A lifting body plane is an aircraft designed to reduce the drag by eliminating most of the non lifting parts and making the body produce the lift by itself. It has no conventional wings.
This is my firtst try on this kind of planes and I'm quiet happy about it. Even tho wings are hiden in the body to create lift as the game can't produce lift out of fuel tanks, having a stable, fonctional and good looking configuration was not an easy task. The plane behaves a bit weirdly in roll but its still maneuvrable. Will definitly come back with more on lifting bodies.
GENERAL INFO
- Created On: iOS
- Game Version: 0.9.205.0
- Price: $1,932k
- Number of Parts: 59
- Dimensions: 4 m x 9 m x 10 m
PERFORMANCE
- Total Delta V: 0m/s
- Total Thrust: 0N
- Engines: 2
- Wet Mass: 15,069kg
- Dry Mass: 4,997kg
STAGES
| Stage | Engines | Delta V | Thrust | Burn | Mass |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 0m/s | 0N | 0s | 15,069kg |
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3,996 ImLordeYaYaYa4.6 years ago
Alright thanks for the info! I thought they only had a drag but did some test and turns out they can lift too but I still prefer wings haha @Mod
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16.0k Mod+2 4.6 years ago
Fuel tanks do produce their own lift (though it isn't much at all), you just have to have it turned on in your settings.
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3,996 ImLordeYaYaYa4.6 years ago
My first inspiration was more NASA’s HL20 bit definitly could have been the X33! ( : @3DExplorer
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I have been making a few lift bodies, I'm glad I'm not only one that see the potential in them