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VTOL Drone! (For he who must not be named)

973 LeWhaleShark  8.7 years ago
233 downloads

INSTRUCTIONS: Throttle all the way until the nose is facing slightly upward, and entire aircraft is hovering in the air. Press 1 to lift off! For those of you who absolutely hate "Jelly Planes," just know that there are a few people out there making at least decent ones. They aren't all pieces of crap! I also wanted to test a neat concept and see if I could actually pull it off. This thing is extemely easy to take off and land at the cost of very low maneuverability. Don't try to do a barrel roll. DON'T!

General Characteristics

  • Successors 1 airplane(s)
  • Created On Mac
  • Wingspan 60.7ft (18.5m)
  • Length 59.7ft (18.2m)
  • Height 9.9ft (3.0m)
  • Empty Weight 10,965lbs (4,974kg)
  • Loaded Weight 13,181lbs (5,978kg)

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 1.278
  • Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.151
  • Wing Loading 27.7lbs/ft2 (135.3kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 475.8ft2 (44.2m2)
  • Drag Points 3127

Parts

  • Number of Parts 64
  • Control Surfaces 3
  • Performance Cost 321
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    8,104 LofiTurtle

    @LeWhaleShark before fuselage blocks, people would make the fuselages out of wings, which would make some really weird flight characteristics. That's why structural panels don't provide lift. Glad I could help :)

    8.7 years ago
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    @Shmexysmpilot Oh crap, that's kind of stupid how structural panels don't contribute at least a little bit to the CoL. Thanks for letting me know!

    8.7 years ago
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    8,104 LofiTurtle

    Just a tip: strctural panels and wings are not the same thing. Because you made the main wings from structural panels, the planes CoL is so far back that pitching is nearly impossible

    8.7 years ago
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    NICE!!!
    The mechanism is very close to my VTOL jet but you've done it with a propeller!! Good 4 u!!! :D

    8.7 years ago
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    14.2k CODENAMEBOB

    @riley2002 type it into the search bar

    8.7 years ago
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    2,773 fishheads88

    Name it the cow

    8.7 years ago
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    hey where do you find j's planes

    8.7 years ago
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    @bskngshrk Oh yeah! I can't believe I forgot about that!

    8.7 years ago
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    @LeWhaleShark of course I know, I was just making a Harry Potter reference. Btw, use the jelly tag

    8.7 years ago
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    27.8k bskngshrk

    Use the Jelly tag so he can find it

    8.7 years ago
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    @Himynameiswalrus Do you not know the story about putting his name in the title?

    8.7 years ago
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    @Himynameiswalrus No it's Jelly!

    8.7 years ago
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    But isn't "he who must not be named" Voldemort?

    8.7 years ago