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De Havilland Comet (200 followers special!)

106k SimpleFlow  7.9 years ago

THANK YOU FOR 200 FOLLOWERS!

This month has been my most productive one since a looong time! And its all because of the incredible support that ive been getting! So yeah thanks alot!
See you at 50K!
Ps: the 50k build is alwredy done and im sure that a tone of people will like it!
Oh yeah and some users have alwredy seen it soo shhhh please, you know whom you are.

Anyway...

This is one of my favourite airliners
And I spent quite a few hours on this and it turned out great. Hope that everyone enjoys it!

Note: Set your game at night if you want to see the real beauty in the plane!

Special controls:

AG1: Taxi lights
AG2: Navigation lights
Vtol: flaps
Trim: trim "cough cough"
Breaks: breaks
Throttle: uhh you get it...

History:
The de Havilland DH 106 Comet was the world's first commercial jetliner. Developed and manufactured by de Havilland at its Hatfield Aerodrome, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom headquarters, the Comet 1 prototype first flew on 27 July 1949. It featured an aerodynamically clean design with four de Havilland Ghost turbojet engines buried in the wings, a pressurised fuselage, and large square windows. For the era, it offered a relatively quiet, comfortable passenger cabin and showed signs of being a commercial success at its 1952 debut.
A year after entering commercial service, the Comets began suffering problems, with three of them breaking up during mid-flight in well-publicised accidents. These were later found to be due to catastrophic metal fatigue in the airframes, not well understood at the time. The Comet was withdrawn from service and extensively tested to discover the cause; the first incident had been incorrectly blamed on adverse weather. Design flaws, including dangerous stresses at the corners of the square windows and installation methods, were ultimately identified. As a result, the Comet was extensively redesigned with oval windows, structural reinforcement, and other changes. Rival manufacturers meanwhile heeded the lessons learned from the Comet while developing their own aircraft.
Although sales never fully recovered, the improved Comet 2 and the prototype Comet 3 culminated in the redesigned Comet 4 series which debuted in 1958 and had a productive career of over 30 years. The Comet was adapted for a variety of military roles such as VIP, medical and passenger transport, as well as surveillance. The most extensive modification resulted in a specialised maritime patrol aircraft variant, the Hawker Siddeley Nimrod. Nimrod remained in service with the Royal Air Force (RAF) until June 2011, over 60 years after the Comet's first flight.

RIP COMET

Spotlights

General Characteristics

  • Successors 12 airplane(s) +34 bonus
  • Created On iOS
  • Wingspan 84.1ft (25.6m)
  • Length 71.0ft (21.7m)
  • Height 23.1ft (7.0m)
  • Empty Weight 34,855lbs (15,810kg)
  • Loaded Weight 36,555lbs (16,581kg)

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 7.377
  • Wing Loading 28.6lbs/ft2 (139.6kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 1,278.6ft2 (118.8m2)
  • Drag Points 19492

Parts

  • Number of Parts 216
  • Control Surfaces 9
  • Performance Cost 1,021
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    rip BOAC 781

    +2 1.5 years ago
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    plane going gas gas gas

    3.6 years ago
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    My god I never seen this beautiful ppane in my life

    3.6 years ago
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    Ok you did it just like i never expected from any download plane(NO LAG ON SAMSUNG TABELT A 6 THANK YOU)

    3.7 years ago
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    371 Skullboi

    This plane is AWESOME! Super realistic and it has epic performance

    4.0 years ago
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    Is sad the look of the comet is amazing but it's been launch too early before is real time where is will be great

    4.6 years ago
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    90 acmk

    I'm going to make a militarized version

    6.2 years ago
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    Hey man I got an idea ...k ... u know square windows will be great...I gues... “installed square windows”great...”1 year later”wtf is with this giant crack in the body of the plane... idk man

    +4 6.9 years ago
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    1,637 Phantom1

    Can u comment to tell Deva that I got permission

    7.2 years ago
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    106k SimpleFlow

    @Phantom1
    Sure

    7.2 years ago
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    1,637 Phantom1

    Can I upload a painted version

    7.2 years ago
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    @SimpleFlow There is confusion between our PCs right now.

    7.4 years ago
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    106k SimpleFlow

    @aceofspades2707
    Nope, works perfectly fine

    7.4 years ago
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    @SimpleFlow Check again man. Control surfaces on the wings are all VTOL. And I am not a game.

    7.4 years ago
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    106k SimpleFlow

    @aceofspades2707
    And I didn't see any other complaints so you're game is broken

    7.4 years ago
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    106k SimpleFlow

    @aceofspades2707
    Well mine works perfectly fine so you're game is broken

    7.4 years ago
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    @SimpleFlow There are no roll at all.

    7.4 years ago
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    106k SimpleFlow

    @aceofspades2707
    Tf are you talking about?? The roll is realistic

    7.4 years ago
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    Dude, you lack roll. Don't worry, I fixed it. No hate, but, this is how you treat your 200 followers?

    7.4 years ago
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    106k SimpleFlow

    @spasmsofjustice
    Thanks alot and yeah, that's interesting

    7.7 years ago
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    Nice plane!! I think the reason why they kept blowing up is because the aluminium skin was only 1.5mm thick and around the areas that had been riveted (windows, hatches etc) microscopic cracks were formed that grew larger and eventually ripped the plane apart. All passengers would die of depressurisation immediately and so they were put out of commission. Btw U nailed this plane it looks amazing!!

    +1 7.7 years ago
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    11.1k JetWondy

    Awesome plane dude!

    7.9 years ago
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    106k SimpleFlow

    @TheNightmare811
    Sure
    What is it

    7.9 years ago
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    Cheers- I actually have a question for you in the form of a forum post- I'd appreciate it if you could have a look (if you have time) @SimpleFlow

    7.9 years ago
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    106k SimpleFlow

    @TheNightmare811
    I will make a tutorial on these tricks in about a day for everyone. So stay tuned

    7.9 years ago
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