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Mechanical Onithopter V4

328k SpiritusRaptor  9.1 years ago
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Auto Credit Based on SpiritusRaptor's Mechanical Onithopter V3 by SR - SINGLE WING

Revisited the mechanically powered Ornithopter idea. With new materials and techniques she is now quite stable and the wings actually flap.

For take-off; 100% power, she will take a bit to get moving, but she will. At around 80mph release the wheels and don't climb to steeply, maybe 5%,

Keep her above 100mph ideally. Use VTOL to trim the pitch, I have found between center and the first upper notch to be the sweet spot. She also lands and takes off in water.

Enjoy. SR.

General Characteristics

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 1.064
  • Wing Loading 8.2lbs/ft2 (39.9kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 1,550.3ft2 (144.0m2)
  • Drag Points 8111

Parts

  • Number of Parts 144
  • Control Surfaces 10
  • Performance Cost 664
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    2,373 221131

    Wow

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    Thanks :) @PhilipTarpley

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    Simply incredible...can't believe the stuff you've come up with.

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    Жаль,у меня не полная версия Simple Planes,ща бы скачал!

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    @Stampede Depends, on the fighter jets, I spend a fair bit of time researching and looking at pictures, however the build is maybe a 3 sessions eg. afternoons, unless I get a snag. The longer reseaching and thinking about the build the quicker it goes.

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    @Stampede How g?

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    2,647 mixhaelr

    really cool design but the engines turned off midair and it still said i had 100% fuel?

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    3,840 BigCat

    Wow. That is absolutely amazing!

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    Thanks @FlOu

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    Thanks @TheLatentImage

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    9,382 FlOu

    Dude you're really an SP engineer

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    Wow, this thing is really cool. Superb execution man.

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    Thanks @Cedy117

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    78.0k Cedy117

    Cool you always make awesome stuff

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    42.8k Kimo

    Genius!

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    3,382 Jasperjl

    Cool disign!

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    Awesome. Absolutely sweet

    9.1 years ago