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F-104G Starfighter

6,625 Fillo5ophy  2 days ago

Repost because mods didn’t like my meme :(

Tried to make a simple F-104 under 100 parts but got a little too excited and started slapping decals on it.

This pencil flies exactly like you’d expect, good luck trying to land it.

AG2: Lights
AG3: Drop tanks
AG4: Drop missiles

Some fun facts

• A Luftwaffe F-104 once flew through a thunderstorm to deliver life-saving medicine to Sardinia.
• Chuck Yeager once deployed a drag chute mid-air to try correcting a flat spin.
• USAF ordered around 300 units, 49 of those crashed, killing 19 pilots. The Luftwaffe crashed 262 of the 916 they ordered
• Early models had a downward-firing ejection seat, making low-altitude ejections deadly.
• A pilot once tried flipping the plane upside down to eject but crashed before he could.
• Briefly deployed in Vietnam but was too fast and unmaneuverable for dogfighting, earning it a grand total of 0 kills.
• An F-104 was shot down after crossing into China; two others sent to find it collided mid-air.
• The best way to get your own F-104 is to buy a plot of land and wait.
• “Banking with the intent to turn” - Canadian test pilot

Spotlights

General Characteristics

  • Created On iOS
  • Wingspan 25.6ft (7.8m)
  • Length 54.2ft (16.5m)
  • Height 12.9ft (3.9m)
  • Empty Weight 14,761lbs (6,695kg)
  • Loaded Weight 20,125lbs (9,128kg)

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 0.279
  • Wing Loading 85.0lbs/ft2 (415.0kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 236.8ft2 (22.0m2)
  • Drag Points 1508

Parts

  • Number of Parts 153
  • Control Surfaces 10
  • Performance Cost 663