Introduction
The swallow was the product of a joint venture by RJ and BAE to produce a small agile adaptable weapons platform. It utilised some aspects and equipment already availiable from the Harrier program. In this instance it is armed with 1 rotary cannon, 4 aim 9 Sidewinders and has 2 droptanks also attached. The harrier cannon pods have been left in situ but the cannons have been removed to allow for the fitting of other equipment (designators, cameras etc)
Controls
AG1 = reheat
AG2 = turns on engines and releases chocks
AG3 = Airbrake
AG5 = nav lights
AG6 = arrestor hook (when it wants to work...)
AG7 = eject sequence
VTOL dn = slats down
Note: pitch and roll move the pilots head which is where the cockpit/camera is located (which can have an interesting effect on camera views)
Photos
As it spawns
Takeoff
Underside at altitude
drop tanks
missile away!
kill shot
airbrake out, slat down
landing
eject sequence
Thanks again to Edensk for their funkytree formulas, the bang seat wouldnt be the same without it =)
Specifications
General Characteristics
- Created On Windows
- Wingspan 23.7ft (7.2m)
- Length 37.6ft (11.5m)
- Height 11.5ft (3.5m)
- Empty Weight 22,608lbs (10,254kg)
- Loaded Weight 29,455lbs (13,360kg)
Performance
- Power/Weight Ratio 2.746
- Wing Loading 75.0lbs/ft2 (366.1kg/m2)
- Wing Area 392.9ft2 (36.5m2)
- Drag Points 1726
Parts
- Number of Parts 1013
- Control Surfaces 1
- Performance Cost 4,220
it's beautiful and fun to fly. Such a quality build
@RamboJutter yep but because im running a older version that doesnt have the parts probably im running 1.8 i think
Hey that's perfectly fine. I find manueverability quite challenging to perfect too. @RamboJutter
@Hedero thanks, i still enjoy building, posting and typing the description is a chore though... Manueverability is always a compromise, most of ther time i build them too manuevrable and then tone it down to match my impression of the realistic aircraft.
Honestly I don't really know. I think you're builds generally don't fly nearly as good as they should in real life. They lack a lot of manueverability. But that's perfectly fine, I think they look super good though. But as far as visuals go, they are amazing and high quality. And I sort of think of you as the staple of SimplePlanes camoflages. So just keep it up m8.@RamboJutter
@Hedero thanks :) it looks like 27 upvotes is my limit of late. I appreciate all your upvotes and comments, im grateful for my return customers. I wonder what I have to earn more though?
@NightmareCorporation its definitely bits of harrier but the rest I made up really, its sort of similar in places to f18, mirage 2000 etc but I didn't model anything directly on them.
@CommandPuppy2 no issue for me and no-one else has reported an issue, you reloaded and tried again?
So is a mix of F-22, A Harrier Jump Jet, And F-15 I think?
it saids "there was an error loading this design"
Is it an african or european swallow?
@RamboJutter if you want a supersonic VTOL, take the Mirage Balzac !
He is quite bulky, like a Harrier, but he is quite pretty all the same.
VTOLn't Harrier
that's a weird looking harrier.
Looks sick dude!
Great plane .
@DJ2keroni the original concept was to create a VTOL supersonic harrier with a delta wing but the VTOL bit frustrated me enough to abandon it in favour of this.
5th fastest doot in the west
Absolutely beautiful!
Looks like a delta wing harrier
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