The future of air racing is here!
On the vast colony ships of the future, airspace is severely limited. Beneath the great domes under which many people will live for a decade or more in search of habitable planets, air racing was once thought to be an impossible sport. But with the development of extremely light weight electric drives and high capacity power cells, it became possible to build race planes that were extremely compact, light weight, and able to perform at high speeds in very small, closed circuit courses. These aircraft were dubbed "Aerolight Racers" and a whole new era of sport racing was born!
Featured here is Bluejay, an Aerolight piloted by Lieutenant 1st Class Jackie Bowman: an experienced combat pilot and member of the colony fleet's defense force, who races in her spare time, and who's aircraft is the first to be officially sponsored by the military.
(More of these to come if y'all like them)
Happy Flying!
Specifications
General Characteristics
- Successors 1 airplane(s)
- Created On Windows
- Wingspan 39.1ft (11.9m)
- Length 31.9ft (9.7m)
- Height 8.8ft (2.7m)
- Empty Weight 3,003lbs (1,362kg)
- Loaded Weight 5,850lbs (2,653kg)
Performance
- Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.17
- Wing Loading 32.3lbs/ft2 (157.9kg/m2)
- Wing Area 180.9ft2 (16.8m2)
- Drag Points 1082
Parts
- Number of Parts 30
- Control Surfaces 7
- Performance Cost 223
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3,690 LjSpike@A5mod3us well, I can bet it won't be perfectly balanced the first time around, but that's acceptable, it is a prototype. I'm reckoning 1 far forward position of up thrust, and two far back positions of up thrust. I'll then just balance them as close to the CoM for where their CoT is. The more major problem is making this nice lovely hinging setup to always face up, preferably in as small a space as possible.9.2 years ago
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25.2k A5mod3us@LjSpike Balancing will be a big issue. One of the biggest problems with building stable VTOLs is balance. Unless you plan on this thing really hugging the ground, it's going to be tough balancing it for hovering and vertical momentum.9.2 years ago
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3,690 LjSpike@A5mod3us it can be done with existing parts...theoretically. Simply some sort of hinging setup which means thrust is always supplied negating gravity, so either a propellor always facing up, or a thruster always facing down... It's just a matter of working out how much thrust for a specific weight, now, I think propellers will be the nessisary approach rather than a thruster. the best thing would be if we can get it inside a fuselage peice and very compact.9.2 years ago
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25.2k A5mod3us@LjSpike Um... if you mean, like, modding new parts into the game, I don't know anything about that... o_O9.2 years ago
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25.2k A5mod3us@FlOu Thanks :D9.2 years ago
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9,382 FlOuWoow what a beautiful plane. Flies very stable at top speed. Just amazing9.2 years ago
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3,690 LjSpike@A5mod3us it's beautiful. Hey want to help me out on a specialist part for my next project. I started playing to much wipeout 2048 (that amazing sci fi racing game) and I'm going to try to build to wipeout-esque ships, now that's fine, but I need to literally create a sci fi antigravity drive.9.2 years ago
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25.2k A5mod3us@JoeAdkinson13 Thanks!9.2 years ago
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39.6k JoeAdkinson13the prop looks awesome, nice work.9.2 years ago
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25.2k A5mod3us@Delphinus @Authros Thanks! Glad you like it.9.2 years ago
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72.5k AuthrosAwesome mate, love the story line.9.2 years ago
