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Flying Boat XS

25.2k A5mod3us  9.4 years ago
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Not my best flying boat.

This is an attempt at making a small, mobile-friendly, flying boat.

Unfortunately, it has a rather glaring issue of wanting to ellipse to the left or right while on the water. Take-off requires a lot of fine rudder control and it has a tendency to wobble at higher speeds on the water.

Once in the air, however, it flies perfectly fine.

If anyone can fix it's on the water performance, I'd really appreciate it. I've spent about three hours just trying to get it to taxi and run-up in a straight line to no avail.

At least it looks good, though.

General Characteristics

  • Created On Windows
  • Wingspan 30.9ft (9.4m)
  • Length 21.2ft (6.5m)
  • Height 8.9ft (2.7m)
  • Empty Weight 3,025lbs (1,372kg)
  • Loaded Weight 4,183lbs (1,897kg)

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 1.074
  • Wing Loading 15.1lbs/ft2 (73.6kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 277.5ft2 (25.8m2)
  • Drag Points 1516

Parts

  • Number of Parts 67
  • Control Surfaces 8
  • Performance Cost 201