This is the RA-5C Vigilante, an American carrier-based supersonic bomber That served from 1961 to 1979. Its initial role was a nuclear strike bomber, but mostly saw service as a reconnaissance and tactical strike bomber during the Vietnam War. This is also one of the largest carrier aircraft to ever see service and was replaced by fighters such as the F-14. This particular model is armed with 4 B28 freefall Atomic bombs.
This is my first replica aircraft, and I think that it is fairly accurate to its real life counterpart, but I did take some liberties in certain parts such as the weapons. (If you have any tips or suggestions for future builds they are appreciated) (Also shoutout to AGDynamics, I used they’re letters and numbers).
Top Speed: 1400 mph
AG1: Drop bomb
AG2: Drop bomb
AG3: Drop bomb
AG4: Drop Bomb
AG5: Afterburners (Be careful with hard turns , sometimes the nukes don’t enjoy that)
AG6: Lights
AG8: Open Cockpit + Fold wings
VTOL: flaps
Enjoy
-ElSandman
Specifications
Spotlights
- This craft has been featured
- Wahoo12 6.2 years ago
- XjayIndustrys 6.2 years ago
- ColonelStriker 6.2 years ago
- GrizzlitnCFSP 6.2 years ago
- ChiChiWerx 6.2 years ago
- TheGuyYouMightKnow 6.2 years ago
- soundwave 6.2 years ago
- JettStorm 6.2 years ago
- SledDriver 6.2 years ago
- JohnnyBoythePilot 6.2 years ago
- FoxtrotCharlieCharlieX 6.2 years ago
General Characteristics
- Created On Mac
- Wingspan 53.1ft (16.2m)
- Length 77.8ft (23.7m)
- Height 22.5ft (6.9m)
- Empty Weight 32,833lbs (14,893kg)
- Loaded Weight 53,147lbs (24,107kg)
Performance
- Power/Weight Ratio 6.342
- Wing Loading 20.9lbs/ft2 (102.1kg/m2)
- Wing Area 2,540.6ft2 (236.0m2)
- Drag Points 17800
Parts
- Number of Parts 636
- Control Surfaces 4
- Performance Cost 2,654
@ElSandman Well good luck!While my next project is a land vehicle...
@Shootingstar07 Yea in my experience getting a plane to fly well takes a lot of tweaking and experimentation. My next plane is quite different from anything i've previously build so i'll be spending a decent amount of time working on it.
@ElSandman You are welcome man.At least it much better than mine...mine fly terriblely....
@Shootingstar07 Thanks.
Nice work!It looks nice and fly nice!
@Jetliner101, This is English, it's the RA-5C vigilante, a cold war bomber.
VIGIE
@ChiChiWerx Not exactly sure what you mean, I haven't paid attention to the trim before haha, but ill play around with that on my next build, thanks.
Well, it could really use trim. Try stacking two rotators on top of each other, one set to pitch, the other to trim. That would solve the issue. Looks good, though.
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