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A-40 Grasshopper MK2

372 DMinton  8.4 years ago
Auto Credit Based on DMinton's A-40 Grasshopper II

After advice from the community and the lovely ShadyIbrahim's advice, I was able to finally balance out the weight issues on this plane and make her fly nicely! She'll give a bit of lift without the rockets but she's a beautiful CAS plane, and I loosely based her off of an A10 Warthog, but I eventually had to compromise for putting the engines on the wings, which opened up so many cans of worms.

AG1-4: Fire Missles (pressing a button will fire 2 at once)
AG5: Decouple missle pylons (Gives the plane a bit more lift)

If you want, I find hovering the trim about 10% tends to help keep her steady.

ALSO THANK YOU GUYS FOR THE 120 UPVOTE POINT THINGS. NEVER EXPECTED A NEWBIE LIKE ME TO GET THIS MANY.

General Characteristics

  • Predecessor A-40 Grasshopper II
  • Created On Windows
  • Wingspan 39.1ft (11.9m)
  • Length 35.3ft (10.7m)
  • Height 13.1ft (4.0m)
  • Empty Weight 20,639lbs (9,361kg)
  • Loaded Weight 23,616lbs (10,712kg)

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 2.854
  • Wing Loading 52.0lbs/ft2 (253.9kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 454.1ft2 (42.2m2)
  • Drag Points 5166

Parts

  • Number of Parts 86
  • Control Surfaces 10
  • Performance Cost 509