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Gleipnir

26.5k Dracul0Anderson  8 months ago

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Like other giant aircraft from the Strangereal world, the Gleipnir was intended to completely annihilate hostile targets and frighten enemy troops with its incredible firepower. Because of its gargantuan size, it was developed as an amphibious aircraft, able to take off from both land and large bodies of water, such as oceans and rivers. The ship was armed with eight launch ports for SWBMs, a Shock Cannon in the ventral area, and an optical camouflage system that allowed it to turn invisible to the naked eye. Despite its imposing size and role, the Gleipnir was considered an "airborne fortress" by both its operators and opponents as opposed to being called a heavy command cruiser, likely due to its inability to carry aircraft or to act as a mobile command base. The Gleipnir's overwhelming firepower was one of the core reasons for Leasath's successful blitzkrieg against Aurelia early in the war, and was feared greatly among Aurelian troops.


The Second biggest thing to be made by me, the one major hurdle to get over with this monstrous aircraft was the Optical Camouflage, which is not something possible in SP. Even making it out of glass wouldn't work as only the glass block would be see-thru. So inside I went with an equally effective solution: made it completely invulnerable to missiles and auto-aim devices, by giving it stealth capabilities. I also would've made it life-sized, but that exceeds my device's ability to run the game. So I made roughly a third the size, still leaving it massive, as it should be, but still within the boundaries of my device.


Features

  • Gyro stabilized and controlled
  • inability to be targeted with missiles/auto-aim.
  • Working Shock Cannon
  • Shock Missiles
  • High durability

Controls

  • Start in air, or water.
  • Standard controls, use yaw and Roll for turning, as it doesn't bank normally, due to the gyros.
  • Do not make aggressive maneuvers, it causes issues with the shock cannon
  • stay at least 7 miles away from air targets, as the blast radius from the shock missiles is huge.
  • AG1 to activate Shock Cannon

Notes

  • despite the existence of a shock cannon already made, the one on this plane was constructed from
    scratch, and doesn't function like the other one on this site, and is in fact more powerful.
  • when you pull up the weapons menu in-game, you may see Boom 25s show up under Ground Weapons.
    They are not part of the actual armament, so ignore them(they're part of the shock missiles).

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General Characteristics

  • Created On Android
  • Wingspan 377.2ft (115.0m)
  • Length 273.5ft (83.4m)
  • Height 46.7ft (14.2m)
  • Empty Weight 43,498lbs (19,730kg)
  • Loaded Weight 49,347lbs (22,383kg)

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 68.317
  • Wing Loading 52.5lbs/ft2 (256.2kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 940.5ft2 (87.4m2)
  • Drag Points 148546

Parts

  • Number of Parts 238
  • Control Surfaces 8
  • Performance Cost 1,010