PREVIEW McDonnell Douglas C/F-18A Hornet
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8 months ago
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Auto Credit Based on Lifewald's High Alpha Research Vehicle (F-18 HARV)
A preview of how the new Hornet Update will looks like! All the instruction are on the platform, take time to read everythings!
Specifications
Spotlights
- Bryan5 8 months ago
General Characteristics
- Predecessor High Alpha Research Vehicle (F-18 HARV)
- Created On Windows
- Wingspan 43.1ft (13.1m)
- Length 68.1ft (20.8m)
- Height 24.3ft (7.4m)
- Empty Weight 1,116,278lbs (506,336kg)
- Loaded Weight 1,215,394lbs (551,294kg)
Performance
- Power/Weight Ratio 0.083
- Wing Loading 2,219.6lbs/ft2 (10,837.2kg/m2)
- Wing Area 547.6ft2 (50.9m2)
- Drag Points 12573
Parts
- Number of Parts 2547
- Control Surfaces 8
- Performance Cost 12,454
@Warwolf182 de rien 👍
@Bryan5 Merci pour le spotlight mon ami!!! très aprécier!
@florky hahaha hope it will work
@Warwolf182 don't worry, I'll be getting my high-end phone fixed later
@florky 🤧😢
@Warwolf182 r.i.p
@florky oh, I'm sorry, with the new engine exhaust, there is many more part in movement, a good CPU and graphics card is needed. This plane can no longer be mobile friendly😢
@florky Thank you friend! I appreciate that really!
@Warwolf182 my phone definitely can't handle this hahshshahsha
@florky thank you sir
@waylaymythz you are a damn genius!!!
@waylaymythz thanks my friend!
@Warwolf182 So for the weight it can be confusing for some people so I'll explain best I can. So, for most naval fighter jets used by the U.S. are replenished by JP-5 which is a high-performance kerosene-based fuel that is similar to commercial Jet A fuel but has additional additives to meet military specifications (I personally use to work with this stuff a lot). Anyway, the weight of one gallon of this fuel type is approximately 6.7 pounds. The F-18 Hornet has an empty weight of approximately 23,000 lbs. with a standard fuel capacity that sits around 10,800 pounds (1,611 U.S. gal). It has three internal fuel tanks: one in the center fuselage and one in each wing. It's not entirely clear on how much each of these tanks hold so I may have to get back with you on that. But with all that information, the aircraft should sit somewhere around 33,800 lbs. without ordnance and external fuel sources.
@Warwolf182 I'll definitely see what I can do!
@waylaymythz you know what?! If you are able I agree letting you do it, you seem more able than me, if you want to test the plane just remove the glass stand you'll only have the plane ready to fly, see what you can do with it and republish it and tag me, I'm following you😉 I will credit you for shure on the official release🤘 we can also discuss on Instagram if you want it would be a pleasure to talk with you mate!
@waylaymythz also dont forget that for the agility of the plane, I'm using Lifewald's trust vectoring concept, I don't know if adding real thrust to weight ratio will remove this agility, also sorry for mistakes, I'm french😅 I'm doing my best!
@waylaymythz wow, that's a real game knowledge and math usage, thanks Bro, I shure will modified this, I'm also working on the weight but for the fuel capacity, I have no choice to set it Higher than the real one unless there is a fuel use parameter with the fine or XML parameter
@Warwolf182 Nope problem brother. Hey! When you come back to work on this, consider adding an accurate thrust-to-weight ratio. Many creators tend to add too much power to the engines of their jets. To ensure accuracy, gather information about the jet's powerplant and use that to adjust the engine power in the game. Each engine in the game has a default power setting. For example, the jet engine used on the Wasp has a thrust force of 33,721 lbf, while the real-world version in the F-18A/C/D has around 17,700 lbf at maximum power and 11,000 lbf of dry thrust.
To calculate the accurate thrust, divide the dry thrust (11,000 lbf) by the engine's thrust force (33,721 lbf). This will give you a power output of approximately 0.3262. Use this value as the overload engine multiplier, which is typically set as 1 in the game.
For the afterburner (if you're using a VTOL engine), use the same calculation. Subtract the dry thrust (11,000 lbf) from the maximum thrust (17,700 lbf) to get 6,700 lbf. Then multiply this value by 2 and divide the product by the VTOL engine's power, which is 13,489 lbf by default. This will give you a result of approximately 0.9934. Now with all the math out the way the aircraft should have a total thrust of 35,400 lbf.
@waylaymythz thanks for the upvote mate
@waylaymythz yup it is🤩
Oh this is sexy!