L.T-2S Mk.1 (VR friendly)
Featuring realSavageMan's Fokker Dr. I on the second thumbnail picture.
L.T-2S Mark 1
The L.T-2S is a fighter prototype built in 1916, and made it's first flight on late 1917. The L.T-2S nicknamed "Armed Kite" by the pilots due to it's agility at low speed. This build, however, was a restored and upgraded version of the actual L.T-2S, featuring the improved cockpit dashboard, engine starter motor and battery, retuned 9-cylinder radial engine, and overhauled airframe.
FEATURES
- Simulated left turning tendencies
- Realistic Engine startup sequence
- Low part count (172 parts--ultra mobile friendly)
- VR supported
- Simulated gun jamming (10 seconds of continuous fire)
ARMAMENT
2x 7.7mm 450rpm machine gun
CONTROLS
Throttle
- Fuel injection
VTOL
- Propeller Pitch
COCKPIT
Fuel Valve
- Controls fuel pipe valve, fuel valve needs to be opened to use Throttle
Engine Start
- starts the engine with the starter motor. Note: starter battery has limited energy, the energy amount are showed at the far right gauge. leaving it empty will cause engine start motor becomes inoperative.
STARTUP
- Pull the
Throttle
andVTOL
(Prop Pitch lever) all the way back - Open fuel valve
- Engage
Engine Start
until RPM gauge needle raised past 1 bar - Throttle up to 50% until RPM established above 1000RPM (
Engine Start
switch must be released, otherwise the engine start clutch will prevent you from spooling up the engine) - Throttle back to 25% until RPM is idle at 1000
To shut down the engine, pull Throttle
to 0%, or shut off the fuel valve.
Specifications
Spotlights
- This craft is curated
- Walvis 2.9 years ago
- FerretAeronautics 2.9 years ago
- Thecatbaron 2.9 years ago
- ShiroNeko 2.9 years ago
- EasternPatrick 2.9 years ago
- HOPKINS234 2.9 years ago
- Xamesria27 2.9 years ago
- InconsistentMuiz 2.9 years ago
- MentallyDistorted 2.9 years ago
- Bryan5 2.9 years ago
- VeroViper 2.9 years ago
General Characteristics
- Successors 1 airplane(s)
- Created On Mac
- Wingspan 24.6ft (7.5m)
- Length 20.5ft (6.3m)
- Height 8.4ft (2.5m)
- Empty Weight 119lbs (54kg)
- Loaded Weight 761lbs (345kg)
Performance
- Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.091
- Wing Loading 2.3lbs/ft2 (11.3kg/m2)
- Wing Area 330.3ft2 (30.7m2)
- Drag Points 478
Parts
- Number of Parts 172
- Control Surfaces 6
- Performance Cost 881
Side note: don't push the prop pitch up suddenly, as the torque kicks in and makes the aircraft just spinning around. Instead, push it progressively as the speed increases.
Я новичок и когда я летаю меня уводит в лево или в верх
Much more curated than my last biplane post... Well done, GG
This is lovely! I should have a go at a WW1 aircraft like this. :)
Nice but complex for some amateur like me.
@BangRou Thanks for the response. I'm a bit of a newbie to simpleplanes so I'm still educating myself, for instance, I'd never heard of propeller pitch until I looked at your plane. Anyways, nice work !
@Oculite1 nope, back then WW1 airplanes spools up their engine by manually spinning the propeller. This build was intended to be my engine startup testbed, but I went too far.
Nice build with an interesting start up procedure. I'm curious, is that the way a lot of WW1 planes fired up their engines ? It works great in VR by the way !
This is probably just a me problem but right rudder on the ground just makes me go in a circle
Trolled
noice