Hi everyone Walrus Jr. here. I’ve been absent a lot recently due to life and lack of motivation, so Sr. has been putting out most of the posts recently. This has been my first build in a while and it’s good to be back building again.
Mobile Friendly:
https://www.simpleplanes.com/a/PhmQ52/Tu-22M3-Backfire-Mobile-Friendly
Instructions:
Take Off:
Ag1: Engine Intake Doors, for dirt or debris filled runways from damaging engines
Ag2: VTOL down for flaps
Ag4: Gear doors down
Landing Gear on Landing Gear
Flight:
Ag2: VTOL up to swing wings
Ag3: Afterburner
Ag6: VTOL for gun
Bombing:
Turn afterburner off to start bombing (Keeping it on can cause an explosion)
Boom 25’s are mounted externally Boom 50’s are carried in the bomb bay.
Ag5: Bomb bay doors open
Landing:
Approach speed: 170 – 200mph
Landing speed: 130 – 140mph
Ag4: Gear doors down
Landing Gear on Landing Gear
Ag2: VTOL down flaps
Ag7: Brake chute
Specifications
General Characteristics
- Created On Windows
- Wingspan 105.9ft (32.3m)
- Length 149.1ft (45.5m)
- Height 37.2ft (11.3m)
- Empty Weight N/A
- Loaded Weight 75,957lbs (34,453kg)
Performance
- Power/Weight Ratio 3.905
- Wing Loading 22.7lbs/ft2 (110.6kg/m2)
- Wing Area 3,353.0ft2 (311.5m2)
- Drag Points 55037
Parts
- Number of Parts 819
- Control Surfaces 3
- Performance Cost 4,080
Yes, and sorry I did not get back to you sooner. Was in New York for a while. @Vehicle
Can I use your back landing gear? I can't make a proper landing gear for my upcoming tu-22m because I'm only using IOS.
@WalrusAircraft no problem, love you and Walrus Jr.'s builds.
Thanks for the upvotes @ramjet 😃
Thanks! @Dllama4
Awesome! This is actually my next project after I'm done with my aircraft carrier.
@Blue0Bull - Thanks!
@Notapier Thanks man!
congrats on the trailer
:)
@Aerobako Thanks! Its been good and I'm almost done with my math course. I'll be able to build more once it's finished.
@WalrusAircraft Finetuner is the best thing EVER.
@F104Deathtrap Jr. - Thanks! I really liked what you did with your Foxbat, so I thought I would try that on my Tu-22m. I just used the Fine Tuner and roughly moved them to where they should be. I went back on a second pass and and fixed them up. Mirroring them was not hard but took awhile. I was too lazy to make them move so I made Sr. do that XD
@WalrusAircraft I see you made your own exhaust nozzles! I tried that on my Foxbat back before I learned about modding tools, had to type the whole thing out in notepad to xml rotate all the parts, it took FOREVER. You really put a lot of time into this thing, huh?
@F104Deathtrap Thanks! Sr. made the Bear so I thought I would do the follow up
The long awaited sequel to your Bear, awesome!
@WalrusAircraft I love Clancy's style. It's easy for me to picture whats going on. Plus, the characters are always well planned and realistic
@ChiChiWerx - Walrus Sr. here. Actually, there is one VTOL jet for power partType="Engine-Jet-5" with powerMultiplier="20" The other engines are there for sound. When you add more at lower power, you get tremendous roar. Jr. pointed this out to me. Most people think it is a waste, but if you want large jet sound, you need multiple engines, and the Backfire is a loud aircraft. Note that the smaller engines have powerMultiplier="0.1"
Cool, thanks. So you're using extra VTOL engines to get the power boost and the XML modded exhaust nozzles to get the large plumes, thanks!
@ChiChiWerx - EngineThrustPort.State exhaustScale="3.2,3.2,3.2" exhaustStartColorOverridePrimary="435EA1FF" Note that I had four thrust ports (two on each side), since I wanted to have two colors, but ended up with the same color.
@ChiChiWerx Jr. here. I used VTOL engines and scaled the nozzles up to get the size. I then (With some help) found a HTML color picker and found an picture with the afterburner on. There should be a slot for the color code in the XML. (On the nozzle, or "Thrust port" I think.)
Quick question: How do you do the "afterburner" setting? Well, not how do you activate it...how do you build it?
;)
@WalrusAircraft Well I'm glad to see your back! Hows life treating you guys?
Sr. Here. One of my favorite books from that era. @Geebers
It's fitting that I just read Red Storm Rising!