As a fan of the Reno Air Races myself, the "Reno Raider" is a racing version of the Thunder Raider, and all I can say is that the acceleration is pretty brutal when you firewall it after take-off! The wings, vertical tail, and stabilizer were clipped and the wings straightened to give better stability. The Reno Raider will accelerate until about 430mph where it pretty much stops accelerating in level-flight. If you've seen or heard of the National Reno Air Races, you'll also notice that the Reno Raider bears a strong resemblance to "Rare Bear", a highly modified F8F Bearcat that broke a speed record of 528.33 mph! The nav and landing lights were removed since they had significant drag. Enjoy and happy flying and racing!
Specifications
General Characteristics
- Created On Windows
- Wingspan 20.2ft (6.2m)
- Length 22.9ft (7.0m)
- Height 10.3ft (3.1m)
- Empty Weight 3,963lbs (1,797kg)
- Loaded Weight 4,315lbs (1,957kg)
Performance
- Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.463
- Wing Loading 34.9lbs/ft2 (170.2kg/m2)
- Wing Area 123.8ft2 (11.5m2)
- Drag Points 1748
Parts
- Number of Parts 24
- Control Surfaces 5
- Performance Cost 207
@Mostly Your Welcome and thank you! One last tip, is to apply power on take-off smoothly or in increments because if you firewall the throttle the airplane will nose-over while rolling down the runway at full power. Have just enough power to propel you down the runway and when near rotation speed, pull up and apply full throttle. Just another suggestion to prevent the plane from nosing over.
@JohnnyBoythePilot Alright thanks. And nice plane!
@Mostly Yea I know. On my original Thunder Raider I added 400lbs of dead weight in the tail which mostly balanced everything out but since the Reno Raider is a racer I wanted it lighter and only had 300lbs of dead weight instead. On take-off, hold your flight stick all the way aft and trim nose up to compensate the plane's tendency to nose-over on take-off. Also landing the Reno Raider is also pretty hard and you have to come in really slow and try to 3-point the landing and DO NOT use any brakes until your very slow or else the plane will just nose over and kill the engine.
@JohnnyBoythePilot It's a bit... front heavy.
Also the raidiator intake was streamlined which greatly reduced drag.