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Landing Gear Powered VTOL

66.6k PPLLAANNEE  3.0 years ago
326 downloads

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

Gifs

Taking off, flying, and landing
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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