Majestic flap flap of death!
Take off procedure:
1. activate activation group 1 to accelerate to 60 mps
2. throttle up to 100% and pull up
3. deactivate activation group 1
4. raise landing gear
or just launch from USS Beast catapult.
Landing procedure:
1. position the aircraft on final approach
2. extend the landing gear
3. make sure the activation group 1 is deactivated
4. throttle to 0% 5. gracefully glide to a soft landing
Activation groups:
1. acceleration on ground
2. gun aiming
3. arresting hook
8. navigation lights
About the build:
I was playing around with an ornithopter mechanism and got a little carried away, ending up wit this. it has US military markings for no reason other then I like how it looks.
Specifications
Spotlights
- Mumpsy 5.5 years ago
- Chancey21 5.5 years ago
- Hyattorama 5.5 years ago
General Characteristics
- Predecessor AH-56 Cheyenne
- Successors 1 airplane(s)
- Created On Windows
- Wingspan 152.4ft (46.4m)
- Length 94.6ft (28.8m)
- Height 36.4ft (11.1m)
- Empty Weight 11,433lbs (5,186kg)
- Loaded Weight 11,782lbs (5,344kg)
Performance
- Wing Loading 7.7lbs/ft2 (37.6kg/m2)
- Wing Area 1,531.6ft2 (142.3m2)
- Drag Points 7762
Parts
- Number of Parts 387
- Control Surfaces 5
- Performance Cost 1,663
@RadarJamJar Damn. Should have realized that. Bonus point for the auto-credit.
@ThomasRoderick No it is based on a AH-56 Cheyenne fuselage link here
This thing looks kinda scary.
I love what you've done to your cheyenne here, a very cool concept
You look up and see this thing dropping bombs, with Bald Eagles flying beside it as it attacks, wyd?
@RadarJamJar Wonderful control! Exceptional contraption.
@Hyattorama I am glad you like it, and thank you for the spotlight.
I really love this. I’ve seen some great ornithopters on SP but I’ve never seen one that is in a semi-realistic style, with a cockpit and everything (cockpit is great by the way). The wing flap function is smooth and effective. The benefits to using the infinite rotator to power flapping wings is that the power delivery is smooth, quiet, and reliable. The drawback to using it as power for an ornithopter is 1)it’s either 0 or 100% power, nothing in the middle, and 2) at 0% throttle, it starts going backwards to get back to the original angular position (which you know, of course). So the system you devised with the hinge rotators to rectify both of those problems is absolutely brilliant! And another great thing about this setup is that the wings always come to rest at 0% throttle at the exact same angle no matter what, so there’s no fussing around with getting them in the right angle for gliding or landing, which is like, an SP ornithopter benchmark imo. Also, making an ornithopter that can take off and land well is rather difficult, and this one does both beautifully. You did some really great work here, I’m very impressed! Looking forward to seeing what else you come up with!
FIRST TO COMMENT!!! Very noice. Keep up the good work.👍