"Built of wood, the aircraft was designed and built in 1945 to test the novel canard configuration. It also used a tricycle undercarriage, the first used by the design bureau (OKB). It was modified to test a variety of vertical stabilizer and wing tip configurations and later used as a liaison aircraft for many years by the design bureau."
Did my best to do justice to this design, it's a truly elegant one. This particular one flies straight and level at about 240mph/70% throttle. Since it pitches down when slower than that, and pitches up when faster, it has a curious self-levelling effect when cruising.
Specifications
General Characteristics
- Created On Android
- Wingspan 26.4ft (8.0m)
- Length 21.0ft (6.4m)
- Height 9.0ft (2.7m)
- Empty Weight 2,028lbs (920kg)
- Loaded Weight 3,393lbs (1,539kg)
Performance
- Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.176
- Wing Loading 19.7lbs/ft2 (96.0kg/m2)
- Wing Area 172.6ft2 (16.0m2)
- Drag Points 1086
Parts
- Number of Parts 36
- Control Surfaces 12
- Performance Cost 204
Not my best, but pretty good 737... https://www.simpleplanes.com/a/a6HShv/Southwest-Boeing-737-700
@Skua I went to your profile. o_o
@TheGuyWhoFliesToGetHisPie thanks for all your votes! Sorta confused about how you found this one, though
And thanks!
Yeah, the engine is part of the fun haha. I like seeing an old P-80 go super fast
@BigCat that's a pretty nice plane you've made there - although the engine is so powerful that I had to keep it at 1% thrust to see the auto-levelling hahaha. Was definitely fun getting it past Mach 4 though
My P-80
@BigCat which one is it?
Nice plane man! One of my planes does the level at this speed, pitch up past, and pitch down under thing. It's kind of weird how some planes do that.