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Douglas DC-3 (Ethiopian Air Lines)

37.5k WiiMininininini  4.1 years ago
Auto Credit Based on WiiMininininini's Uncontrollable MK II

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The Douglas DC-3, a workhorse for many years. The plane is a special one, especially in my country, Ethiopia. The aircraft served many routes domestically, and internationally. The plane would make many flights to Dire Dawa, Addis Ababa, Gondar (formal capital of Ethiopia), Bahir Dar, Lalibela, and many more. The aircraft was a workhorse of Ethiopian Airlines for many years, thanks to its ability to land on the grass runways, and the grassy plains, serving many passengers. It was a easily recognizable aircraft, almost majestic. It's the reason I have created it. It's such a beautiful aircraft, and I haven't actually made any Ethiopian planes, because I wasn't ready. Well, now I'm ready. This plane means a lot to me because it's one I wanted to be perfect. So I did things I'd normally not do, such as extra xml modding on the engines, and actual letters. On the right side emblazoned on is "Ethiopian", and on the left side, in Amharic translated is "EAL", the former name of Ethiopian Airlines, as it used to stand for Ethiopian Air Lines. I have named it, "The Spirit Of Gondar" as it used to be a workhorse there, and was used by royalty, and Gondar is filled with beautiful castles, so that was an easy choice.

Some special thanks to:

@chickenisderp helped me with the cockpit, and the landing gear. A prototype is posted on his account that you can check out, because without his work, it wouldn't look even close to the aircraft I wanted.

@UltraLight helped me with some xml modding advice, because I usually stick jet engines inside the aircraft, but this is solely powered by the 2 engines you see.

Pictures:

"The Spirit Of Gondar"

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General Characteristics

  • Predecessor Uncontrollable MK II
  • Created On Mac
  • Wingspan 84.0ft (25.6m)
  • Length 75.5ft (23.0m)
  • Height 26.2ft (8.0m)
  • Empty Weight 25,464lbs (11,550kg)
  • Loaded Weight 60,070lbs (27,247kg)

Performance

  • Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.249
  • Wing Loading 63.7lbs/ft2 (310.8kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 943.5ft2 (87.7m2)
  • Drag Points 23738

Parts

  • Number of Parts 270
  • Control Surfaces 5
  • Performance Cost 898
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    FRONT PAGE GUYS!!!

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    'ery noice

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    26.3k Default4

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    33.5k tsampoy

    Nice!

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    41.8k Ren

    GOD DAMMIT I CANT SPOTLIGHT

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    41.8k Ren

    Dude this is incredible!! Its a platinum level build! WOW!!

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    ALL TAGS WERE REQUESTED

    -@KnightOfRen

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    Looks great! Flies a bit wonky though, but a lot better when using mouse.

    2.7 years ago
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    i love ethiopian airlines

    3.1 years ago
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    @BassemT90 I will make some more, no worries!

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    6,645 BassemT90

    Veryyyyyyyy niceeee 😍😍😍😍😍😍 please some new Ethiopian planes like Ethiopian Airlines 737-800 :))

    4.0 years ago
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    @KnightOfRen damn who knew it might be platinum level

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    @Supermarinespitfire13 thanks!

    4.1 years ago
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    2,439 Isosceles51

    Noice

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    shrimp

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    @OrangeConnor it's most likely pulling quite hard. The plane requires a lot of power when flying, and has a lot of drag. Pulling the plane up, will cause a stall, causing a sharp turn. The sharp turn leads into a dive, in an attempt to gain speed. 3 times out of 15, the plane saved itself, from a height of 5,000-10,000. the rest were lower and failures

    4.1 years ago
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    36.9k Graingy

    @WiiMini for whatever reason pitching will cause it to suddenly roll. this has always been a sort of death sentence for a project for me because I've never understood what causes it and how to fix it.

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    @OrangeConnor don't pull hard on the pitch, and it does pretty well, based on flight tests. Pulling hard causes a stall very quickly.

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    36.9k Graingy

    can comfirm this is a DC-3. it doesn't fly well.

    4.1 years ago
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    @TurtlesThatFly ooof i just noticed. Sorry man

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    Why is the tailwheel so big?

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    @russianspy well it's a good favorite plane to have

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    @KnightOfRen Now you know my pain.

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    @banbantheman thanks!

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    @QuitePossiblyMangled thanks!

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