Piston Power Twin engine Biplane
10.9k Belloaka
1.4 years ago
video of me building this plane
Info:
This plane is based off of my single engine version. It is significantly better than the single engine version. This plane is powered by two mechanical piston engines that spin in opposite directions to avoid uneven torques. These engines are pushed to their performance limits with massive 4 bladed propellers. At max prop pitch the blades are almost at a 90° angle with the incoming air. The plane can reach a max speed of around 115 mph in a straight line. I attempted to make it look halfway decent in this video
Controls:
If you forget the controls, check craft instructions.
Activate1
= Open canopyVTOL
= FlapsTrim
= Prop pitchThrottle
= Engine speedFireGuns
= Start engine (Use with throttle)Pitch
,Roll
,Yaw
, &Brake
= Normal flight controls
how to fly:
- Hold space bar
fireguns
and then slowly increase throttle to 100% - Next start at default prop pitch, and then slowly increase moving
trim
up as the speed increases. - At this point, you should be able to
pitch
up a little bit and takeoff. - Once you're flying set, the prop pitch
Trim
to its maximum. (Note: Climbing is slow, if you pitch up too steeply, it will stall.) - To land, decrease prop pitch
Trim
and lower the flapsVTOL
notes:
- This is not a replica. It's a fully original design.
- For the engines to run, it does not require fuel, and it can even run underwater Note:(the starters won't work underwater.)
- The
Yaw
control on this plane is surprisingly good. You can actually turn faster with the rutter, then with the traditionalroll
andpitch
method. - Feel free to use this design in any of your own builds, although I would appreciate it if you credited me in the description. Thanks!
Enjoy!
Specifications
General Characteristics
- Created On Mac
- Wingspan 125.5ft (38.3m)
- Length 61.5ft (18.7m)
- Height 31.2ft (9.5m)
- Empty Weight N/A
- Loaded Weight 14,008lbs (6,354kg)
Performance
- Power/Weight Ratio 0.24
- Wing Loading 5.5lbs/ft2 (27.0kg/m2)
- Wing Area 2,536.2ft2 (235.6m2)
- Drag Points 4169
Parts
- Number of Parts 180
- Control Surfaces 18
- Performance Cost 1,128
I'm almost to five digits :)
@SBACERT Thanks! Yeah, the torque is pretty serious.
Cool stuff feels like starting a real engine
Epiccc
Yo, thx
@50CalChicken thank you
This is amazing, very smooth and something I am glad to see.
@ChamDel78