I started this build a couple of months ago but lost the motivation to finish it. Recently, I found that motivation. Since fuselage parts weren't available in the old version, the plane is not as smooth as it could have been. I hope you guys can forgive me for that. :) But here it is: the long promised Komet!
The Messerschmitt Me-163 "Komet". A German WW2 era, rocket-propelled interceptor. When hostile bombers apeared on the radar these small planes were deployed. Taking off on two big wheels which it ejects after take-off. With it's 5 minutes of powerfull rocketfuel it flies into position to shoot down enemy bombers with it's two 30mm machine guns. After the fuel runs out it is able to glide back and land on the grass on its small skid.
[How to use]
-1 ejects the wheels and unlocks the rear wheel.
-VTOL slider down lowers the skid.
[A few things to note]
-It isn't able to land on it's skid in the current state of the game. (It was able to do so before.)
-It's tail-heavy on take-off but it levels out at approximately 350 mph.
Have a nice day!
Specifications
Spotlights
- Ren 4.0 years ago
General Characteristics
- Successors 8 airplane(s) +21 bonus
- Created On Windows
- Wingspan 30.7ft (9.4m)
- Length 21.2ft (6.5m)
- Height 11.5ft (3.5m)
- Empty Weight 6,073lbs (2,754kg)
- Loaded Weight 10,797lbs (4,897kg)
Performance
- Power/Weight Ratio 0.624
- Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.023
- Wing Loading 25.2lbs/ft2 (122.8kg/m2)
- Wing Area 429.2ft2 (39.9m2)
- Drag Points 2930
Parts
- Number of Parts 191
- Control Surfaces 10
- Performance Cost 649
I love the ejecting landing gear cart lmao
My God. This is amazing
Lol @Allstar
This thing cant land with SP physics i can tell you that much. 🛬😳💥🤕
Yes@Enkay
@Dstroyer101 K
@Teus your still not welcome in Artstostka
@Dstroyer101 Oh, that's right. Links don't work like that on this site. You have to copy and paste it.
@Teus it did not become a link
@Dstroyer101 ?
@Teus that's not a link :P... It's only the thingy to put up there
@Dstroyer101 https://www.simpleplanes.com/a/z6h8P3/Me-163-Komet-Non-Beta-Friendly I'm ahead of you :)
Needs to be mobile friendly D':
Fun fact - this plane type only shot down 16 hostile aircraft. P-51 Mustang shot down 4,950 hostile aircraft. XD
noice
@Teus and I've landed in another plane without landing gear
@Teus I will try when I get a better phone mine can almost handle it... :P
More than innovative than Volkswagon, and this was 60 years ago
@Earthbenderrwefa Did you manage to do it?! I did it a couple of times in the old version of the game but once the skid touched the ground when I tried it last week it exploded.
@Teus clickable link and btw it's possible to land with the skids but is very hard
@ElGatoVolador Oh right! My mistake! Corrected it right away.
The Me-163 was armed with 2 30mm canons not 50 cals :p
@ACMECo1940 https://www.simpleplanes.com/a/z6h8P3/Me-163-Komet-Non-Beta-Friendly Here you go! :)
@Enkay What VonRichthofen said! A landing gear was to big and heavy and would have had a negative effect on the planes performance. A little skid however was good solution and worked well! Unfortunately, landing on it doesn't work in the game.
Komet I mean