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Sailplane with Tow Plane

1,298 PlaneBoy3  5.0 years ago
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Auto Credit Based on niggelas100's DG 1000 sailplane

It’s a bit tricky to take off and fly with the Tow Plane (Btw the tow plane is a piper J3 cub built by Mineblue5) and once you detach the sailplane, it’s nearly impossible to control the tow plane so that’ll crash but the sailplane is easy to fly (turn off AG8 for sharper turns and such, ag8: gyro stablization) so you can still make a succesful flight. I made the sailplane and everything else just make it clear that I did not build the tow plane. Oh and the tow plane has VTOL flaps and they help so I would totally use them. Sorry for the long discription, happy flights.

General Characteristics

  • Predecessor DG 1000 sailplane
  • Created On iOS
  • Wingspan 103.4ft (31.5m)
  • Length 229.0ft (69.8m)
  • Height 18.7ft (5.7m)
  • Empty Weight 6,717lbs (3,046kg)
  • Loaded Weight 7,711lbs (3,498kg)

Performance

  • Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.129
  • Wing Loading 9.2lbs/ft2 (45.2kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 833.8ft2 (77.5m2)
  • Drag Points 4894

Parts

  • Number of Parts 100
  • Control Surfaces 15
  • Performance Cost 538
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    1,298 PlaneBoy3

    Holy crap! I forgot to tell you guys how to detach! Ok so I would recommend putting it in auto pilot first, then pressing AG1. Sorry.

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    1,298 PlaneBoy3

    Cool! Thanks for upvoting and actually technically it is a stick, but what I did was I made floppy hinge rotators and then attached the “rope” to them so that way it could pivot. @JonathanElst

    5.0 years ago
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    @PlaneBoy3 I love that the rope acually is a rope instead of a stick! haven't seen that in SP before XD. Also the fuselage of the glider is beautiful. i think it's defenitely realistic. AMAZING!

    5.0 years ago
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    1,298 PlaneBoy3

    @JonathanElst, what do you think, is this even close to realism?

    5.0 years ago
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    1,298 PlaneBoy3

    Although technically the tow plane has an engine so I would recommend a cleaver powered aircraft. :/@Sadboye12

    +2 5.0 years ago
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    52.8k Sadboye12

    finally i can complete the gliding quest

    5.0 years ago