**I tried to upload this earlier, but I used the wrong save file. I'm having some balance issues that I cannot quite workout on this plane. Would anyone be interested in offering some assistance with a hidden wing or two to make this bird fly level? It also has a smidge of auto-roll to the left, even after checking all my surfaces, and I'm not entirely sure what to blame. Beside all that, the rest of the original post is below**
The wiki: The English Electric Lightning is a supersonic fighter aircraft of the Cold War era. It was designed, developed, and manufactured by English Electric. The Lightning was the only all-British Mach 2 fighter aircraft.
She was fast but also known as a gas guzzler. Extra fuel tanks were mounted on top of the wings to avoid interactions with the elevators. You can drop them using Ag3. Another method of fuel saving was to only use one engine at a time. you can activate the engines one at a time using Ag1-2. )I recommend using engine 2 at about 40% throttle with 50% flaps for takeoff, then activating engine 1 after wheels up.
This design includes custom decals for the tail and the call number. She also features custom landing gear. She is armed with two Anti-Air missiles and two 30mm cannons in the nose.
As always, let me know if you have any suggestions for improvements or a plane you would like to see created. Thank you for stopping by to take a look, and enjoy your flight!
Specifications
Spotlights
- FlyingThings 7.3 years ago
- Johndfg 7.3 years ago
- soundwave 7.3 years ago
- EpicPigster1 7.3 years ago
General Characteristics
- Created On Windows
- Wingspan 34.4ft (10.5m)
- Length 63.0ft (19.2m)
- Height 18.4ft (5.6m)
- Empty Weight 21,231lbs (9,630kg)
- Loaded Weight 29,277lbs (13,280kg)
Performance
- Power/Weight Ratio 0.767
- Wing Loading 56.8lbs/ft2 (277.3kg/m2)
- Wing Area 515.5ft2 (47.9m2)
- Drag Points 10919
Parts
- Number of Parts 255
- Control Surfaces 5
- Performance Cost 883
Cool overall design, I know how tough the Lightning is to build, check my version out. It had (has) a roll problem too - and I've no idea why. Someone suggested it was the "mirror" function, so you might want to check that out.
@Johndfg not trash talking, just showing what is wrong. It is still nice.
great work!
Nice
Noice. It's a little wiggly when pitching down but but besides that it flies and looks great. Not sure why people are trash talking this beauty :(
Interesting. But wrong cockpit mate! It is a razorback kid of plane!