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Vision - AirBorn Air Carrier

10.3k VisionAviation  3.6 years ago

The ABAC (AirBorn Air Carrier) is exactly what the name suggests. It's an Air Carrier that can fly itself.

It's not as big as conventional sea operated air carriers, but it should still be able to house a reasonable fight group and it can transport and deploy them anywhere, anytime, fast!

Now, I was doubting whether or not to have actual flying planes on it, which did work in testing. But unfortunately the performance impact of this airship is pretty big and having flying planes on board made it just a lot worse.

However, even though this air carrier can fly, it can also still float on water so it can also be used as a more conventional air carrier.

It also comes with a somewhat modelled cockpit.

Take-off

Loading Bay

Deck lights

Activation 1: Open loading bay
Activation 3: Activate VTOL controls
Activation 7: Toggle deck lights
Activation 8: All other lights

It hovers around 77% throttle and for landing I recommend alternating between 76% and 78%. For take-off, 80% is plenty but of course 100% just makes it all a lot quicker.
It's pretty slow at yawing so I recommend mostly using pitch and roll.

Have fun!

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General Characteristics

  • Created On Windows
  • Wingspan 186.9ft (57.0m)
  • Length 577.4ft (176.0m)
  • Height 52.9ft (16.1m)
  • Empty Weight 903,520lbs (409,830kg)
  • Loaded Weight 903,520lbs (409,830kg)

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 0.179
  • Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.132
  • Wing Loading 61.0lbs/ft2 (297.8kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 14,814.5ft2 (1,376.3m2)
  • Drag Points 60584

Parts

  • Number of Parts 1276
  • Control Surfaces 4
  • Performance Cost 6,558