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Yodha Kirpaan /Early (early war)

1,130 guyrot2010  8.6 years ago

Enter The first Indian fighter on the alternate WW2 roleplay!
This plane is my first creation, and was made from scratch (except from the tail elevators, those belonged to @Samwhise).
A very special thank you is for @BlackHawkIndustries, who came up with the epic name ("yodha" Means "fearless" in hindi, and a"Kirpaan" is a hindi sacrifitial sword/dagger)

A little abut the plane:
The Yodha Kirpaan (Buzz code PK) was created by the Indian air force on the start of world war 2 (whe alternate one) as a countermesure against the invading Japanese's air superiority.
While the original plane the Kirpaan was designed after was a russian S-22, it has been modified, and no remains of the S-22 are still visible on those planes, except the tail elevators.
While researching and trying to find ways to improve the plane, the IAF's engeneers found out that replacing some of the wheights with sand bags improved it's performance and solved many problems, such as the plane's nose pitching up during flight and spinning out of control sometimes when firing.
The front machine gun's were also moved and replaced with indian-made ones. A much larger wheel base was installed, and the plane ceased to crash while taking off due to small wheel base, though it's still yaws to the right for sime reason.
The plane proved to be very vounrable in dogfights, as pretty much evry calliber could penetrate it's armor. However, the Kirpaan covered this by being one of the most manouverable planes made during ww2, cloacking at speeds as fast as 331kmph and being able to fly slower then almost any othe plane as well, with a minimum flight speed of around 80 kmph.
A new engine was also installed, and altrough it wasn't as good as the S-22's engine, it was lighter, and made the plane more fuel conserving.
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NOTES:
for take off, go 100% throttle and pitch up until you get off the ground.
Be careful not to brake too much at landing, or the plane might flip.
There is 1 camera in front of the cockpit for better cockpit-like view.
A lot of credit goes to @Samwise, since originally I used his S-22, and the whole plane was based on the S-22. (the Kirpaan is using only the tail elevators and a little part of the fulsage of the S-22 now, but originaly it was supposed to be built around the S-22 and not use it as inspiration)

General Characteristics

  • Successors 4 airplane(s)
  • Created On Windows
  • Wingspan 38.1ft (11.6m)
  • Length 34.7ft (10.6m)
  • Height 10.4ft (3.2m)
  • Empty Weight 10,254lbs (4,651kg)
  • Loaded Weight 10,254lbs (4,651kg)

Performance

  • Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.185
  • Wing Loading 16.4lbs/ft2 (80.2kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 624.0ft2 (58.0m2)
  • Drag Points 3515

Parts

  • Number of Parts 180
  • Control Surfaces 18
  • Performance Cost 648
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    1,130 guyrot2010

    @Static the B series is uploaded, with a nice cockpit. you can go chack it out if you want

    8.6 years ago
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    1,503 Samwise

    @guyrot2010 ok. I would have appreciated it being a succesor, but I like the plane anyways. Just on a side note for anyone who would like to see it, the original is here

    8.6 years ago
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    4,845 SolarisAir

    Keep going like this, and you will be platinum soon.

    8.6 years ago
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    1,130 guyrot2010

    @BlackHawkIndustries yes, though originally it was for the previous chapter. Also, check the SUCCESORS tab, there's a surprise for you there

    8.6 years ago
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    @guyrot2010 you made this for red ice? the alternate ww2 rp?

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    1,130 guyrot2010

    @BlackHawkIndustries Thanks! also, stay around, I have another surprise :)

    8.6 years ago
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    @guyrot2010 thanks for mentioning me! ^_^ nice plane too!

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    1,130 guyrot2010

    @General360

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    1,130 guyrot2010

    @Samwise Fixed the text, check the bottom. I do admit the S-22 WAS originally the base for the Kirpaar, and it was supposed to be just a modified version of it, but at the end i ended up replacing almost evrything. Your plane was important thou, without it I wouldn't have got the idea for this plane :D
    So, thank you from the bottom of my heart :)
    Also, you can see it's not a succesor to your S-22 :/

    8.6 years ago
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    1,130 guyrot2010

    Also, @Static , a better rear for the cockpit is avilable, but only at later veriations of the fighter.

    8.6 years ago
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    1,503 Samwise

    @guyrot2010 Looks nice, although I would prefer a bit more credit than just the elevators :) you could just say my plane was a base for this new one. I did build the whole original plane, after all. :)

    8.6 years ago
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    1,130 guyrot2010

    @Static Thanks! I agree on the topic of the cockpit, but it's modelled similarly to a single-seated IL-2, and it's important for making the plane balanced :)

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    5,312 Static

    Amazing looking... You get an upvote just based on looks. If I could upvote twice, I would. Cockpit could do with a rear, but it looks fine the way it is.

    8.6 years ago