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Marineon ZX-5 Bubble

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Auto Credit Based on Yourlocalhuman's War challenge: 1917 (closed)

For this challenge a couple days ago I make an aircraft called the ZX-4 Needle, after I posed it I decided to compare it to actual WW1 aircraft to see how well it compared, I ended up disappointing myself. What I created did not look like a WW1 aircraft, it looked like a P-400 converted into a Biplane, so I redesigned it to make up for it. Introducing the Marineon ZX-5 Bubble, I took my previous plane the ZX-4 Needle and remodeled it. Here is what I updated: I shortened and rounded the nose hence the name “Bubble” I also shortened the upper wing a little bit, I rounded the fuselage more, I make the front wheels skinnier and taller, I rounded off the back of the machine guns making them look less boxy and I also put a ammo belt on them, I modified the vertical stabilizers making them look more like the ones planes commonly had at the time, I spaced out the wing supports more, and I also added the Marineon logo to the side of the fuselage. Performance Changes: The plane now performs a little better than what it did before, it feels faster getting up to speed and it turns much more aggressive, and gains altitude much faster as well. Problems: With the much more aggressive altitude increase also comes a higher risk of stalling, so try not to take off too aggressive, a second warnging sill be with takeoff itself, for some reason it pulls to the right a little on the runway after discovering this I mirrored it and it didn’t fix anything. This aircraft still has the 2 machine guns, High fuel Capacity, and short takeoff distance. Enjoy my new and inproved Marineon Fighter plane!

General Characteristics

  • Predecessor War challenge: 1917 (closed)
  • Created On iOS
  • Wingspan 37.8ft (11.5m)
  • Length 23.4ft (7.1m)
  • Height 9.8ft (3.0m)
  • Empty Weight 4,960lbs (2,249kg)
  • Loaded Weight 7,950lbs (3,606kg)

Performance

  • Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.125
  • Wing Loading 23.1lbs/ft2 (112.6kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 344.8ft2 (32.0m2)
  • Drag Points 3880

Parts

  • Number of Parts 125
  • Control Surfaces 7
  • Performance Cost 888