My humble entry for the Drone Challenge is the Bradley-Davies Gladiator, a small 600 mph+ attack drone carrying 5 missiles and sporting a sweet little minigun to air condition the opposition by filling them full of holes. Normal flight controls, flaps on VTOL and nosewheel steering on the stick. Despite the narrow main gear she lands well and rolls out straight on the brakes. Place her over the threshold with about 12% throttle and flaps as desired, level and kick off drift. At about 30ft reduce throttle to 3-4% and she'll land smoothly at around 130.
In dogfights use flaps in the half (combat) position for increased pitch manoeuvrability if desired, fully retract for dash capability. Enjoy and please comment. I prefer cool comments to upvotes, actually.
Oh, and, "Come on you Reds!!!"
Specifications
Spotlights
- GhostHTX 6.3 years ago
- JohnnyBoythePilot 6.4 years ago
- getorge 6.4 years ago
General Characteristics
- Predecessor Drone Challenge 2
- Created On Windows
- Wingspan 21.9ft (6.7m)
- Length 24.4ft (7.4m)
- Height 7.3ft (2.2m)
- Empty Weight 3,774lbs (1,711kg)
- Loaded Weight 4,372lbs (1,983kg)
Performance
- Power/Weight Ratio 0.77
- Wing Loading 31.5lbs/ft2 (154.0kg/m2)
- Wing Area 138.6ft2 (12.9m2)
- Drag Points 2287
Parts
- Number of Parts 131
- Control Surfaces 7
- Performance Cost 573
@mikoyanster When I first read your comment there were no marks, just the slashes. It's OK now.
@Alien sorry?
@mikoyanster Am I missing something here..?
Handling, stability, agility ::
(5/20)Realistic model and behaviour ::
(5/30)Details, paint and accesories ::
(1/10)Build quality ::
(3/10)Fair play ::
(10/10)Total :: 24 points
Of course my dear fellow. Only the best where you’re concerned.
Oh, and could you kindly pop over to mtbr? I left you a message. @Alien
@GhostHTX gourmet burger, of course. Thanks old chap!
Nice. Looks like a burger joint, but handles like a bistro.
Thumbs up, old boy!
Thanks to @JohnnyBoythePilot and @getorge for your spotlights
Thanks for the feedback, and yes, I (obviously) dislike RPAs too, but we meatbags have long been the limiting factor in combat aircraft. Oh to be a "Ghost in the Shell"...@ChiChiWerx
Nimble, (realistically) fast, lethal, disposable, the robots are going to kill us all. I hate drones (RPAs). Nice build, accelerates s bit swiftly, would turn a human pilot into goo, but I’m sure the positronic brain would survive the Gs...