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English Electric Lightning F.1

1,683 rocketbootkid  8.9 years ago

The first British Mach 2+ interceptor, with unique stacked twin-engine design.

General Characteristics

  • Created On Windows
  • Wingspan 32.5ft (9.9m)
  • Length 46.5ft (14.2m)
  • Height 15.2ft (4.6m)
  • Empty Weight 10,185lbs (4,619kg)
  • Loaded Weight 21,154lbs (9,595kg)

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 3.187
  • Wing Loading 75.5lbs/ft2 (368.6kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 280.2ft2 (26.0m2)
  • Drag Points 3433

Parts

  • Number of Parts 34
  • Control Surfaces 9
  • Performance Cost 313
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    26.3k Skua

    Huh, weird. Moving the rear landing gear forward so it's closer to the CoM should help with that

    8.9 years ago
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    3,040 TheStapler

    @Skua I had trouble getting it to take off with semi sym stabilisers, it just doesn't want to rotate.

    8.9 years ago
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    @Skua. Thanks, I'll try that. I've really struggled to get planes to fly level, so that's a good tip.

    8.9 years ago
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    26.3k Skua

    Nice work, it looks great. Changing the stabilisers to semi-symmetric helps it fly level too

    8.9 years ago