Re-Upload; I had to re-upload this from yesterday due to some “problems” that have since been resolved. I apologize for any inconvenience!

Name meaning:
P: “Personal”
U: “Underwater”
31: It’s a secret!

Welcome to the Next Generation of flight. Here at PyrhPan, we aren’t just about military force, we have fun here as well. That’s why we’ve created an amazing new aircraft for those who can afford it, to have fun and spend the day flying with the birds, or cruising with the dolphins. Or sharks. Ehh whatever, same difference.

The P-31U “SeaDragon” is a highly advanced recreational aircraft that is made with the intentions of flying in the air & underwater. Which ever suits your fancy, you can do it in the SeaDragon! Complete with simulated bioluminescence reminiscent to that of deep sea creatures, (or a SeaWing lol) a lovely cockpit interior, overall oceanic looks, and a little face to brighten up your day, it attracts the likeness of almost anyone!

Photo Gallery:

Credit to BagelPlane for the thumbnail base image

Controls:

Takeoff: This aircraft has VTOL Technology, in order for an easy, safe, and adaptable take off that doesn’t require much space at all. In fact, it’s completely idiot proof in SP, as the VTOL Takeoff is activated immediately upon loading into the world, via AG-8. Your P-31 will start hovering in the air, and from here you can either control its movement with the stabilization gyro using pitch, roll, and yaw, or you can take to the skies by throttling up, pitching up, and deactivating AG-8 to disable the gyro and VTOL Engine. From here, I recommend full Trim, as the aircraft pitches down slightly, even at full throttle.

In Flight: Once you’re comfortable in the air, there’s lots of things you can do! AG-1 activates bioluminescence, which looks stunning at night time and underwater. Speaking of which, in order to fly underwater, you must activate AG-2; this closes up the intakes for the main engines, so water doesn’t get into them. On the inside of the main engines, there are small exhaust doors that close up, and redirect thrust from the secondary Ion Engines to the Exhaust Port of the entire engine. It’s a little complicated to explain, so if you’re confused, don’t feel like an idiot. Heck I made this thing and I feel like an idiot. Anyway, once you activate AG-2, the Ion Engines should activate as well, and their thrust is significantly stronger than the main jet engines. This may catch you off guard, but high thrust force is required to maintain exciting speeds underwater, due to increased drag. Another thing that may catch you off guard is the thrust vectoring; instead of using traditional thrust vectoring engines to give the aircraft said ability, we’ve integrated a Magnetic Field Disruptor, the same technology on the Tic-Tac and Black Triangle. Calibrating it to have tons of vertical lateral force, it gives the illusion of thrust vectoring, without actual thrust vectoring. This is needed in order to have greater maneuverability underwater, again because of increased drag. However, this thrust vectoring is extremely powerful, and I don’t recommend using it above water unless you really want to get dizzy, as it’s very sensitive. Obviously it is certainly possible to control it normally above water while using thrust vectoring, but you have to be very easy on the controls. Another thing to note about the Magnetic Field Disruptor is that it negates all G-Forces on the aircraft’s structure and the pilot, so there’s no need to worry about any of that if you happen to pull yourself into a high-rotational-velocity flip. Not only does this aircraft have thrust vectoring, but it also has swing wings, these can slide back to streamline yourself better when diving into water, and they, for whatever reason, improve lift when flying above water. Almost as if it turns the aircraft into a lifting-body. These wings can also swing forward, which really doesn’t do anything, but it does look cool.

Underwater Flight: To focus greater on underwater flight mode, here’s some statistics:
• Max. Depth: 1230± 100 meters. Too deep, and the water pressure will start to crack the glass, which is something you do NOT want at a couple thousand ft. below the surface.
• Our modified Ion Engines require little to no oxygen at all, making them great for underwater use. However just in case, an MMT Probe has been installed inside the Ion Engines, which can give them an unlimited oxygen supply in an emergency event. These engines are also Eco-Friendly, making them completely harmless to any underwater wildlife you may come across. In some of our tests actually, Dolphins have been seen playing in the thrust wake that the engines leave behind as they power the aircraft through the water, so they must enjoy it!
• Top Speed underwater in level flight is about 60±1-2mph.
• All systems on the aircraft, including but not limited to landing legs, air brakes, and cockpit facilities, are completely watertight, for what I hope are obvious reasons.
Keep in mind that these features I’ve listed are only for real-life statistics, if this were a real aircraft in our own universe. Obviously these don’t correlate to SimplePlanes, so they’re here in the description just for fun!

Landing Procedures: So you’re ready to land your P-31, huh? Well to get started, fly over to where you want to land, and activate AG-8 again. This should fire up the VTOL Engine, and activate the gyro for in-flight stability. The engine is designed to hover the aircraft at a low altitude, so if you’re flying at a high altitude when you activate AG-8, expect to free fall for a moment. This is completely natural, as the high thrust force of the VTOL Engine will stop you about 10ft above the ground. I recommend you activate AG-4 as well, as this will extend airbrakes. An unintentional feature of this aircraft, is that when hovering, you can actually alter your altitude using the Swing Wings; swing them back, and the aircraft decreases altitude. Swing them forward, and the aircraft increases altitude. PyrhPan is still trying to figure out why it does this, but for now, it’s an interesting feature that proves itself to be quite useful! When hovering, you can use it to lower yourself slowly to the ground, making for a very soft landing. Obviously, you should have extended your landing legs by now. Once you touch down, deactivate AG-8, and your landing is complete.

Cockpit Features:
This aircraft boasts what is probably my best custom cockpit yet! Every function on the aircraft is visible in the cockpit;
• Throttle Slider
• Trim Wheel
• Hover Engine Slider
• Swing Wing Wheel
• Switches indicating Activation Groups 1, 2, 3, and 4
• Landing Gear Lever
• Functional Artificial Horizon
• Functional Yoke
• Yaw Pedals
• A flip-up HUD, because why not, activated by AG-3
• A nice quality leather seat that cushions the Gluteus Maximus™

All of these features come together in a symphony of beauty, making for a simple, yet beautifully functional cockpit.

I’d also like to mention that this is my first aircraft with completely custom control surfaces! I’ve made things before that have either only custom pitch control surfaces, custom yaw control surfaces, or just custom roll control surfaces. But this aircraft has everything custom! Except for yaw of course, this aircraft doesn’t actually have yaw controls at all lol.

Man I’m really good at typing long descriptions, maybe I have problems.

Actually wait, what kind of question is that? Of course I have problems!

Anyway to conclude whatever that was, Have Fun!