My First Piston Powered Non-Modded Propeller Plane
Okay, I admit it. This plane looks terrible. It could not win a beauty pageant even if it was the only contestant. But, it was made for different reasons than to be appealing to the eye. I have made planes that could fly forever without fuel, (for example an ornithopter), but I have always wanted to have a plane that could fly without fuel, but was also propeller powered. I probably just wanted this because of the feeling of having one, no real reason. Sadly, this was insanely hard to build. After about a month of experimenting, I finally made a piston contraption that could spin a propeller. It may look simple, but a lot of work was put into it haha. Anyways, here's how to fly it, and be warned- there is a chance that I may butcher this because it is kind of hard to explain, and this thing will have little mercy for even the most innocent of pilot errors.
How to Fly-
1: Put the VTOL Stick to the top quarter of the bar, I suggest about in the middle of the top quarter. If it is not within the top quarter section,it may provide more thrust, but there is a good chance it could not function correctly.
2: Set throttle to 100%. You must spool up the throttle stick as quickly as you can, not slowly. If you do it slowly, you may have trouble with engine performance. If you do mess something up, simply just spool it down to 0% and try again.
3: If you did everything correctly, then you should be accelerating. From here, just simply wait until you are roughly at 90 mph and pull up. You can now enjoy your limitless flight.
P.S. If you see the plane “jerking” around in flight or on the ground, then that means that your VTOL Stick is too low. just pull the VTOL Stick a little higher up, making sure it is within the top quarter, It should become more stable.
Controls-
VTOL Lever: Propeller Pitch
*Throttle, Roll, Pitch, Yaw, Trim, and Gear are the same as in conventional planes.
P.S. Sorry for all of the writing, I think this is my largest description for a plane yet haha
P.P.S. Make sure you are in the “high” physics setting :)
P.P.P.S. I am working on a Quadcopter using these engines, and I plan to make a more powerful version of the engines that can support larger propellers, hopefully leading to cargo planes running on them.
Specifications
Spotlights
- destroyerP 7.2 years ago
- Baldeagle086 7.2 years ago
- PyrusEnderhunter 7.2 years ago
- Ryn176 7.2 years ago
- JohnnyBoythePilot 7.2 years ago
General Characteristics
- Created On iOS
- Wingspan 72.3ft (22.0m)
- Length 41.9ft (12.8m)
- Height 32.9ft (10.0m)
- Empty Weight 6,710lbs (3,043kg)
- Loaded Weight 6,710lbs (3,043kg)
Performance
- Wing Loading 4.8lbs/ft2 (23.5kg/m2)
- Wing Area 1,394.6ft2 (129.6m2)
- Drag Points 14645
Parts
- Number of Parts 112
- Control Surfaces 11
- Performance Cost 723
Thanks! @PlaneBoy3
I appreciate your accomplishment in engineering. PS, I was your 700th downloader.
‘Tis a relic of many months of mechanics
Very much yes @RYMA232Aeronautics
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@IzzyIA Np
Thank You! @sexylips35
Cool!
Oh crap, I’m sorry, I just realized what that sounded like. I meant my first piston powered plane. Changing now, thanks for the heads up. @robloxweponco
Erhm this is not
inhales, then begins to sing in a British accent Those magnificent men and their flying machines, they go up-diddly-up-up, they go down-diddly-down-down...
@IzzyIA Thanks! Really looking forward to seeing it.
@IzzyIA Np! :D
Thanks a ton guys :) @destroyerP @Ryn176
Oh... WOW!
This actually works perfectly alright! Nice job on this!
Thanks for the feedback. Yeah I will try my best to make a low physics version, but don’t have high hopes lol. I don’t really have a plan for doing this but i will do some experimenting :) @horizoneer
@IzzyIA no problem. Its an amazing build, but my LG g7 tablet can't really take high settings. Hope you can make a version that uses low physics.
Hey guys, thanks for all of the upvotes! Didn’t really expect that haha