Landing Gear Powered VTOL
A strange contraption that uses landing gear to power its vertical flight. It DOES include some hinge rotators and small rotators. They are set to floppy though so they aren't what's powering the craft. I had to use gyroscopes to stabilize it because you cant use funky trees on landing gear. I didn't use XML modding in
the finished build. I used some XML modding while building to easily change the wings shape but the finished build shouldn't have any part properties changed. Its wings could potentially be taken off and used to power a plane (havent tried it but you can if you want). Its wings might come apart in flight but it should be fine.
How to use
Spawn on the ground. Press G to toggle landing gear. DO NOT let the wings slam into each other by retracting the landing gear for to long or they may break. Press G every 1 second (does not have to be exact) to lift. Lower the rate if you want to land. If you cannot lift set a metronome to 60 BPM and press G every click. Controls like a helicopter besides that. When the wings go inward it is faster than when the wings go outward.
Gray = front, White = back
Controls
LandingGear or G - flap wings
Pitch, Roll, and Yaw - the same
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Specifications
General Characteristics
- Created On Windows
- Wingspan 282.2ft (86.0m)
- Length 282.2ft (86.0m)
- Height 17.9ft (5.5m)
- Empty Weight 12,156lbs (5,513kg)
- Loaded Weight 12,156lbs (5,513kg)
Performance
- Wing Loading 3.6lbs/ft2 (17.5kg/m2)
- Wing Area 3,399.9ft2 (315.9m2)
- Drag Points 13062
Parts
- Number of Parts 235
- Control Surfaces 0
- Performance Cost 1,293
Uh… welp guess this exists… cool.
What in tarnation.
@PPLLAANNEE lol sometimes I think I have cool ideas but this is next level. Its a tad bit difficult to get the hang of but ojce you do its easy to fly. Just a bit labor intensive lol
Da fuq
@NobleMobileUser i already have a landing gear powered plane and wanted to make a VTOL.
HOW did you come up with this