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MQ-17 Thunder

2,326 AlexMty  1.2 years ago

A multi-role stealth drone. Well, at first, it was a subsonic attacker with two AIM-7R sparrows only, but then I discovered that I made some beautiful AIM-54 phoenixes for another plane(which actually is trash) before, so I stuck them to a random blank area on this plane. Then, I found a fun and useful railgun on another old plane of mine, so I put it on the upper-right fuselage as the bottom is filled with weapon bays and missiles. At last, I thought that it would be cool if it had two cylindrical boosters just like the full armour unicorn, so I built two and put them under the tail. That’s how it finally became a multi-role drone with it’s max speed around Mach 2. Why do I call it “Thunder”? That’s because I used some elements of the F-35 lightning on this plane, and lightning always comes with thunder. So it’s okay to imagine that this is some kind of “loyal wingman” drone to the F-35, and this can explain why the nose of this drone looks too small to contain a radar(totally forgot about the radar when designing the nose)
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2: gyroscope for auto-trimming on roll-axis
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5: hardpoint detach
6: refuel probe (uncomplete)(and i’m not gonna finish it)
7: detach extra boosters
8: momentum wheel set to increase maneuverability(activated on default)
VTOL > 1: Afterburner with high speed mode
VTOL < 1: Flaps
Trim > 1: Extra booster throttle
Trim < 1: Airbrakes and reverse thrust
!!NON-ORIGINAL PARTS AND CODES!!:
Pitch-axis Flight control: based on GuyFolkSP
Auto-trim: dhtv587
A set of gyroscopes for maneuverability: based on one of XiaoPiao141’s aircrafts




Updates:
-25-8-23:fixed the problem of railgun exploding when firing and rolling in the same time.
-29-8-23:increased railgun fire rate from 200 rpm to 300 rpm (fire delay 0.3 > 0.2).
-31-8-23:fixed the problem of a detacher dropping off from the left extra booster when the drag smoke is activated.
-15-9-23:added two bays of multi-role missiles next to the front landing gear.
-16-9-23:increased the railgun’s muzzle velocity to Mach 100—because that’s cool.
-20-9-23:edited railgun fuse input so that it don’t explode too early when firing at a long range.
-31-10-23:improved auto trim codes so the pitching is smoother now
-16-1-24:fixed the air brake so it can function properly

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General Characteristics

  • Created On iOS
  • Wingspan 45.9ft (14.0m)
  • Length 68.1ft (20.8m)
  • Height 15.5ft (4.7m)
  • Empty Weight N/A
  • Loaded Weight 23,991lbs (10,882kg)

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 17.774
  • Wing Loading 29.7lbs/ft2 (145.2kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 806.8ft2 (75.0m2)
  • Drag Points 8870

Parts

  • Number of Parts 744
  • Control Surfaces 9
  • Performance Cost 3,882
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    1,096 Vistok

    @AlexMty thx!

    1.2 years ago
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    2,326 AlexMty

    @Idclmao3 thanks and good luck!

    1.2 years ago
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    1,096 Vistok

    TBh its a pretty cool Aircraft, after i finish the one currently not finished i would just make something like this with also 1 engine.

    +1 1.2 years ago