F-8 Crusader
10.3k Type89igo
3.7 years ago
Specifications
Spotlights
- EngieWeeb 3.7 years ago
- ShiroNeko 3.7 years ago
- Inuyasha8215 3.7 years ago
General Characteristics
- Created On Android
- Wingspan 35.1ft (10.7m)
- Length 56.1ft (17.1m)
- Height 19.4ft (5.9m)
- Empty Weight 14,317lbs (6,494kg)
- Loaded Weight 25,259lbs (11,457kg)
Performance
- Power/Weight Ratio 3.202
- Wing Loading 41.1lbs/ft2 (200.9kg/m2)
- Wing Area 613.9ft2 (57.0m2)
- Drag Points 4382
Parts
- Number of Parts 137
- Control Surfaces 3
- Performance Cost 968
Well, I’d say it’s not a bad effort at all. Interestingly enough, though it uses the biggest SP engine possible (though I also assume it’s power has been reduced), it flies a fairly accurate top speed at both SL and at altitude. That’s hard to do in SP, so I wonder if it’s the huge amount of thrust that’s been reduced that’s the trick here. It does have horrendously fast acceleration, though, and that’s a drawback. But it’s simple, while being refreshingly accurate in many ways. One thing that really detracts from the flight model is the use of the Cessna wing...no RL jet fighter uses a flat bottomed airfoil and this build flies like it has a flat bottom airfoil. It pitches wildly at higher speeds, it floats on landing, it’s impossible to set an aimpoint on approach. I changed the airfoils to symmetric to see if that improved things and, guess what? It actually flies much, much better with the symmetric airfoil. I have no idea why builders like that Cessna wing, I hardly ever use it for my builds as the in game symmetric airfoil possesses many of the characteristics of its RL equivalents. If you’re building a Cessna that cruises at 110 mph, fine, use the flat bottomed wing, but if you’re building a jet fighter, especially one like the F-8, the “Last of the Gunfighters”, give it a low drag, high speed symmetric wing!