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Point Defense Fighter

477 TA1ton  9.4 years ago
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Another design by cutangus that I have brought to life. (Original artwork here: http://cutangus.deviantart.com/art/Luftwaffe-1949-point-defense-fighter-297469752 ) This is a VTOL plane from 1949, designed for easy storage and little to no hard surface for take off and landing. Flight instructions: VTOL slider all the way down and wait for the plane to touch the ground. Then press activation group 1 and allow the arm to swing out of the way. Finally, full throttle forward and enjoy. I experimented for a few days on the best way to make this fly and I'm still not happy with the pitch...(adding horizontals stabilizers to the front works best, but I tried to stick to the artwork as much as possible) but it takes off nicely...just can't really land it. Also, I made a version (which I will up load too) that starts out in a vertical position, but having the cockpit rotated makes it display speed and pitch incorrectly.

General Characteristics

  • Successors 1 airplane(s)
  • Created On iOS
  • Wingspan 24.6ft (7.5m)
  • Length 27.1ft (8.3m)
  • Height 17.6ft (5.4m)
  • Empty Weight 5,873lbs (2,663kg)
  • Loaded Weight 16,146lbs (7,324kg)

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 1.113
  • Wing Loading 176.5lbs/ft2 (861.7kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 91.5ft2 (8.5m2)
  • Drag Points 7451

Parts

  • Number of Parts 97
  • Control Surfaces 9
  • Performance Cost 325