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Hughes H-1 Racer Fixed for 1.7

109k WalrusAircraft  6.9 years ago

This is a fix for version 1.7 since my flaps were all busted in the update.

The Hughes H-1 is a racing aircraft built by Hughes Aircraft in 1935. It set a world airspeed record and a transcontinental speed record across the United States.

Instructions: VTOL for flaps & landing gear for gear. Built by Walrus Sr. and tested by Walrus Jr.

Note, I used a custom skybox mod for the designer. I'll try to release that sometime soon.

General Characteristics

  • Created On Windows
  • Wingspan 28.5ft (8.7m)
  • Length 29.2ft (8.9m)
  • Height 11.4ft (3.5m)
  • Empty Weight 3,706lbs (1,681kg)
  • Loaded Weight 5,433lbs (2,464kg)

Performance

  • Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.69
  • Wing Loading 6.6lbs/ft2 (32.2kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 823.4ft2 (76.5m2)
  • Drag Points 3933

Parts

  • Number of Parts 296
  • Control Surfaces 7
  • Performance Cost 1,144
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    Mod Vincent

    @WalrusAircraft Indeed, Suffering from OCD & Fear of bacteria?

    6.9 years ago
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    @Othawne - Mental illness was misunderstood then and it is now. I wonder how modern medicine could have helped him.

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    Mod Vincent

    @WalrusAircraft None at all. Howard Hughes's story is quite sad.

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    @Othawne - I watched that movie some time ago. It is not as bad as the critics say.

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    Mod Vincent

    I Remember watching ''The Aviator'' seeing this aircraft.

    Not sure why it was rated a relatively bad movie, i mean it has DiCaprio what could go wrong.

    6.9 years ago
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    Thanks man. @SpiritusRaptor

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    Love what you have done with the landing gear!

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    43.9k PlanesOfOld

    here's a video of the most powerful piston engined fighter ever built it was a beautiful plane compared to contemporary radial engined planes from other nations (Russia,Germany and France for example) and it was a worthy adversary to the Mig 15. No video captured the sound sight and smell of a sea fury hurtling past at 430mph, it is not as elegant as a Merlin or griffon but tres something about the sea fury that just doesn't happen with spitfires, it's a distinct difference. But both sound incredible... @WalrusAircraft

    6.9 years ago
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    43.9k PlanesOfOld

    How VERY dare you, it's beautiful! And sounds even better, sea fury ASMR, better than griffon engines... @WalrusAircraft

    6.9 years ago
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    @PlanesOfOld Wait nevermind it's kinda ugly. I was thinking of the contra-rotating prop Spit

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    @PlanesOfOld Oooh a sea fury. Pretty plane that one is

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    43.9k PlanesOfOld

    I will be trying that some day! Looks like it could be good for the sea fury I plan on building @WalrusAircraft

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    Thank you. I used a wheel to get the coweling shape. Nice to hear from you. (walrus Sr.) @PlanesOfOld

    6.9 years ago
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    43.9k PlanesOfOld

    I relate to Hughes, we both have OCD but thankfully the miracles of modern medicine have stopped my symptoms being as... Disabling as Hughes' prehaps I am a reincarnation of mr Hughes. I like peas and before I started said medicine, like Hughes sorted them by size, a tedious but absolutely neccacary process... I also used to wash my hands on average 40 times a day.... It's a shame no one understood mental health problems back then, he also had chronic pain everywhere and wearing clothes hurt, poor guy. RIP. @WalrusAircraft

    6.9 years ago
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    43.9k PlanesOfOld

    Very nice shapes, i just love the coweling!

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    Awesome!

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    32.3k CRJ900Pilot

    Cool!

    6.9 years ago
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    Thanks. I think I’m going to just try to draw my own skybox. How hard could it be? I created a pure white background which I think is needed as well in the game. @BogdanX @Ryn176

    6.9 years ago
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    Elon Musk is our Hughes reincarnated today @Liquidfox

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    8,069 Ryn176

    @BogdanX Very true

    6.9 years ago