Leonardo F-11A Rondine
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6.4 years ago
Leonardo Aeronautics F-11A "Rondine"
Scramble, Engage, Return to base, all this in less than 5 minutes...
We are proud to announce our first creation: the F-11A.
Born to satisfy the need for a Multirole, Fast, and Light Fighter that can be Mass Produced in big numbers, the Rondine (Swallow) is a perfect example of Engineering with a precise focus.
This Aircraft comes Stock armed with 2 AIM-7 Sparrow medium-range semi-active radar homing air-to-air missile.
Performance:
- Take-off weight
Normal 3615 Kg
Maximum 7000 Kg - Service Ceiling
18 Km - Maximum Speed (With Afterburner) :
Low Altitude flight 1200 Km/h
High Altitude flight 1800 Km/h - Power Plant:
Akula D.B. JT-1 8000 Kgf
Controls:
- VTOL Slider to lower Flaps and Slats
- Trim Slider to Trim the aircraft
- G Key to raise and lower Landing gears
- AG 1 to activate Afterburner
- AG 3 to Jettinson ALL ARMAMENT
- AG 4 to activate Braking Parachutes
- AG 8 to Turn ON/OFF all Lights
Thank you for downloading, your feedback would be really appreciated!
Specifications
Spotlights
- This craft has been featured
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General Characteristics
- Successors 7 airplane(s) +7 bonus
- Created On Windows
- Wingspan 29.4ft (8.9m)
- Length 43.7ft (13.3m)
- Height 13.9ft (4.2m)
- Empty Weight N/A
- Loaded Weight 7,539lbs (3,419kg)
Performance
- Power/Weight Ratio 23.249
- Wing Loading 9.0lbs/ft2 (43.8kg/m2)
- Wing Area 840.0ft2 (78.0m2)
- Drag Points 5309
Parts
- Number of Parts 335
- Control Surfaces 9
- Performance Cost 2,369
Oh, ok!@LeonardoEngineering
@Destroyer5713 actually it was designed on paper, and then converted to SP. I designed it all by myself, and it just takes inspiration from the main characteristics that a Light Fighter should have :)
I love your plane! Handles wonderfully! Would I be correct in saying it is a mix of F-16 and Mirage?@LeonardoEngineering
@LeonardoEngineering Hey I have a brilliant idea for someone to make and you seem to be the right guy: a heavy bomber, b-52ish but with your design.
"Nice" plane and upvote count.
I think I may need a guy to teach me how to edit the instruction lol
Not bad! Keep up the good work :-) :-)
@lancelot3340 not really, just took the inspiration from many Modern "Light Fighters". It was born from a quick sketch at school actually :)
very similar to the J/F-17 huh?
@newb @LeonardoEngineering
The shaky wing is due to having the game set to low physics, medium to high physics should cancel out the problem, alternatively you can increase the aircraft's weight to mitigate this issue at low physics settings.
Gorgeous build by the way, this is amazing.
@newb I don't know. Didn't think about that because never encountered that problem. Maybe just keep a slightly positive pitch while flying
How do you fix the shaky wing?
@LeonardoEngineering well, the weight reduction, specifically. You don’t need it plus it detracts from the realism. Most jets this size will weigh at least 20,000 lbs—or if you prefer, 9,072 kg. The T-50, which this seems to be modeled on grosses out at 27,300 lbs (12,300 kg). This one weighs less than a P-51. So, you didn’t need to go to a 9 lbs/sq ft wing loading. I do appreciate that you limited the horizontal stab movement to keep the pitch rate realistic, but part of the challenge of a jet like this is landing it and that’s more difficult with a realistic wing loading. If you were having a difficult time with CG, you could also move the engine’s CG forward—that’s where it is on real jets as the tail pipe and AB sections are far longer than in SP. But for that aspect and a bit of XML drag reduction which would help the very brisk acceleration, it’s a gorgeous build.
Very well done! (o dovrei dire "molto ben fatto"?)
@ChiChiWerx thank you! Why wouldn't you have employed them?
Not bad for your points especially. I wouldn’t have employed some of the tricks you did, but not bad overall.
@LeonardoEngineering No problem lol
@LeonardoEngineering You would be surprised how much better you are than so many other people w/ your points
@LuciferOfPoland of course I will, thank you so much by the way!
@Mostly thank you, but I don't deserve it 😊
@Roswell Thanks!
@BogdanX never had the same problem. It may be due to the rotators that allow the whole wing to bend and give it aeroelastic properites. Just keep a slight pitch up and it's all good. Thank you by the way 😊
This has to be featured.
Honestly, great job. I hope you keep creating great creations such as this. Keep it up, dude.
Kool