Ok, it doesnt fly that well. This is the first plane I have ever tried to acctualy make with effort. I have been playing for about a year, but i only tested out other peoples creations. The controls are just for the lights, I acctualy put turning signals on a plane. Yea i dont know why but i did so... enjoy? Im new to this dont judge me... P.S. if anyone would like to work on this and republish a “working” version, be my guest.
Specifications
General Characteristics
- Successors 1 airplane(s) +7 bonus
- Created On iOS
- Wingspan 35.4ft (10.8m)
- Length 30.8ft (9.4m)
- Height 11.8ft (3.6m)
- Empty Weight 6,721lbs (3,048kg)
- Loaded Weight 8,944lbs (4,057kg)
Performance
- Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.223
- Wing Loading 55.4lbs/ft2 (270.5kg/m2)
- Wing Area 161.5ft2 (15.0m2)
- Drag Points 2689
Parts
- Number of Parts 63
- Control Surfaces 6
- Performance Cost 340
I thank you for your tips.
This insn't a bad design it just has a couple of things that need to be adjusted. First off the major problem is that the center of lift (blue sphere)is ahead of the center of mass (red shpere). TO fix that you just need to add more weight forward, mostly by adding fuel near the front of the airplane. Replace the dead weight with fuel as well since you'll get extra range for the weight.
You might want to consider adding a bit more wing behind the engine, moving and/or sweeping the forward wings further back, using lighter rear landing gear in, or increasing the diameter and thickness of the propeller.
With just a little work I got it to fly, so the design is really close. And once it flies it only take a little more work to make it fly better. So stick with it.
I uploaded a successor to your design to show you what I mean. It is 99% the same as your original design and it flies and floats. Most of the changes were in shifting the wings further back, adding fuel tot he front, upping the propeller slighting, and adding buoyancy so ti would float. Less than five minutes work. You did the hard part, and built a sound design.
Ima comment on my own plane :D... cause no one is gonna like it... ;-;