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Random R-40 Greyhound

2,174 Random40  4.7 years ago
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This is the Random Industries R-40 Greyhound

Here is the (fictional) backstory:

During WW2, Random Industries was asked to design a fighter aircraft for the US Air Force. The company didn’t really want to, since they were already building many top secret aircraft for their own country (I haven’t thought of a name for the country yet), but they decided to try it after doing some research on the enemy.
A few months later, they had their first prototype. It flew extremely fast, but it could also slow down very nicely. It didn’t turn very well, but the designers would fix that soon.
After a few revisions they had this.

It was everything that they needed, so they sent some to the USAF for them to try. After a while, the R-40 became a feared aircraft by the enemy. It could zoom in, shoot down a plane, and get out before the other pilots could react to it. After a while, the enemy pilots even called it ”The Silver Nerfer”

So, that’s the backstory, now for the actual plane.

Controls

Normal plane controls

VTOL= flaps

Act 1= open cowling

Act 2 and 3= lights

Act 4= drop tanks

Features

Full custom cockpit with funky trees

Flaps

Opening engine cowling

Some other stuff that I’m proud of

Cockpit (from left to right)

The white bar with the red indicator is the fuel gauge

The white cylinder that sticks out sideways (on the left) is the slip indicator

The big one in the middle is for IAS

The one just to the right of that is for Altitude

The one to the far right is AltitudeAgl

Also, the AltitudeAgl one moves twice as fast as the other one.

Notes

I am very proud of this plane because it is one of my highest part count builds and I put a lot of work into it. I used new build techniques so that I could make more features, like the opening cowling and the cockpit.
I really hope that everyone enjoys flying this plane! Have fun!

Spotlights

General Characteristics

  • Predecessor Aircraft10
  • Created On iOS
  • Wingspan 35.1ft (10.7m)
  • Length 26.8ft (8.2m)
  • Height 11.1ft (3.4m)
  • Empty Weight 8,322lbs (3,775kg)
  • Loaded Weight 9,425lbs (4,275kg)

Performance

  • Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.318
  • Wing Loading 33.4lbs/ft2 (162.9kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 282.6ft2 (26.3m2)
  • Drag Points 2589

Parts

  • Number of Parts 378
  • Control Surfaces 7
  • Performance Cost 1,421
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    2,174 Random40

    Thanks for all of the upvotes and spotlights everybody! It has been 8 hours now and this is still on the first page of hottest airplanes!

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    2,174 Random40

    Also thanks to @DickBrazen for the name Silver Nerfer

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    2,037 NikoFox

    @Random40 i just thought that because i was doing it with everyone else i would do
    It with you too

    4.7 years ago
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    2,174 Random40

    @NikoFox
    Repaint for this plane? The colors wouldn’t matter to me. Also, you don’t have to make something for me just because I upvoted your post.

    4.7 years ago
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    2,037 NikoFox

    @Random40 hey, as a thanks for upvoting a creation of mine, Im making Citaro Arrowspeed GT repaints, please tell me what colors you would like on it

    4.7 years ago
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    3,869 CaptainFrost

    Silver Nerfer? That's a great name not gonna lie

    +1 4.7 years ago
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    13.9k ChrisPy

    Oof@Random40

    +1 4.7 years ago
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    Awesome!

    +1 4.7 years ago
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    2,174 Random40

    @ChisP
    I would like to but I’m on ios so I can’t use mods...
    Once I get an actual computer I’m going to do that.

    4.7 years ago
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    13.9k ChrisPy

    You need a better picture for your builds try using the screenshots mod and then zoom mod to limit the field of view. That’s what I did on my f-16 screenshot

    +1 4.7 years ago
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