GF-172 "RedDeath" Starfighter
Entry for the Great Galactic War Challenge. This is my first attempt at a spacecraft type vehicle, and I think I did pretty good for my first try. It flies pretty nicely, and the controls aren't too complicated. It is a part of the Western Union Spacecraft Agency, (WUSA) and it's one of their most powerful ground attack spacecraft to date.
Controls: It has two sets of VTOL thrusters, one on each side of the fuselage. VTOL bar in the middle for vertical take off, once in the air, slide it all the way up for forward flight. De-activate AG-8 while in forward flight, and Re-activate AG-8 while landing. AG-1 for Spread-Fire Cobalt Burst-Cannons, very effective at taking out pesky air targets that are hindering your ability to destroy ground targets. AG-2 for Plasma Cannons, these are mainly for attacking lightly armored targets. AG-3 for Armageddon Lazer-Cannons, these are for attacking heavily armored targets that may need a little more than a couple plasma cannons to be destroyed. AG-4 for a cool effect. (It doesn't actually do anything, it just looks pretty cool, almost like a re-entry effect.)
Landing: to land, set VTOL slider to be in between top and middle, and set throttle to be around 10-15%, depending on your speed. Once at an appropriate landing height, slide VTOL Slider to middle. If you're still moving forwards, you can always put the slider down a little for reverse thrust. Everything beyond this step all depends on how you want to land, you could gently set it down by slowly decreasing the throttle, or you could just let it slam down to the ground by cutting throttle. Either way, it works fine.
OK, that was a long description, if you got through all this, congrats! Now go enjoy flying this, or eat some donuts, I don't care.
Have Fun!
Specifications
General Characteristics
- Predecessor Starfighter Fixed
- Created On iOS
- Wingspan 32.8ft (10.0m)
- Length 51.8ft (15.8m)
- Height 15.3ft (4.7m)
- Empty Weight 11,008lbs (4,993kg)
- Loaded Weight 12,677lbs (5,750kg)
Performance
- Power/Weight Ratio 1.595
- Wing Loading 58.5lbs/ft2 (285.8kg/m2)
- Wing Area 216.5ft2 (20.1m2)
- Drag Points 14713
Parts
- Number of Parts 162
- Control Surfaces 5
- Performance Cost 763
Thx @AWESOMENESS360
@Juan24 thanks! Yeah, those guns are pretty powerful, you can take some if you want and add them to your subassemblies.
This is an amazing build! I like what you did with the guns and they completely destroy the uss beast. BTW 9% hover in vtol mode.
@SandBoxMan10 lol, I'm glad you like it!
Damn i can feel the effort youve done on this plane , i like the thrusters and the best thing is the shotgun/spread gun lol i just annihilated the uss ship , ill upvote this
@CrazyCatZe nope, just thought of the name myself. Also, it just sounded cool in my head, so that's part of the reason why I named it that.
Did you use the name from one of my planes (https://www.simpleplanes.com/a/8s8rs2/Starfighter-ret-death-air-to-air-no-s-P-s)?