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Flying Turtle

10.3k TurtlesThatFly  4.4 years ago

Armed with a fast firing autocannon firing explosive slugs and four Wing MGs, the Flying Turtles are a force to be wary of. They however cannot land so they usually expend their airframes and parachute down. Currently, they are attempting to figure out how to create a plane they can land, but for now, they use these. They keep an uneasy peace with Mega Ducc.

I created this for multiple reasons. First, it was because of this exchange I had between Dllama4 (BoganBoganTheWoman) on the SPBC a while back:
It was also because of a recent conversation about my peculiar name on another server (SimplePlanes Safe Haven), which turned into a little competition about making a flying turtle (I didn’t screenshot the convo, sorry), my account turning 4, and because I was frustrated with something on my next plane, and wanted to build something fun.

The plane flies kind of like a heavy fighter. It cannot land or take off, so it’s best to spawn in the air. To compensate for the landing part, the turtle can detach from the plane, parachute down, and can sorta walk around awkwardly on the ground, which is expected of a turtle. Dogfighting is fun - for some reason the turtle has the upper edge most of the time, and I seriously don’t know why because of it’s slow pitch response. Maybe it’s because of it’s small size? Anyways, enjoy as always.

AG1 to detach the turtle. AG2 to deploy parachute (this also activates the gyro so you can control the turtle itself). Yes, this is the turtle in my pfp.

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General Characteristics

  • Created On iOS
  • Wingspan 33.2ft (10.1m)
  • Length 18.5ft (5.6m)
  • Height 6.7ft (2.0m)
  • Empty Weight 4,629lbs (2,099kg)
  • Loaded Weight 5,185lbs (2,352kg)

Performance

  • Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.385
  • Wing Loading 23.6lbs/ft2 (115.4kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 219.3ft2 (20.4m2)
  • Drag Points 2499

Parts

  • Number of Parts 129
  • Control Surfaces 12
  • Performance Cost 415
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    @BusterShortWolf They were fools

    +1 3.8 years ago
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    7,899 WhoflerMan

    They said it could not be done

    3.8 years ago
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    3,579 RPC3503

    I saw it in my jet stream again =)

    +1 3.8 years ago
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    My god the last picture is adorable

    +2 4.4 years ago
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    Good job with the turtle lol, I thought it was a joke when you said you were doing this.

    +1 4.4 years ago
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    “ Seeing as you mentioned the SPSH, I’ll link it for anyone who wants to join ^-^
    https://discord.gg/49T6emP
    definitely not self promo”
    JOIN OR BE DESTROYED

    +1 4.4 years ago
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    427 Nademaj

    cute

    +1 4.4 years ago
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    41.8k Ren

    @TurtlesThatFly. Literally.

    +1 4.4 years ago
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    13.0k Graves04

    Looks amazing mate!

    +2 4.4 years ago
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    13.0k Graves04

    Seeing as you mentioned the SPSH, I’ll link it for anyone who wants to join ^-^

    https://discord.gg/49T6emP

    definitely not self promo

    +1 4.4 years ago