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Thrust Vectoring Plane

38.0k AeroEngineering  9.5 years ago
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A thrust vectoring plane. this wasn't intended to be official gold reads plane, and it isn't. my gold relese planes will be awsome. anyway, i need help with this plane.It stalls way too easily. I think extra peer the doesn't vector may help, but I'm too busy to test that.

General Characteristics

  • Predecessor Vectoring prototype
  • Successors 1 airplane(s)
  • Created On Android
  • Wingspan 31.7ft (9.7m)
  • Length 32.1ft (9.8m)
  • Height 8.0ft (2.4m)
  • Empty Weight 6,415lbs (2,909kg)
  • Loaded Weight 17,105lbs (7,758kg)

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 0.788
  • Wing Loading 68.4lbs/ft2 (333.8kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 250.2ft2 (23.2m2)
  • Drag Points 3178

Parts

  • Number of Parts 78
  • Control Surfaces 14
  • Performance Cost 338
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    I've modded the engines for you x10, and dropped the rotators down to 5 degree rotation. I've moved the COM way forward. Still needs work on aerodynamics, maybe horizontal stablisers need to be bigger, and some balancing etc.

    http://www.simpleplanes.com/a/7z84y7/aF-17-Strizh

    9.5 years ago
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    6,057 Kevpilot

    More power. Ik it sounds crazy, but if a TVC plane doesn't have enough power to hold the nose up and climb, it just does not go well

    9.5 years ago
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    @lowobservable I just tried putting a molded engine in and it was still extremely unstable. I guess the design is just unstable like that, it flies like an x-31

    9.5 years ago
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    I moved the com way forward and enlarged the tail slightly to more the col back, but it was still really unstable. I think that it might be lacking in raw power, and that under speed it might become less prone to stalls

    9.5 years ago