Sky Taxi (30 pt challenge)
30 Pt Challenge
Sky Taxi Semi-Futuristic
Controls
AG 1 Open side door
AG 2 Lights
Throttle Power up, works best at 100%
VTOL Lift (up/down). Hovers at around 70-75% up, don't 100% the whole way. Helicopter-like.
Pitch Down for forward flight; pull up/back to fly backwards. Well hold steady course forward when you pitch down, don't over pitch. You will need to pitch down/up to control flight. Don't over pitch unless you want to crash.
YAW This is how you turn. When you yaw to turn, you will have counter yaw/turn so you don't spin. You will need slight changes to yaw to control your flight.
Trim Additional forward/back ptich, slight controls.
Roll Don't over roll during flight, especially while pitching or yaw.
Background
I was inspired by the air taxi/car from Westworld and its clean but somewhat brutist style.
It was really wierd, when I went to scale the rotors down to hide them they lost their lift completely. So consider this an intermidate. economy, or future retro-future version.
Specifications
General Characteristics
- Predecessor 30 part challenge
- Successors 1 airplane(s)
- Created On Windows
- Wingspan 11.1ft (3.4m)
- Length 23.7ft (7.2m)
- Height 10.9ft (3.3m)
- Empty Weight 1,934lbs (877kg)
- Loaded Weight 3,559lbs (1,614kg)
Performance
- Power/Weight Ratio 28.444
- Wing Loading 23.2lbs/ft2 (113.3kg/m2)
- Wing Area 153.4ft2 (14.3m2)
- Drag Points 4325
Parts
- Number of Parts 30
- Control Surfaces 0
- Performance Cost 353