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Cessna 337 Skymaster

50.4k Stingray  9.6 years ago
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The Cessna 337 Skymaster is a pusher-puller design. By building my own VTOL propellers for it, there is a push-pull thrust. SET VTOL to 4th bar from the top, full throttle. Airframe vibrations at takeoff smooth out once you're level.

General Characteristics

  • Successors 4 airplane(s) +21 bonus
  • Created On iOS
  • Wingspan 50.6ft (15.4m)
  • Length 32.7ft (10.0m)
  • Height 13.8ft (4.2m)
  • Empty Weight 6,754lbs (3,064kg)
  • Loaded Weight 5,825lbs (2,642kg)

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 2.893
  • Wing Loading 13.8lbs/ft2 (67.5kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 421.4ft2 (39.2m2)
  • Drag Points 3177

Parts

  • Number of Parts 116
  • Control Surfaces 6
  • Performance Cost 415
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    50.4k Stingray
    @mattmck Thx for rating, this had maybe test weapons in Vietnam as an USAF O-2 rescue plane, don't know too much about that. They had great long-range endurance, were used for military observation.
    9.6 years ago
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    6,654 mattmck
    sweet build. did you know this was outfitted with weapons?
    9.6 years ago
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    50.4k Stingray
    @Jacobhardy64 - Fixed version- See: Cessna 337 Skymaster (fixed)
    9.6 years ago
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    50.4k Stingray
    Fixed version- See: Cessna 337 Skymaster (fixed) @PlanesOfOld
    9.6 years ago
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    50.4k Stingray
    OK - First I re-loaded a fixed Spymaster that does do much, much better! See: Cessna 337 Skymaster (fixed) @TheLatentImage
    9.6 years ago
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    @Stingray come see me in the hangout chat please
    9.6 years ago
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    50.4k Stingray
    Bad habit, was up to 3 AM my time. At midnight I'd built 3 working versions of the Skymaster that did not please me in some way, so I re-built it from scratch, posted it then. Need to stop doing that... @TheLatentImage
    9.6 years ago
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    @Stingray Yeah... so... when do you sleep? You post planes at all times of the day... lol
    9.6 years ago
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    50.4k Stingray
    Thank you @Jacobhardy64
    9.6 years ago
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    50.4k Stingray
    Thx @TheLatentImage Yes one set of nozzles is entirely inverted, for rotation canceling with the rear. Just one nozzle - I'll go look again, I posted this fairly late.
    9.6 years ago
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    50.4k Stingray
    Tried them on version 1, need to double plane size: wing/cockpit/tail-boom to accommodate it, might do a larger build someday @PlanesOfOld
    9.6 years ago
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    Noce build there buddy. This is pretty cool. I did notice that one of the vtol nozzles on the front prop is inverted, causing the wobble. Looking at the aircraft from the nose it is then prop on the right, I believe. I changed that one and it evened right out. Good stuff man.
    9.6 years ago
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    43.9k PlanesOfOld
    Btw walrusaircraft has some working pusher props u could use for this :)
    9.6 years ago