SimplePlanes | Midlands Frontier Prop

Midlands Frontier Prop

3,690 LjSpike 9.2 years ago

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A sea-takeoff capable, if i say so myself, beautifal ultra-realistic plane. Complete with 2 gear sticks, 2 rows of inlets, 1 propellor, 1 steering wheel, 1 seat (but who knows, there might be a concealed one in the fusilage) and a nice paintjob complete with stipes, and hidden airbrakes! Really easy to fly as well!

General Characteristics

Successors 1 airplane(s)
Created On iOS
Wingspan 52.2ft (15.9m)
Length 41.5ft (12.6m)
Height 17.5ft (5.3m)
Empty Weight 4,023lbs (1,825kg)
Loaded Weight 10,203lbs (4,628kg)

Performance

Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.098
Wing Loading 18.3lbs/ft² (89.5kg/m²)
Wing Area 556.7ft² (51.7m²)
Drag Points 3552

Parts

Number of Parts 87
Control Surfaces 5
Performance Cost 376

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3,690 LjSpike

@kikasshes well, I made a forum post suggesting a gyroscope and some advanced vtols controlled by a gyroscope. Anyway, if you have any breakthroughs in antigravity it'd be helpful.

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25.2k kikasshes

I wish we had a gyro ...
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3,690 LjSpike

@kikasshes it will be.
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25.2k kikasshes

@LjSpike That will probably be very hard to accomplish
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3,690 LjSpike

@kikasshes well, a VTOL is a simple approach but our main problem criteria is it needs to work automatically, at whatever orientation, preferably upside down as well, but most of all for banking and pitching as it still needs to negate gravity.
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25.2k kikasshes

@LjSpike Without a gyro I think trying to make a stable VTOL is your best bet ...
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3,690 LjSpike

@kikasshes well, me and some others are working on an anti-gravity engine, now it's designed in such a way it utilises floppy rotators, first 2 seconds are fine, then it just spins, quite literally, spins on its yaw axis.
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25.2k kikasshes

@LjSpike As long as it doesn't touch the ground I won't complain. What kind of help do you want with the rotators?
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3,690 LjSpike

@kikasshes yeah, but whenever I add a fourth gear people complain, anyway, kikasshes, you don't happen to be really good with rotators do you?
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25.2k kikasshes

@LjSpike You could put a little bumper gear like on the concorde if you have frequent tail strikes.
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3,690 LjSpike

@kikasshes well I always like to put the rear gears quite back so the tail is protected on landings.
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25.2k kikasshes

It was really nice actually, after I moved the rear gear forward. (Like this: http://i.imgur.com/Xeu4VNC.jpg)
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3,690 LjSpike

@A5Mod3us and @kikasshes what do you think?
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Midlands Frontier Prop

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