The General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark is a retired American supersonic, medium-range interdictor and tactical attack aircraft that also filled the roles of strategic nuclear bomber, aerial reconnaissance, and electronic-warfare aircraft in its various versions. The word "aardvark" is Afrikaans for "earth pig" and reflects the look of the long nose of the aircraft that might remind one of the nose of the aardvark. Developed in the 1960s by General Dynamics, it entered service in 1967 with the United States Air Force. The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) also ordered the type and began operating F-111Cs in 1973.
The F-111 pioneered several technologies for production aircraft, including variable-sweep wings, afterburning turbofan engines, and automated terrain-following radar for low-level, high-speed flight. Its design influenced later variable-sweep wing aircraft, and some of its advanced features have since become commonplace. The F-111 suffered a variety of problems during initial development. Several of its intended roles, such as an aircraft carrier-based naval interceptor with the F-111B, failed to materialize.
USAF F-111s were retired during the 1990s with the F-111Fs in 1996 and EF-111s in 1998. The F-111 was replaced in USAF service by the F-15E Strike Eagle for medium-range precision strike missions, while the supersonic bomber role has been assumed by the B-1B Lancer. The RAAF was the last operator of the F-111, with its aircraft serving until December 2010.
Control:
VTOL= Swing the wing
The rest is normal flight control
Reference pic:
ingame Pic:
have fun
Specifications
Spotlights
- TMach5 3.7 years ago
- Inuyasha8215 3.7 years ago
General Characteristics
- Successors 8 airplane(s) +49 bonus
- Created On Android
- Wingspan 44.5ft (13.6m)
- Length 54.3ft (16.6m)
- Height 13.2ft (4.0m)
- Empty Weight N/A
- Loaded Weight 18,027lbs (8,177kg)
Performance
- Power/Weight Ratio 3.739
- Wing Loading 70.1lbs/ft2 (342.1kg/m2)
- Wing Area 257.3ft2 (23.9m2)
- Drag Points 886
Parts
- Number of Parts 211
- Control Surfaces 3
- Performance Cost 1,211
@A380Qaterair I can’t tell if you’re being sarcastic lol
@Relevance wait fr?
This thing sucks at take off
@Homemade1 plss make this for carpet bombing
@BadAtGaming13 lol the f-14 came after this plane
the only plane to have it's flyby sound recorded and put in the "golden disc"
@Random04 I’m pretty sure the Hellkeska is a SU-24 Fencer
No Capsule Eject?
F-14 2.0 isn't real, it can't hurt you.
F-14 2.0:
the Swept wing needs a fix but overall great job you simplified this aircraft model and part count beautifully.
@Souka i think you should make bigger wings.. Make it bigger and scale it down.. Because when the wing is fully swept it doesn't really lift
Doctor: Real life hellkeska isn't real.. It can't hurt you.
Real life hellkeska:
@WhistlingDeath14 oh yeah...its the bomb who hit the main fuselage when you swing it fully
This is pretty good but I moded the 2 back engines and put the power multiplier back to 1 instead of 0.15 and it fixed the speed performance and when rolling it sounds like some parts don’t have the collision response turned off through mods cause parts start to break otherwise tho good job
this is pretty good ngl
@Souka Nah it's all good, common mistakes. Just try to get the top speed accurate
@Kangy so now im lacking of power...i usualy get to much power but now im lack of it..alright
After some test flights, I decided this deserved the upvote, it's got a pretty good flight model, although, I must admit, when the wings are swept, the flight performance isn't realistic at all
The top speed is lacking a lot at low altitude
But the good parts are all there! The swing wing at first, amazing work on that, props to you. Secondly, the part count is amazing, pretty sure you're the only person on the site who can build a plane with such a low part count with a cockpit outline.
All I recommend is to work on the flight model, it'd make your aircraft stand out for me and many others
@Souka you've been shadow banned
@KnightOfRen oh
How are you alive? Do we even know if you are dead or alive?
Good, clean, simple. Needs trim control but that's easy to add in myself. Beautifully well done at such a low part cost. :)
Very nice build . Great job .
very nice work!! like it bro' !!
McNamara would be proud