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Tupolev Tu-124 1960s regional jet

13.8k vonhubert  8.4 years ago
Auto Credit Based on vonhubert's Tu-124-21 v0.23

Accurate model of Tupolev Tu-124 early 1960s regional jet. Updated the model, now it is accurate regardings wingspan and spoilers operation. Also made a lot of cosmetical changes - changed landing lights, added the radar dome below the nose, made the tail more accurate, corrected the default trim settings and finally sorted all the mistakes.

This was the first turbofan-equipped passenger jet in the world, and it's descendant, Tu -134 (same plane with stretched wings and fuselage, T-tail and rear mounted engines) is still in commercial use today.

The plane is actually in 1:1 scale and weight, all the aerodynamic features work correctly and it flies more or less realistically (except for gliding, for unknown reason it is a lot shittier than it should be ).

Stabilizer (pitch adjustment) is adjustable with trim slider.

Mechanics work with VTOL slider.

AG1 - Landing gear; (100% UP = Gear Up, 0%= Gear Down)
AG2 - Flaps; (0% = Flaps retracted, 100% DOWN = Flaps deployed)
AG3 - Spoilers (= Airbrakes, 100% UP = Deployed, 0% = Retracted, tends to pitch up the plane, use on approach with partial deployment or after touch down with full deployment)
AG4 - Left engine
AG5 - Right engine
AG6 - Landing lights;
AG7 - Nav. Lights;
AG8 - Ground steering (sensitivity adjustment, when active - steers to the limit, when deactivated - steers 5 degrees, deactivate on takeoffs and landing, activate for ground maneuvers only)

Take off procedure - Trim 1/2 up, flaps 1/2 down, full thrust

Cruising - trim 1/4-1/3 Up (depends on altitude), thrust 80%

Landing procedure - full flaps, trim 0, 65-70% thrust. Be careful with spoilers on landing, they pitch up the plane (surprisingly, that was an issue in real life, more modern planes compensate that automatically with stabilizer adjustment)

Said to be working on mobile devices. From my experince - almost a sldeshow. But i tried on samsung a3 cellphone) Probably may work on new ipads and so on.

General Characteristics

  • Predecessor Tu-124-21 v0.23
  • Created On Windows
  • Wingspan 88.1ft (26.8m)
  • Length 101.2ft (30.9m)
  • Height 33.2ft (10.1m)
  • Empty Weight 50,668lbs (22,982kg)
  • Loaded Weight 86,183lbs (39,092kg)

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 1.382
  • Wing Loading 32.3lbs/ft2 (157.9kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 2,665.2ft2 (247.6m2)
  • Drag Points 26158

Parts

  • Number of Parts 494
  • Control Surfaces 3
  • Performance Cost 2,538
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    13.8k vonhubert

    Guys, sorry. Found out that front wheels are taken from old model with improper wheels settings - too slippery. Thus the plane has problems turning on the ground. Should i reupload the plane?

    8.4 years ago