys so nice great build
I see you made it hard for yourself. I used 4 wings to hold her steady if you want to try it on yours. You know, like a dragonfly
If you angle the middle of the wings back u will get more thrust
I can say only one thing : Jenius ! Well ballanced and probably the mechanism with the lower part count . It became a personal favorite . Would you mind using the same logic in my future plane?
Legit lit.
Doesent work
@JovianPat okay
@mahir Please don't advertise yourself on someone's plane.
@JovianPat it's cool plz see my planes ..
Thanks @oDDDynamics
Thanks @Insertname
@ShatSlanger :)
@ShatSlanger Thanks, but I think you forgot to upvote :)
@FlyingThings Don't give up :)
Np! @JovianPat
@JovianPat i tried to copy it but it keeps breaking... Sh**
@JovianPat ok.
@FlyingThings It's fine, use it as you like! Just don't forget to give credit :)
@JovianPat the first and the second try that you described happened to me too. Then i gave up.
@FlyingThings That happened many times when I was building the flapping mechanism. The first time it squashed the piston and exploded. The second one I forgot to set it as invert and exploded. The third try, the range is wrong so the hinge got pulled apart and exploded....
@JovianPat i tried to build one but i didnt have the know-how. So my first try destroyed itself.
@FlyingThings Thanks! I've made another ornithopter a while ago, but it wasn't automatic so you have to slide the VTOL slider up and down continuously to fly.
Wow. First time i see something like that in SP.
Thanks! @TTHHSSSS
@Treadmill103 @SHCow Thanks!