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De Havilland Vampire

4,032 CrazyPenguin1306  4.7 years ago

The de Havilland Vampire is a British jet fighter developed and manufactured by the de Havilland Aircraft Company. It was the second jet fighter to be operated by the RAF, after the Gloster Meteor, and the first to be powered by a single jet engine.

Work on the Vampire commenced during 1941 in the midst of the Second World War; it was initially intended as an experimental aircraft, albeit one that was suitable for combat, that harnessed the groundbreaking innovation of jet propulsion. Out of the company's design studies, it was quickly decided to settle on a single-engine, twin-boom aircraft, powered by the Halford H.1 turbojet engine (later produced as the "Goblin"). Aside from its propulsion system and twin-boom configuration, it was a relatively conventional aircraft. Despite being originally ordered as an experimental aircraft only, during May 1944, it was decided to mass-produce the aircraft as an interceptor for the Royal Air Force (RAF). During 1946, the first production Vampire entered operational service with the RAF, only months after the Second World War had come to an end.
(thank you Wiki for the information!)

This plane is a little complicated when flying and taking off, when you take off Trim needs to be all the way down and just before you take off let go of the joystick or you will stall and crash, I recommend using the USS Beast Catapult to take off it works really well as long as you have trim all the way down, also don't turn too tight with the joystick down or you will stall and crash, just turn and wait till you get lined up then level out and it should fly very well

CONTROLS:
AG 1 for Nav. lights
VTOL + Down for flaps

Spotlights

General Characteristics

  • Created On Android
  • Wingspan 66.4ft (20.3m)
  • Length 43.9ft (13.4m)
  • Height 11.2ft (3.4m)
  • Empty Weight 20,814lbs (9,441kg)
  • Loaded Weight 36,898lbs (16,737kg)

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 0.913
  • Wing Loading 144.3lbs/ft2 (704.7kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 255.6ft2 (23.8m2)
  • Drag Points 10226

Parts

  • Number of Parts 205
  • Control Surfaces 6
  • Performance Cost 793
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    21.9k Moonraker

    @lilgreen06 Oki!

    4.6 years ago
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    @ElectricVehicle Thank you

    +1 4.6 years ago
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    21.9k Moonraker

    Funny and simple, i like this

    4.6 years ago
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    @Proofsquash98 @FearlessAce ok thank you both for he information I will do my best to fix this problem, it was very difficult to do this plane because this was the first time I did a plane with fuselages over the primary wings,
    but hope you enjoyed it!

    4.7 years ago
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    @lilgreen06 well it is a little bit tough to get of the runway and when im flying the plane wants to point downwards, perhaps you should mess with the mass a bit

    4.7 years ago
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    3,436 TailessAce

    God job my friend, but I think the wings are a bit far forward, or the engine nozzles too fat

    4.7 years ago
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    @Proofsquash98 thank you! did it fly well?

    4.7 years ago
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    just made one of of these, but this one is better

    4.7 years ago