Alright yo, this one's complicated. It's tricky to fly and might occasionally explode for no reason. Probably has no chance of ever running on mobile, sorry.
What you've got is a Search-and-Rescue styled airplane with a small zodiac-style dinghy. Basically you pilot the dinghy, which fits inside the airplane's hold, allowing you to fly the plane with the dinghy inside. The plane can then be landed and the dinghy offloaded.
Please read the following carefully:
Press 1 to detach and activate the VTOL engine that powers the dinghy. Put the VTOL slider up for forwards, down for reverse. Keep the throttle UNDER 8%. Turn with yaw controls. Once you get loaded in the airplane, deactivate the VTOL engine.
Loading can be a bit tricky. If you get stuck, try wiggling with the yaw controls and/or using the brakes to 'hop' into the bay.
Press 2 to turn the aircraft's engines on and off.
Press 3 to activate door hydraulics, and close the door by moving the VTOL slider up. DEACTIVATE group 3 once the dinghy is loaded to lock the door.
Press 4 to activate wing trim rotors. Use the VTOL slider to adjust trim. In order to take off from the water, it is necessary to use the wing trim JUST A FEW DEGREES to increase lift until the hull is airborne. 25% VTOL is usually enough to take off.
NOTE: When the wing is at high angles of attack (>25% on the VTOL slider), the roll controls become inverted, which can make take-off tricky.
My typical take-off sequence is to detach the dinghy and use 1-2% throttle (and lots of brakes) to maneuver it around to the end of the airplane. Once the plane is loaded, press 1 to deactivate the dinghy, and then press 3 to close the door. Press it again to lock the door in the closed position. Press 4 to activate the wing trim and put the VTOL slider up for take-off. Press 2 to activate the main engines. Raise the landing gear and throttle up. Water take-off speed is right around 100mph. I usually fiddle with the wing trim while accelerating, and I've found that just a few degrees of trim are sufficient to lift the hull out of the water. I usually return wing trim to neutral as soon as I'm airborne, and then use slight trim adjustments to correct the pitch as needed.
Additionally, the plane can be flown by remote from the dinghy (which lets you get really cool fly-bys) or the cockpits can be switched and the dinghy operated remotely (though it makes docking a bit more difficult).
Up next is a VTOL concept with a dockable wheeled vehicle.
Specifications
General Characteristics
- Successors 1 airplane(s)
- Created On Windows
- Wingspan 55.5ft (16.9m)
- Length 59.7ft (18.2m)
- Height 14.6ft (4.5m)
- Empty Weight 18,966lbs (8,603kg)
- Loaded Weight 23,019lbs (10,441kg)
Performance
- Power/Weight Ratio 1.562
- Wing Loading 35.4lbs/ft2 (172.9kg/m2)
- Wing Area 650.1ft2 (60.4m2)
- Drag Points 10021
Parts
- Number of Parts 399
- Control Surfaces 6
- Performance Cost 1,570
Also it runs on my kindle boiiiiiiss
Ok
@Phantom051 This is one of the oldest aircraft on the site, unfortunately it has been broken for a long time because of game updates. Perhaps I'll make an updated version sometime.
And the engines dont work
It dont fly