Nothing fancy here. Just a test bed to demonstrate a method of stabilizing a plane without a vertical stabilizer.
Here we have a plane with no vertical fins or stabilizers of any kind. There are no hidden stabilizers in the fuselage, and no cleverly placed wing parts to add stability. Instead, stability is gained with a set of 4 air-brakes placed at the rear of the fuselage. These create drag and keep the plane pointed forward.
To take off: Move VTOL slider up to around the 75% mark, then throttle up and go.
She may begin to oscillate left and right after banking, so just use the rudder controls to counter it and straighten yourself out.
She's not terribly maneuverable, and she needs a lot of speed for take-off and landing.
Hope y'all get a kick out of this.
HAPPY FLYING!
Specifications
General Characteristics
- Successors 1 airplane(s) +14 bonus
- Created On Windows
- Wingspan 36.1ft (11.0m)
- Length 42.2ft (12.9m)
- Height 5.7ft (1.8m)
- Empty Weight 9,871lbs (4,477kg)
- Loaded Weight 23,985lbs (10,879kg)
Performance
- Power/Weight Ratio 2.81
- Wing Loading 36.4lbs/ft2 (177.6kg/m2)
- Wing Area 659.3ft2 (61.3m2)
- Drag Points 2855
Parts
- Number of Parts 53
- Control Surfaces 8
- Performance Cost 390
@Mrwhiskers85 I checked it out. The Dihedral on the main wing, and anhedral on the forward canards are was stabilize his plane. If those surfaces were perpendicular to the fuselage it wouldn't work.
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It's a neat little plane, though.
@A5mod3us You should check out @DeezDuck 's entry to my latest challenge. he made a forward swept canard with no vertical stabizer
@Cedy117 True. It would be nice if fuselage parts at least generated a small amount of aerodynamic lift.
@Flightsonic Yeah. I've made flying wings without vertical stabilization. Same deal, though. Basically I put air-brakes on the wings to act as spoilers in the place of a rudder. Flies, but requires constant correction.
I'm thinking about using this method to build a prop powered plane in the style of a manta or stingray.
Hmmm i did try something like this, its currently unlisted, but great idea to have the airbrakes on the back as well, mine you had to constantly adjust
Cool idea to bad the games physics weren't more complex that way you can just make a cleaverly shaped fuselage to keep it goin striat