Vought F-8 Crusader
The Vought F-8 Crusader (originally F8U) is a single-engine, supersonic, carrier-based air superiority jet aircraft designed and produced by the American aircraft manufacturer Vought. It was the last American fighter that had guns as the primary weapon, earning it the title "The Last of the Gunfighters"
Specifications
Country of Origin: United States of America
Role: Fighter Aircraft
Crew: 1
Armament: RKT, 20mm Machine Guns, STDM, UGBS
Current Payload: 8X UGBS, 4X STDM
Livery: Philippine Air Force 7th Tactical Fighter Squadron "Bulldogs" Two tone Pale Blue Grey/White
Features
- Auto aileron trim (simulated pilot)
- G-limiter (+8.5, -1)
Controls
Normal Throttle/Pitch/Roll/Yaw/Landing Gear
AG1: Lights and Engine
AG-2 : Nose wheel steering/Refueling Probe/Arrestor hook
AG-3 : N/A
AG-4 : N/A
AG-5 : N/A
AG-6 : Missile Drop
AG-7 : Weapon Drop
AG-8 : Weapon Arm
VTOL: Trim
Trim: Flaps and Variable incidence wing
Author's notes
AG2 is a multipurpose activation group. With gear down and in the air, AG2 lowers the arrestor hook. With gear down while grounded, AG2 activates NWS high. With gear up (and presumably flying), AG2 extends the refueling probe.
When performing carrier landings, keep AG2 activated until the arrestor hook automatically detaches.
To perform a takeoff with it's variable incidence wings:
Full Flaps
Full Trim
Full Pitch
Throttle to 100%
Feel free to modify it however you want, I would like to see it hehehe. Anyways thanks for upvoting. And btw, if you notice it has ReinMCDeer style, that's because I based it on his builds. I got inspired from him and NewWorldAerospace too
Forum Post about the other Crusader variants
—MonsNotTheMonster
Specifications
Spotlights
- Trainzo 8 days ago
- TheUltimatePlaneLover 8 days ago
- Sakorsky 7 days ago
- NewWorldAerospace 8 days ago
- Kendog84 6 days ago
- Marulk 8 days ago
- WizNick 8 days ago
- Maverick09 8 days ago
- SomeSPGuyWhoLikesLore 7 days ago
- GuardianAerospace 8 days ago
- MomoDesigns 8 days ago
General Characteristics
- Successors 1 airplane(s) +7 bonus
- Created On Android
- Wingspan 38.7ft (11.8m)
- Length 57.4ft (17.5m)
- Height 19.3ft (5.9m)
- Empty Weight N/A
- Loaded Weight 30,469lbs (13,820kg)
Performance
- Power/Weight Ratio 0.531
- Wing Loading 30.3lbs/ft2 (148.0kg/m2)
- Wing Area 1,004.9ft2 (93.4m2)
- Drag Points 111
Parts
- Number of Parts 290
- Control Surfaces 8
- Performance Cost 1,499
@MonsNotTheMonster
Thanks!
@Kendog84 yeah sure, feel free to do so.
Hey, one question, would you mind if.. or rather could I publish a custom weapon with this plane? As a successor to this, with proper credit and all.
@MonsNotTheMonster
Nah, thank you for the cool build, man! x)
I really felt & appreciate the effort & attention to detail/accuracy that went into this build, and it was quite a joy to fly this plane.
@Kendog84 oh daym, thanks man. I was aiming to have a building style similar to ReinMCDeer but with my own personal touch, but I'm open to suggestions ofc. And I may have to use the funky tree code you gave me and update the xml build. Thanks again xD
I love this airplane, pretty elegant
Man, what a nice, great build!
The combination of simple style & accurate looks, attention to detail, functional yet intuitive features & control, and flight performance is just really great. To me, it's almost exactly the kind of plane/thing I try to build and aim for myself and love to see from other people. Like, I can probably count the times I've seen G limiter (especially for negative G) implemented on SP builds with one hand (I'm sure I've seen them, but honestly I can't recall one at the moment; I could just be forgetting all 100+ builds that had them though, so maybe I should just say "I love this feature!" lol), and airbrake angle getting automatically limited based on AGL just made me smile. Also, small but important features. Like having a cockpit view is great, and the tracer (bulletScale) of the guns made it look quite satisfying to fire the thing.
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A couple of suggestions I would make is to add a toggle option for the airbrake using AG (so you don't have to pressing down the the throttle button), and maybe to add a hidden engine so the engine flame is visible only when you have the afterburner on. The latter especially is just my preference though. As for airbrake, "or" symbol works. Here's what I have on my build that limits brake power by half when gear down:
(Brake | Activate2) * (LandingGear=0 ? 0.5 : 1).But nonetheless... great build!
CURATOR!
CURATE THIS AIRCRAFT AND MY LIFE IS YOURS!
Great build.
Underrated Crusader
Cool!
Nice
@dekanii Thanks. I spent nearly half a year researching about it and made the airframe in a week. It paid off I guess :v
There is one thing why I like your build; its simple, and very accurate
Man wth I forgot the lights 💀💀💀
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Tags: @126, @TheNewSPplayer, @TheUltimatePlaneLover
Honorable mentions: @NewWorldAerospace, @Maverick09, @ReinMcDeer