This is a "Replica" of Sir Hiram Maxim's Kite of War. It was a test bed for engines to prove that powered flight was possible. The machine was built in 1894, it was powered by two massive 180HP steam engines. They drove 17ft Diameter propllers which could drive the machine up to 40 MPH. Now lets talk about my machine. It is smaller than thr real thing but has similar specs to the real thing in terms of performance. You have two 2-Cylinder engines driving 17ish ft propellers. You hwve no way to steer the machine left of right. Thr inly form of contorl you have is Pitch and it is sensitive. ENGINE CONTROLS Throttle up controls the left engine, TRIM controls the right engine, and VTOL controls the pitch of the blades. Start the engines up slowly then make sure they are spinning in opposite directions and then use VTOL to change the pitch of the blades. It you start going backwards just put the bar in the opposite postion. I had fun building this. It gave me a little experiece building custom piston engines. Have fun flying! - ThePrototype
Specifications
General Characteristics
- Predecessor Mechanical Kite of War V2
- Created On iOS
- Wingspan 108.4ft (33.0m)
- Length 92.0ft (28.1m)
- Height 27.9ft (8.5m)
- Empty Weight 10,353lbs (4,696kg)
- Loaded Weight 10,353lbs (4,696kg)
Performance
- Wing Loading 2.9lbs/ft2 (14.1kg/m2)
- Wing Area 3,572.8ft2 (331.9m2)
- Drag Points 9822
Parts
- Number of Parts 181
- Control Surfaces 0
- Performance Cost 1,103
That's actually a good thing to hear, but when I tried reducing power to one side it pulled me the opposite direction I wanted to go. So thanks for informing me. @AWESOMENESS360
@ThePrototype I've actually found out an effective way of turning this behemoth, all you need to do is cut power from one engine while in flight, and it pulls the aircraft in the direction you want to go in! You do lose a bit of power though, so stalling can be an issue, but other than that, it's the best way to turn this, as far as I know. Very cool to fly too, I love slow moving creations that are absolutely massive like this, it almost kinda makes you feel like you're going fast, but the sheer size of the aircraft kinda hides that. Pretty cool!
@WinstonHarambe Thanks man
It’s ok man. There are less aerodynamic aircraft out there@ThePrototype
Possibly yes, it was easily capable of flight it was just very unstable in terms of aerodynamics @Spacedoge12345plane
Yep. “First powered flight” maybe @ThePrototype
It is, 1894 @Spacedoge12345plane
Seems like a pre Wright brothers aircraft @ThePrototype
@ThePrototype also because i forgot
@ThePrototype lol, i upvoted because i felt bad that in the last comment you mentioned me in said "thanks for the upvote @Rawhide"
@Rawhide thanks man
@SledDriver @ChickenMcNuggets007 @SakuraSaku thanks guys!
Yeah pitching is sensitive, sorry about that. Thanks for the upvote! @Rawhide
But I think I might have something very similar... and historically accurate @Spacedoge12345plane
Well the first model kinda stopped flying after I added the rolling system plus it was way out of proportion and the pitching mechanism (Which wasn't historically accurate) was basically a death trap waiting to slam you into the ground @Spacedoge12345plane
Very nice, it took me a few times to take off without stalling, but very nice indeed
My man, where is the Clement Adder plane. That thing is easily my favorite ultralight. If it’s a scrapped project could you still send me it.
Also Maxim, the guy who financed and designed this, also planned to use differential thrust to turn @AerialFighterSnakes
Originally I planned to steer it using differential thrust but somehow after adding the pitching mechanisms in couldn't turn using the differential thrust. @AerialFighterSnakes I don't know how it made it not turn after adding it. It worked well before adding it though. Now it just kinda doesn't work...
@ainanen Thanks man!
Np :) @ThePrototype
@OC3LOT1142 Thanks man!
@ThePrototype cool i had a good idea for once. Lol 😛
@ThePrototype np
Thanks @Jacobdaniel