Auto Credit Based on WisconsinStatePolice's X-353 olive
X-353 / Grackle
Fictional light CAS VTOL
Ag3 - Navigation lights, strobes, beacons
Ag4 - Formation lights
Ag7 - EW systems and Countermeasures
Ag8 - VTOL mode (gyro)
VTOL slider full up - Engines forward (5)
VTOL slider half up - Transition between forward and vertical flight (47)
VTOL slider center - Engines vertical / hover (90)
VTOL slider full down - Engines reverse / nose down hover (123)
To takeoff:
- trim full nose-up, VTOL Centered, Throttle 75-100%.
- Pitch nose down gently to build speed once airborne, maintain positive rate of climb.
- Attain 100ft AGL, VTOL Half up,
- Maintain positive rate of climb, continue building airspeed.
- At 140kts deactivate AG8, VTOL full up, manage pitch to continue gentle climb and build airspeed.
Nose down hover (death stare)
the tank has accepted his fate
Specifications
Spotlights
- WinsWings 3 months ago
General Characteristics
- Predecessor X-353 olive
- Created On Windows
- Wingspan 35.3ft (10.8m)
- Length 32.6ft (9.9m)
- Height 11.6ft (3.5m)
- Empty Weight 8,442lbs (3,829kg)
- Loaded Weight 9,515lbs (4,316kg)
Performance
- Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.21
- Wing Loading 53.9lbs/ft2 (263.1kg/m2)
- Wing Area 176.6ft2 (16.4m2)
- Drag Points 6409
Parts
- Number of Parts 162
- Control Surfaces 7
- Performance Cost 733
@WisconsinStatePolice looks like a Cheyenne heli, an Osprey, and a OV-10 Bronco hybridized. Really awesome!!!!
Greg
@DatFiat126Fan19
I built it dawg
where the heck did you get the tank dawg
with this, you could join my VTOL challenge
@WisconsinStatePolice
Yes, a static model
@CrestelAeronautics
Ey random question, are you looking for just a static model? What are you expecting?
@CrestelAeronautics
Here’s the project sitrep:
Concept: made
Base model: acquired
Progress: zero
ok this thing is so much fun
I wanna make a tilt rotor now
@WisconsinStatePolice
Update on WSO?
Snap, crackle and pop are the elf's who make cookies, but nobody ever said anything about their plane called grackle
@LunarEclipseSP except there was maybe a little bit of a threesome with the v-22, so you can’t really tell who the dad is
If AH-56 & V-280 had a secret love baby