Defiant Formarion/Multi-Aircraft System
The Wingman system, By Nuri.
Disclaimer: I researched on the topic of multi-aircraft systems, and so far, I found nothing that satisfied me. I came up with this concept, but I am unaware if I am the first. Feel free to call me out if someone else already made such contraption
Greetings. I have been recently uploading a couple of turret fighters with their comfortable stabilized mode of flight. Controlled by VTOL and Trim, paired with the stabilizer, they gave an "arcade", feeling of flight, but something very apparent came up. It was the perfect method to control groups of planes and to keep the formation tight. Thus, I took my 100 part Boulton Paul Defiant and began to work on a 3 plane wing.
Brief explanation of the controls
VTOL Pitches the aircraft up and down.
Trim Rolls the aircraft left and right
Pairing the Roll and Pitch, all three dimensions can be covered by pairing the two of them. It takes practice to understand how they work, you simply need to test them yourself
Ag-2 to Ag-4 are reserved for separate engine controls. From Ag-5 to Ag-7 are reserved to the gyroscope's controllers. Ag-8 is the main gyro that keeps them functioning, and Ag-1 activates the turrets.
Just like every build of mine, turret works with Pitch and Roll, since those are inactive
Explanation of how this system works
This is how the formation will look at spawn. I suggest activating everything at once, and only when everything is on, to pull up the throttle. However
To separately control them, let's start with the Red Defiant. Ag-2 and Ag-5 turns the aircraft's engine on, and enable Gyroscope controls.
Ag-3 and Ag-6 enables the leader, Green Defiant
Ag-4 and Ag-7 enables the Blue Defiant
Slightly pitch down with the Vtol to pull the nose up, and to take off. Landing can be done in a similar fashion, but by pitching the nose down, and Vtol up
In case formation breaks, deactivate the controls of every aircraft, pull down the throttle to 75%, and use the separate control of the escaping aircraft to bring it back. I suggest to simply trim for horizontal maneuvers.
And the aircraft is back on track!
Now have fun with shooting down enemy aircraft, and feel free to expand on my concept (Using Ag-1 for Torpedo drops, or Bomb runs)
Specifications
Spotlights
- teodor99 3.5 years ago
- AtlasMilitaryIndustries 3.5 years ago
General Characteristics
- Predecessor Boulton-Paul Defiant P.38 (Below 100 Part Challenge)
- Created On Android
- Wingspan 148.8ft (45.4m)
- Length 42.9ft (13.1m)
- Height 14.4ft (4.4m)
- Empty Weight 6,347lbs (2,879kg)
- Loaded Weight 8,660lbs (3,928kg)
Performance
- Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.259
- Wing Loading 11.5lbs/ft2 (56.1kg/m2)
- Wing Area 753.9ft2 (70.0m2)
- Drag Points 4916
Parts
- Number of Parts 100
- Control Surfaces 1
- Performance Cost 1,402
i did something similar but it wasnt as polished and it was very crude.
@Griffon1 Hahahah! I am positive you can get it right too!
I'd probably end up pulling my hair out if I had to make something like this work
I really like though dont get me wrong. @AntiAirNuri
brilliant.
@AntiAirNuri No problem.
@AtlasMilitaryIndustries thanks!
@Amazingaviator12 They are really dysfunctional for Group flights. But I see what you mean. I'll figure something
@AntiAirNuri This is a great concept but I would add wing guns takeaway the back guns and change the plane controls to pitch and roll.
This is really impressive!