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L.T-2S Mk.1 (VR friendly)

3,689 BangRou  3.0 years ago

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 and VTOL(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.

Spotlights

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
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    3,689 BangRou

    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.

    Pinned 3.0 years ago
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    Did any update break the plane or something? because no matter how I try, it always goes to the left regardless of moving the prop slowly and following all the instructions, and even already syarting it in the air, it will roll to the left almost uncontrollably

    13 days ago
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    0 Uvok

    Я новичок и когда я летаю меня уводит в лево или в верх

    2.3 years ago
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    1,918 AntaresItaly

    Much more curated than my last biplane post... Well done, GG

    3.0 years ago
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    85.5k Walvis

    This is lovely! I should have a go at a WW1 aircraft like this. :)

    3.0 years ago
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    2,811 Pleiades

    Nice but complex for some amateur like me.

    3.0 years ago
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    @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 !

    3.0 years ago
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    3,689 BangRou

    @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.

    3.0 years ago
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    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 !

    3.0 years ago
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    This is probably just a me problem but right rudder on the ground just makes me go in a circle

    +1 3.0 years ago
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    42.5k VeroViper

    Trolled

    +1 3.0 years ago
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    noice

    +1 3.0 years ago