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Vulture Gunship~ Vi-LAAT-13B

29.2k Viper28  7.4 years ago

Behold the Vulture Gunship, my crowning achievement in troop transport and ground attack. The Vulture is a Low Altitude Assault Transport (yes I stole that from Star Wars) that can carry vast payloads of supplies, troops, weapons and fuel. It's highly maneuverable with the help of its 4 gimbal mounted engines and can be used in 3 modes. First is "helicopter"/ hover mode, with the engines pointing down the Vulture can takeoff and land vertically, allowing you to fly like a helicopter. Next is assault mode, with trim one bar up and the engines at full power the Vulture can pull extreme maneuvers and easily line up for attack runs and troop landing. Finally, cruise mode with the trim all the way forward allows for forward flight like an airplane.

The Vulture can hit a top speed of 430+mph around 3000ft in cruise mode or about 300 mph in assault mode. This is while carrying its full payload of 2 ATAM, 2 ATGM, 8 rocket pods, 3 rotary 20mm cannons, 4 wing mounted machine guns, and either 2 boom 25's or 2 boom 50's or 2 drop tanks for increased range.

Controls:
* Ag-1 activates gyroscope
* Ag-2 activates the front pair of engines roll
* Ag-3 for the other pair of engines to roll
* Ag-4 for jettisoning armament
* Ag-5 for night vision in cockpit
* Ag-6 for nave lights
* Ag-8 is not to mess with
* Vtol controls the rear ramp
* Trim for the direction of the engines

Instructions (don't really need them much):
* Takeoff:
* To takeoff like a plane trim up all the way, and full throttle.
* To takeoff vertically power to 50% and have Ag's 1-3 on.
* To do a short takeoff/ assault takeoff trim up one bar, Ag's 1-3 on, full throttle.
* Landing:
* To land vertically slow down by using the trim bar to move the engines to point forward to lose airspeed, the go into hover mode with 35% power to slowly descend and land with gear down.
* In cruise mode you can land like a plane.
* Helicopter mode: Ag's 1-3 on and 50% throttle
* Assault mode: Trim up one notch, Ag's 1-3 on, and 100% throttle
* Cruise mode: Trim all the way up.

Crew:
* 1 pilot
* 1 co-pilot/ gunner
* 1-2 flight engineers

General Characteristics

  • Created On iOS
  • Wingspan 61.1ft (18.6m)
  • Length 83.4ft (25.4m)
  • Height 17.6ft (5.4m)
  • Empty Weight 37,921lbs (17,200kg)
  • Loaded Weight 59,353lbs (26,922kg)

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 2.271
  • Wing Loading 39.5lbs/ft2 (193.0kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 1,501.1ft2 (139.5m2)
  • Drag Points 18443

Parts

  • Number of Parts 149
  • Control Surfaces 16
  • Performance Cost 1,498
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    Keep up the good work.

    7.4 years ago
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    29.2k Viper28

    Thanks @Kevin1234

    7.4 years ago
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    Very stable plane and it's one of my favorite army plane that can take off vertically. You the man. 👍

    7.4 years ago
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    29.2k Viper28

    Sure! @Blue0Bull

    7.4 years ago
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    29.2k Viper28

    Yeah, it's Ag-1. It's hidden inside. The controls are in the description somewhere @Blue0Bull

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    29.2k Viper28

    Thanks! I spent a couple days fine tuning this @Blue0Bull

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    29.2k Viper28

    @BlueOBull

    7.4 years ago