DISCLAIMER

Please read all of this! If you do not please do not blame me if the plane acts weird, not my fault you did not read the instructions

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Description

The AQ-10 Scout Racer is a prop plane with high maneuverability, allowing missile evasion with ease, and equipped with automatic systems to help with several aspects of flight. It can pull 60G and flies at Mach 1 with landing gears up (yes I know it’s based off the tutorial plane, all I did was supercharge the engines. But it still works the way it says it does). It excels in recon missions and missile and gunfire evasion, and air races.

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Features

• Different operation control modes that alter the way the flight controls work to assist pilots


• A devastating gun made by @Galeo that has aimbot


• Insane maneuverability


• Small but powerful


• Reverse thrust used as air brake (normally)
  

  Using reverse thrust as an air brake eliminates the > braking power reducing as you slow down, allowing > more constant speed control.



• Fully functional as a seaplane (not submarine)

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Specs that don’t show up on the bottom of the page

• G limit: 60 to -60

• Max speed: 650-660 knots

  The engines will get you to about 650 knots, but the OFFICIAL max is 660 knots

  WARNING

  Do not exceed 660 knots or the reverse thrust brakes will not work (the emergency air brake will still work to slow down the plane, you will have to use it to slow down if you exceed 660 knots)

• Land speed: 90-120 knots

  Please touch down softly when landing so the propellers do not break as they are dangerously close to the ground when the plane is grounded.

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How to fly

Flight Controls

• All controls normal (except for pitch on ground, where pulling up controls reverse thrust while taxiing. For more info see Control Modes)

Activation Groups

• AG1: Emergency air brake / Single Engine Mode


• AG2: Speed Autopilot
  

  The speed autopilot is currently dysfunctional, please do not use it unless you are trying to fix it for me. If you fix it I will give credit



• AG8: Propeller pitch control (fully automated except for when you turn it off to launch)
  
  

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Control Modes

Note that the aircraft “computer” automatically switches to the appropriate control mode during operation (except for Launch and Single Engine mode, as these modes are manually controlled)

Taxi Mode

Conditions

Grounded and Ground Speed < 40kts and Throttle < 50%

Control changes

• Engine power limited to 20% of max (equivalent to 10% in taxi mode due to throttle having to be less than 50% to enter the mode)
• No reverse thrust on brake input
• Pitch up input (Key S on computer, right stick down on mobile) is reverse thrust, limited to 10% max power

Takeoff speedup mode

Conditions

Grounded and Throttle > 0.5

Control changes

• Forward engine throttle limited to 12.5% max power, and brake limited to 25% max power
• Pitch control limited to 50% effectiveness for more stable control

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Post-touchdown mode

Conditions

Grounded and Ground Speed >= 40kts and Throttle = 0%

Control Changes

• Brake power limited to 25% max power

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Takeoff / Landing Mode

Conditions

In flight, landing gear down

Control changes

• Engine throttle (forward and reverse) limited to 12.5% max power

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Launch mode

When this mode is active, no other mode can be selected, as this mode is manually controlled by the pilot.

Conditions

AG8 off

Control changes

• Engine throttle not limited, max power available
• Propeller pitch set to 0, to prepare launch
  

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Single Engine Mode

When this mode is active, no other mode can be selected, as this mode is manually controlled by the pilot.

Conditions

AG1 on

Control changes

• Reverse thrust disabled entirely
• Throttle responds slowly to changes to prevent flat spin
• Airbrake on
  

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Newest Improvements

• Now introducing different flight modes!
• Added better speed control in the air, allowing two new maneuvers I call the “safe stall recovery” and “express turnaround”
• Improved the gun that @Galeo made which is on this