Convair CV990A Coronado Swissair 1964
CV990A in Swissair Colours
In the Cockpit
Night Time
Controls
AG2...................Thrust Reversers
AG3...................Enhanced Taxi Steering
AG5...................Autolevel
Landing Gear...Landing Gear and Landing Lights
VTOL.................Flaps
Trim..................Trim
This CV990A features
- Swissair Livery
- Functional Cockpit Interior
- Working Analog Instruments
- WingFlex!
- Illuminating Windows
- Extending Flaps
- ASBS
- Thrust Reversers
Note
Takeoff Speed:.......................................388km/h
Max speed (100%Throttle@12km):...1050km/h
Stall Speed (Full trim support):............230km/h
This project is quite complex to finalise as the livery keeps glitching out, and engine performance has to be tweaked so it can reach its max speed of 1009km/h, and yet be weak enough on ground to not accelerate like a mother hen whose chicks are threatened. This is achieved by utilising a funky trees formula listed: Throttle + ((Altitude/ 7000) * (Throttle))
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The 7000
Integer being the overall variable that dictates at what altitude (In metres) is when the Power of the engines double, In this case its 7000 metres above sea level. The lower the integer, the sooner it will double the thrust. A word of warning however for builders that may use this formula, your plane has to be then be as heavy as the real thing or more since then at high altitudes, it will be too powerful and pithcing up to 90° at 12km will not stall the aircraft, rather the thrust will be now exponential.
Speaking of Engine performance, the engine models in this project are some of my favourites as the actual interior now has to be modelled in, and boy did it work out so well too! Not only it has a proper model, but also a functional reversing animation, didn't even take that much parts as well too, about 26 parts.
Two of recent additions to the previous projects I have built such as: Emergency Slides, and ACAS are not present in this one, mainly because I am uncertain if the CV990A does have emergency slides, and ACAS, so I left it out.
This would have been a trio with other two aircrafts. You may have seen them in Multiplayer, they're even ready for livery application but unexpected circumstances made me rethink and delay their publication instead. To make way for potentially the most ambitious project I ever pursued in Simpleplanes apart for An225, 2707-100, and Tu-144.
Specifications
Spotlights
- Tang0five 4.3 years ago
General Characteristics
- Successors 8 airplane(s) +97 bonus
- Created On Windows
- Wingspan 122.5ft (37.3m)
- Length 141.9ft (43.3m)
- Height 39.6ft (12.1m)
- Empty Weight N/A
- Loaded Weight 166,150lbs (75,364kg)
Performance
- Power/Weight Ratio 3.246
- Wing Loading 59.0lbs/ft2 (288.1kg/m2)
- Wing Area 2,816.1ft2 (261.6m2)
- Drag Points 20104
Parts
- Number of Parts 667
- Control Surfaces 7
- Performance Cost 3,361
Damn, swissair 330
Im finally able to enjoy these builds, nice job!
Hey could you make Elvis’s Convair 880. It’s called the Lisa Marie
Swissair flight 330 :(
The little plane that could, but failed :C
Amazing!
I see a Concord >:)
Great plane!
@switdog08 Thank you
@jelybaca AW snap but Thanks for the info😊
10/10
nothing to say just neat
Ah. Well I’m in no rush, so if your still working on it, take your time ;) @jelybaca
YES
@CaptFoxworth19
I have achieved those photos by first pressing F9 to get rid of the UI elements, and then Win+print screen to screenshot it. After that go to photoshop and tweak it. Unfortunately it doesn't really work on mobile.
@Jelybaca how did you took those pictures?
Great build as always! Must say I approve of the background tantalising glimpse of the Concorde!
@Panizon It was in the works alongside the Air Canada A330-300, but the engines and wing assemblies are disappointingly disappointing. So I remodelled it, but kinda been sidetracked among other projects and real life obligations.
Noice!! Do you think you could make an A340-600 or -300 next?
@switdog08 yes
Nice Concord and 707 teaser ;)
Very nice CV990A, silky smooth