Super maneuverability and stealth!!!
For those who don't know, the Chengdu military aviation design bureau of China leans more towards western and avant-gard designs, whilst the Shenyang leans heavily towards Soviet design schemes and is a lot more old-schooled. As the J-20 is obviously by Chengdu, this is more of a thought experiment on what if Shengyang was responsible for China's Gen-5 fighter development? How would they combine super-maneuverability and stealth?
Well, let's just say that the maneuverability of this aircraft is kind of monsterous, and the high altitude performance is also excellent. There's nothing this aircraft can't do, but be careful, she is volatile.
Features:
0 distance take-off
Extreme maneuverability
Superior high-altitude performance
Notes for pilots:
Negative trim needed at lower altitudes and upon take off
Don't pull sharp angles below 300mph, you will lose control
Take off speed is ~100mph
No need to pull up during carrier take-off, the aircraft will ascend on it's own
CTRL 6 landing hook
CTRL 7 landing parachute
CTRL 1 lauching cruise missiles (4 total, 2X2, 0.2 sec interval)
Only mount cruise missiles on darker painted pylons
Hope you enjoy!
Specifications
General Characteristics
- Created On iOS
- Wingspan 31.1ft (9.5m)
- Length 47.0ft (14.3m)
- Height 10.1ft (3.1m)
- Empty Weight 14,695lbs (6,665kg)
- Loaded Weight 24,756lbs (11,229kg)
Performance
- Power/Weight Ratio 2.723
- Wing Loading 59.7lbs/ft2 (291.7kg/m2)
- Wing Area 414.4ft2 (38.5m2)
- Drag Points 3599
Parts
- Number of Parts 87
- Control Surfaces 8
- Performance Cost 546
@Kendicus Sorry for the blunt comment, I just woke up lol. Anyways, thank you for your comment, it's always helpful for a noob of aviation like me to learn from others like you. The suggestions you made is, of course, totally possible. I wasn't even aware of the concept of wing loading, but I can tell that something is off.
It seems to me that this plane has very "Sukhoi" type problems no matter how I adjust it, i.e. I either have problematic wing loading, or just a short operational range due to a small fuel containing area, not to mention the thin center of the aircraft, which makes it "wobbly", which if I thicken it, it'll be improved, but then the plane is nowhere near as agile.
Sorry for this incoherrant rant, but these really are the problems that I ran into whilst creating this plane, and I very much appreciate your feedback!
Thanks for the suggestion. I started out without fuel in the wing tips, but it runs out too fast so I can’t fly it for prolonged periods of time... therefore it was less fun for me. @Kendicus
I like the design on this plane
The supermanueverbility is true but your plane is not turning at a constant rate, more like wobbling.
All control axis are quite unstable also.
I suggest draining the fuel from the wing since that increases wing loading and impairs your rolling speed.
Or if possible, make the whole plane lighter or increase lifting surface to get rid of the wobbling.
The takeoff can be a bit messy if you pulled up too hard also