Because of everyone who upvoted and spotlighted this plane, it became my first one to reach the 1st page. Thanks to all of you!
Background
XF-53 is an experimental aircraft made to test propellers with thrust vectoring control to improve pitch maneuverability. A contra-rotating propeller layout was chosen to eliminate the effects of prop wash on the roll and yaw axis while the propeller is angled. The philosophy of the aircraft is to angle itself properly and take a shot from its two devastating 150mm with 50 rounds each cannons, once and for all.
Controls
- VTOL for propeller blade pitch
- Pitch also controls propeller angle
- Standard pitch, roll, throttle, yaw
Some cool screenshots
Taking off from USS Tiny Two
Flying above USS Tiny Two and 2 destroyers
Just after shooting down a target drone
Hope you enjoy flying this plane!
And don't forget to upvote if you like it!
Specifications
Spotlights
- VenusLancer 1.5 years ago
- 420IsMyGod 1.5 years ago
- EasternPatrick 1.5 years ago
- Icey21 1.5 years ago
- MentallyDistorted 1.5 years ago
- SkyJayTheFirst 1.5 years ago
- Rjenteissussy 1.5 years ago
General Characteristics
- Created On Android
- Wingspan 44.3ft (13.5m)
- Length 37.7ft (11.5m)
- Height 13.7ft (4.2m)
- Empty Weight 15,118lbs (6,857kg)
- Loaded Weight 20,053lbs (9,096kg)
Performance
- Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.099
- Wing Loading 41.3lbs/ft2 (201.5kg/m2)
- Wing Area 485.8ft2 (45.1m2)
- Drag Points 0
Parts
- Number of Parts 118
- Control Surfaces 11
- Performance Cost 652
Contra-rotating propellers? Engine vectoring?
two heavy-artillery guns on a fighter?
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Welp, the engineers have unionized. Seem to be waving red flags, even.
This is a really cool concept! I like it a lot.
@DumbPlaneMaker yah I really like that mechanic, makes the plane much more dynamic to fly.
Another borzoi enjoyer I see
Thats a interesing idea, a lot of time ago i considered to make one prototype of a engine like this, but it didn't convinced me
@32 Increase propeller pitch when it overspeeds
engine destroyed from overspeeding@Carbon2128 That's the catch of manually controlling the prop pitch, you have to set a value that both gives adequate acceleration and doesn't overspeed
Bro made a supersonic prop fighter.
HELL YE'
WAIT. WHAT THE F###
op for my p-51 mustang psm
Is there a way to get rid of the over speed thing?
Sky Crawlers
@AnomalyYeet Thanks, didn't know that
@FlyingPatriot
@IceCraftGaming
@100
@DumbPlaneMaker You can only do 3 tags per comment, all others tags below the 3 you do won't be received.
Very smooth controls
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