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LAM Fighter (50 pts or less challenge)

3,562 Krikkit42  2.8 years ago
Auto Credit Based on Kaiser7's [CLOSED] 50 PARTS OR LESS CHALLENGE

This is the Light Avanced Multirole (LAM) fighter. It’s fast, nimble and easy to maintain. The current pre-series version features a minimal weapons loadout and basic equipment due to … budget limitations. ;-) Its stacked twin-afterburning engines with the characteristic air intake on top of the fuselage, combined with the delta canard wing configuration give this little fighter a unique look and unparalleled speed as well as high AOA and high-g maneuverability.

Armament:
- 27mm revolver cannon with 830 rds of HEI ammunition
- 2 Medium-range radar-guided air-to-air missiles
- expendables: chaff & flare dispensers

Action groups:
AG1: Formation lights
AG2: activate HUD (only rudimentary, couldn’t get the damn code to work properly because I’m a lazy idiot)
AG3: master arm
AG8: close canopy (default is open, do yourself a favor and close it before takeoff!)

Normal flight controls. Be sure to make liberal use of the air brakes when rolling into your landing approach. LAM goes zzzooom.

Credit for 1-part HUD: @PlanariaLab (I promise I’ll make it work at some point)

Enjoy!

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General Characteristics

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 4.511
  • Wing Loading 56.8lbs/ft2 (277.1kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 421.3ft2 (39.1m2)
  • Drag Points 2789

Parts

  • Number of Parts 50
  • Control Surfaces 8
  • Performance Cost 447
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    3,562 Krikkit42

    @WolfHunter9111 Ha! Now I see it too. Totally!

    +1 1.9 years ago
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    budget Shinden

    +1 1.9 years ago
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    302k WinsWings

    Welcome, good luck@Krikkit42

    +1 2.6 years ago
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    3,562 Krikkit42

    @WinsWings Thanks, I appreciate it! Just uploaded my little thingy.

    +1 2.6 years ago
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    302k WinsWings

    No worries @krikkit42. I got kids too. Upload your plane

    2.6 years ago
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    11.5k TDevil36

    Sweet thanks, and again, GREAT JOB! @Krikkit42

    +1 2.7 years ago
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    3,562 Krikkit42

    @TDevil36 Hey, thanks! And I agree, I’m a relative noob when it comes to proper balancing. And yes, you’re absolutely welcome to tinker around with it. I’d appreciate credits, should you choose to publish something resembling my design.

    Otherwise, make sure to tag me, I‘d love to see what can be done with it!

    2.7 years ago
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    11.5k TDevil36

    Great Design, could use a little tweaking in the maneuverability but other then that SOLID aircraft. Would You mind if I played around with the design?

    +1 2.7 years ago
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    @Krikkit42
    Yep.

    2.7 years ago
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    3,562 Krikkit42

    @ZeroWithSlashedO Dude, it seems there’s a LOT more still to come in that challenge. The platinum’s are joining in ;-)

    2.7 years ago
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    @Krikkit42
    That thing did lack weaponry though, which is what I really wanted.

    2.7 years ago
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    3,562 Krikkit42

    @ZeroWithSlashedO … says the guy who made a replica with a pretty authentic flight model on a 50-part budget. If it were just for me, your Hornet would def win!

    2.7 years ago
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    Can we just pretty much agree that this is the winner?

    +1 2.7 years ago
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    1,690 FalcoOne

    Very nice. I'm going to dogfight the t with my entry aircraft

    +1 2.8 years ago
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    3,562 Krikkit42

    @ComradeKaiser7 Thanks for the accolades! :-) Excited to see though what the other participants have yet in store.

    2.8 years ago
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    12.6k Kaiser7

    Might be a winner 👀

    +1 2.8 years ago
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    3,562 Krikkit42

    Thanks so much for all the upvotes and comments! While I have your attention: Can someone explain to me how to post prettier (in-game) screenshots along with the upload? I’m on iOS (cuz my PC is a potato) and I just can‘t figure it out. I’m sure there’s a thread for that somewhere already but … man, am I lazy (actually I quite busy) today. ;-)

    So is there any chance or am I stuck with embedding screenshots in the description via html code after uploading?

    Thanks!!

    2.8 years ago
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    726 AETHEN

    I literally used missile cameras as over the wing camera and it's hella fun, you should add this as a feature.
    Plane looks awesome and handles okay

    +1 2.8 years ago
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    3,562 Krikkit42

    @AeroAeroTheMen Hey thanks, that means a lot! Appreciate the upvote and the kind words.

    2.8 years ago
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    3,562 Krikkit42

    Oo-wee! Thanks for the instant upvote, @AWESOMENESS360 !

    +1 2.8 years ago