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F-111A Aardvark

68.5k Homemade1  3.5 years ago

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

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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
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    390 Relevance

    @A380Qaterair I can’t tell if you’re being sarcastic lol

    4 months ago
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    @Relevance wait fr?

    5 months ago
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    This thing sucks at take off

    9 months ago
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    0 Koko11

    @Homemade1 plss make this for carpet bombing

    1.2 years ago
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    390 Relevance

    @BadAtGaming13 lol the f-14 came after this plane

    +1 1.3 years ago
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    the only plane to have it's flyby sound recorded and put in the "golden disc"

    +2 1.8 years ago
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    @Random04 I’m pretty sure the Hellkeska is a SU-24 Fencer

    1.9 years ago
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    381 V1thebomb

    No Capsule Eject?

    +2 2.1 years ago
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    F-14 2.0 isn't real, it can't hurt you.
    F-14 2.0:

    2.2 years ago
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    the Swept wing needs a fix but overall great job you simplified this aircraft model and part count beautifully.

    3.5 years ago
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    2,709 Random04

    @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

    +1 3.5 years ago
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    2,709 Random04

    Doctor: Real life hellkeska isn't real.. It can't hurt you.

    Real life hellkeska:

    3.5 years ago
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    68.5k Homemade1

    @WhistlingDeath14 oh yeah...its the bomb who hit the main fuselage when you swing it fully

    3.5 years ago
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    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

    3.5 years ago
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    this is pretty good ngl

    3.5 years ago
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    15.3k Kangy

    @Souka Nah it's all good, common mistakes. Just try to get the top speed accurate

    3.5 years ago
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    68.5k Homemade1

    @Kangy so now im lacking of power...i usualy get to much power but now im lack of it..alright

    +1 3.5 years ago
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    15.3k Kangy

    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

    3.5 years ago
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    @Souka you've been shadow banned

    +2 3.5 years ago
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    @KnightOfRen oh

    3.5 years ago
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    How are you alive? Do we even know if you are dead or alive?

    3.5 years ago
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    48.8k EngieWeeb

    Good, clean, simple. Needs trim control but that's easy to add in myself. Beautifully well done at such a low part cost. :)

    3.5 years ago
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    42.7k Trainzo

    Very nice build . Great job .

    3.5 years ago
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    4,357 LBAereo

    very nice work!! like it bro' !!

    3.5 years ago
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    30.1k ALTMTR

    McNamara would be proud

    3.5 years ago
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