The N-8 Super STOL
This plane was made by me, but I had advice help.
The Plane...
This plane is called the N-8 Super STOL, and if you didn’t know that by now, your pretty stupid. Moving on, this plane is made for most if not all rough conditions. The only thing this plane can not over come is wind, as the planes top speed is around 130, and the wind can go 200, so there’s a 70 MPH difference! The plane also has a lot of drag, and likes to fall like a rock, the flaps ‘help’ but are mainly for taking off.
Controls
Ag-1 = Gyro
Ag-2 = Nav/Cockpit Lights
VTOL = Flaps
Trim = Trim
Gear = Nothing
Extra Info About The Build
This is my second STOL build attempt, and I would say this is a success! This is my most detailed plane, and one of my few planes to have a cockpit that works!
!Pilots Note!
As said before, the plane falls like a rock, so watch the airspeed! The plane has flaps, use them. Don’t forget if you use the AP and trim you can get a level flight.
My Estimated Amount of Upvotes: 15
-Enjoy
Specifications
Spotlights
- Strikefighter04 6.0 years ago
- Hyattorama 6.0 years ago
General Characteristics
- Successors 1 airplane(s)
- Created On iOS
- Wingspan 35.5ft (10.8m)
- Length 33.4ft (10.2m)
- Height 14.0ft (4.3m)
- Empty Weight 4,440lbs (2,013kg)
- Loaded Weight 5,001lbs (2,268kg)
Performance
- Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.159
- Wing Loading 12.3lbs/ft2 (60.0kg/m2)
- Wing Area 407.0ft2 (37.8m2)
- Drag Points 5870
Parts
- Number of Parts 149
- Control Surfaces 11
- Performance Cost 591
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@ACEPILOT109
Don’t worry about, still turned out great! @Hyattorama
Ah yes I remember now. Well it looks like I have a little feedback after the fact but still, I’m sorry I missed the chance while you were building :/
@ACEPILOT109 lol I feel you
Yeah, I was going to do that but I have up lol @Trijets
Good aircraft! I would like to say, you should add some suspension to the wheels next time. It is very stiff, and when i touch down, it like to unrealistically bounce, like a toy. (I guess my aircraft are like that too but shh)
Yeah, my builds only get 1/3 of the upvotes I expected lol @Hyattorama
Lol thanks guys, much appreciated! :D @Hyattorama @Chancey21
Haha why is that? Cause of SR2?@Chancey21
Yup, don’t be surprised if SP is like 25 people still active when you come back @Hyattorama
I’ll be happy to help when I’m back, and in the meantime, you might think of asking @Chancey21 for help, he is much more experienced than I am, and he’s helped me a ton on a lot of builds, so I’m guessing he might be willing to help :) @ACEPILOT109
Haha for sure man. Although, unfortunately, I won’t be able to help too much; in 7 days I’m leaving on a trip for about three months, and I won’t have any access to Internet. But I’ll be looking forward to getting back to SP afterwards :) @ACEPILOT109
Yay! Thanks man, I’m supper exited about this new style of building, and I will definitely be crawling to you for some help. Thanks for all the advice, and I’m not sure I will be building another STOL for like a month (mabye sooner). But I’ll come back after making some other random stuff! These types of planes are to complicated for my brain :D
@Hyattorama
Oops I forgot to upvote earlier haha sorry. Looks like you did a lot better than your expected number of upvotes, that’s awesome! Just about the same number of upvotes as my last STOL plane, so you’re obviously doing something right :)
Oh ok haha. Well maybe for your next STOL build? It’s still a great plane. Also, if you want, I can help. At least with the pistons, just let me know :) @ACEPILOT109
Thanks! @StallFlight
I’ll do my best to do that on the rest of my post, thank you @Chancey21
Thanks man! I did try to do that but I lost hope and just gave up. The xml is somthing I cant do because of iOS. @Hyattorama
Nice work.
Always put the stall speed in the description, also listen to Hyattorama. He’s right
Sweet!
Nice plane! I like how it flies.
Also btw I really like your presentation, nice job on that! :)
Also, just looking at the plane, proportionally, I’d say the primary wings should be longer and wider to fit with the length and size of the fuselage, and the size of the stabilizers. So it might be convenient for you to just increase the size of the primary wings and maybe not have to worry about xml editing at all. Like I said, the plane flies great. But for STOL, it would help to get the stall speed down some. Ideally, like 40-45 mph... it’s tricky but you can do it! Haha
Nice man, I like it! It flies really well. A couple things: for a STOL plane it would be good if the take off/stall speeds were lower. You can accomplish this by increasing the size of the primary wings (to decrease wing loading), or by reducing the weight of the plane with xml editing, or by moving the CoL forward so it’s pretty much directly above CoM (can be achieved by increasing primary wing size, and also potentially decreasing size of stabilizers. You have to dial it in to get the balance right). Or some combination of all of these things. And one more thing; the two pistons that actuate the throttle and mixture controls break under heavy G. You can fix that in Overload by making them unbreakable.