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XB-70 Valkyrie

4,102 SpartanAirplanes  9.2 years ago

I haven't had much time for building planes recently but i managed to make a few. This is the XB-70 high altitude research plane. One of these unforunatly had a midflight crash. But it is a really coll plane and I had fun flying and building it.

General Characteristics

  • Created On iOS
  • Wingspan 47.3ft (14.4m)
  • Length 41.8ft (12.8m)
  • Height 13.0ft (4.0m)
  • Empty Weight 8,079lbs (3,665kg)
  • Loaded Weight 31,207lbs (14,155kg)

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 0.648
  • Wing Loading 66.0lbs/ft2 (322.2kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 472.9ft2 (43.9m2)
  • Drag Points 4117

Parts

  • Number of Parts 89
  • Control Surfaces 8
  • Performance Cost 467
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    25.2k JacobHardy64

    @SpartanAirplanes yes, the vortices from the wingtips of the XB-70 pulled in an F-104, which rolled upside down and then across the top of the valkyrie

    9.2 years ago
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    @JacobHardy64 thanks for the upvote I saw that u did it 15 secs ago when I logged on. For the question, i thick they were flying in close formation and the wings brushed together

    9.2 years ago
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    25.2k JacobHardy64

    do you know what caused the crash? mini quiz lol, no cheating!

    9.2 years ago