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ZRS-4 U.S.S Akron

7,801 NorthwestIndustries  6.1 years ago
Auto Credit Based on EternalDarkness's ZRS-4 U.S.S Akron

Ok guys, here it is! I know that you're probably annoyed with me by now with all the xml help this needed, but I think you'll be pleased with this, my best build yet:

USS Akron (ZRS-4)


This was a helium-filled rigid airship of the U.S. Navy which operated between September 1931 and April 1933. She was the world's first purpose-built flying aircraft carrier, carrying F9C Sparrowhawk fighter planes which could be launched and recovered while she was in flight. With an overall length of 785 ft (239 m), the Akron and her sister ship the Macon were among the largest flying objects ever built. Although the LZ129 Hindenburg and the LZ130 Graf Zeppelin II were some 18 ft (5.5 m) longer.
-Wikipedia

Instructions

Takeoff:
Gear up then ag8 off to close and lock hatch, throttle to 100 and wait 5-10 seconds to achieve buoyancy.
Once ready to lift off, slide trim halfway down to rotate propellers into a aft/climbing position. Press ag2 to detach from mast and start engines.
Slide vtol upwards as slightly as possible to slowly back clear of mast.
Once clear of the mast, vtol to center and turn trim all the way upwards into full foreword position. Then increase vtol to whatever you want and use pitch to climb to a cruising altitude of 500 feet.

Flight instructions

Yaw to turn, pitch to climb/descend, the rest is up to you.

Features

Ag1+LandingGear to raise/lower the cool looking unfunctional biplane

Ag8+LandingGear to raise/lower the gondola's gangway

Historically accurate bridge(not cockpit) view

And realistic poorly attached tailfins

Well, I'd say that the 5 months of work were well worth it, but that's up to you.

HAVE FUN!

Edit: FEATURED!!!!!!!
Edit 2: IM GOLD NOW!!!!!!!!!!!

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General Characteristics

  • Predecessor ZRS-4 U.S.S Akron
  • Successors 1 airplane(s)
  • Created On iOS
  • Wingspan 65.6ft (20.0m)
  • Length 415.3ft (126.6m)
  • Height 65.0ft (19.8m)
  • Empty Weight N/A
  • Loaded Weight 61,295lbs (27,803kg)

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 0.549
  • Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.032
  • Wing Loading 16.4lbs/ft2 (80.2kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 3,732.4ft2 (346.8m2)
  • Drag Points 123319

Parts

  • Number of Parts 626
  • Control Surfaces 0
  • Performance Cost 2,417
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    @Majakalona I’ve got a friend with a YouTube channel and I’ll hopefully be making a video about the Hindenburg soon, but, blaming the hydrogen for what happened to it is like blaming the gasoline for a drunk driving incident

    5 months ago
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    @Majakalona Too much about it, yeah it doesn’t matter how safe a vehicle is if it’s operated by total morons. The idiot nazis demolished that beautiful ship from the inside out and if it didn’t combust it would’ve fallen out of the sky anyway

    +1 5 months ago
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    51.4k Majakalona

    @NorthwestIndustries know Hindenburg?

    5 months ago
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    @Majakalona not entirely true

    +1 5 months ago
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    51.4k Majakalona

    hydrogen is not good for blimps

    7 months ago
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    66.6k Monarchii

    @GuardianAerospace good taste, Akron is the lead ship of the two Akron-class.. and then there's the lovely Baco- I MEAN MACON; anyway ima spotlight cause why not lmao

    +1 7 months ago
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    35.5k Graingy

    @GuardianAerospace Seemingly not, going off upvotes.
    I'm probably thinking of some other airship I downloaded eons ago.

    +1 7 months ago
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    35.5k Graingy

    @GuardianAerospace I don't know if I've seen this before or not.
    It's had to remember.

    +1 7 months ago
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    57.9k TheMouse

    @GuardianAerospace
    Nice.

    7 months ago
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    @Mousewithamachinegun123 i saw the susmobile spotlight. I will do the same

    +1 7 months ago
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    57.9k TheMouse

    @GuardianAerospace
    Cool! I just spotlighted something, but I will as soon as I can.

    +1 7 months ago
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    @Graingy
    @Mousewithamachinegun123
    @Monarchii

    +1 7 months ago
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    7,917 WiiSmol

    Akon

    3.1 years ago
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    AWESOME!!!

    3.9 years ago
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    :O

    3.9 years ago
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    Looks and flies beautifully! The only complaint I have is that the mast doesn't seem to have enough power to move, and the turn is a weird on it

    4.0 years ago
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    937 Squidge

    An ai is bumping me and nocking me back

    4.5 years ago
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    @Squidge not nice... try on high physics maybe?

    4.5 years ago
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    937 Squidge

    @BurkeEnterprise it's happend again

    4.5 years ago
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    @Squidge nice lol

    4.5 years ago
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    937 Squidge

    A an ai glidder kept on crashing into me

    4.5 years ago
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    @Squidge what was it?

    4.5 years ago
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    937 Squidge

    I just found out why

    4.5 years ago
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    937 Squidge

    It ether falls backwards or explodes

    4.5 years ago
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    937 Squidge

    No I'm on low

    4.5 years ago
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