"Soaring raptor, featherweight among its apex competitors."
The Rapiditas race plane utilizes antigravity technology to give it stunning mobility. Its excellent pitch rate is noteworthy, but the most dominant feature of the aircraft is its incredible yaw capability. Races with the Rapiditas are an exhilarating spectator sport, as the maneuverability causes pilots to take their bodies to physical limits to claim victory. This model comes with a pulse shotgun, for those pilots who also want to use the aircraft as a stylish fighter. Other features include a boost system, which causes nearly instantaneous acceleration, as well as a gyroscope-assisted VTOL landing system.
Controls:
Activator 1 for boost.
Activator 2 for Gyro.
How to race:
50-70% throttle should be the ideal speed for racing. Too much throttle can make it quite challenging to fly precisely.
Go easy on the controls. This plane is sensitive.
On straights, press activator 1 for a little bit of time for a boost. Be sure to de-activate it when you want to get back to normal speed!
How to land:
Fly slowly over the target area (5% throttle or so) with activator 2 (gyro) on. When you want to land, cut the throttle. The plane will start to descend at 10mph. Keep the gyro activated, so you will be level.
Specifications
General Characteristics
- Predecessor AGRAV Racer
- Successors 12 airplane(s) +119 bonus
- Created On Windows
- Wingspan 27.8ft (8.5m)
- Length 35.0ft (10.7m)
- Height 19.7ft (6.0m)
- Empty Weight N/A
- Loaded Weight 69lbs (31kg)
Performance
- Power/Weight Ratio 97.082
- Wing Loading 9.4lbs/ft2 (45.8kg/m2)
- Wing Area 7.4ft2 (0.7m2)
- Drag Points 9570
Parts
- Number of Parts 157
- Control Surfaces 7
- Performance Cost 409
Sounds good xD@spefyjerbf
@Valheru It’s a busy semester, so I don’t have any projects rn. We’ll see what happens during summer!
Oy! when’s your next build coming out?
Ah. I used a latin root for the name, so it makes sense. @Alpha6
No, was just curious and typed it in on Google Translate
@Alpha6 I didn’t! Do you speak Spanish?
did you know that rapiditas means quickies in spanish
@Alpha6 Should be. It’s got speed an maneuverability. Plus great acceleration.
is this good at evading SAMs?
@MrClean666 The fast de-acceleration is caused by this aircraft’s low weight, and high drag.
How did you make it brake so perfectly?
@spefyjerbf okay
@FalconGT12 The wings are nudged into the fuselage. With such a low weight, the wings are quite small.
@spefyjerbf but where are the wings
@FalconGT12 I used some XML to set the massScale for most of the parts to zero. This low mass ensured that the craft had a high power-to-weight ratio.
@spefyjerbf I mean how does it fly and what do you make fly well
@FalconGT12 It takes a lot of practice. Try new things to create and refine a style of your own!
CAN YOU TEACH ME HOW TO MAKE STUFF LIKE THIS FLY I just relazed i had caps on srry
@spefyjerbf ok thanks!
@Dandan3188 When the aircraft weight is ridiculously low, it becomes quite difficult to balance. Those added weapons probably threw the balance off.
This aircraft is awesome. I tried to add more weapons but it keeps flipping over. Is this normal? Any tips on how to add more weapons?
THE COOLEST RACER WITH THE COOLEST WEAPON!
Nice
@spefyjerbf ok I'll try but there's only so much I can do on a phone it's posted if you have the time I feel you could make a very cool looking fighter out of it so I'll try for now
@Rapidfire747w I would, but I have little time, as other things in my life require a lot of attention. Try to dissect some good VTOLs, and use those parts to make your design VTOL capable.