Post by foamieninja on Oct 5, 2022 16:18:18 GMT
I guess this technically isn't a true build... Though I did stick the stab and wing halves together.
I'm using this as filler until I can recover enough to continue on the secret deal I've got planned for the x-plane competition.
Running momentarily off tangent here, I never thought I'd be designing a craft that required a gearbox for something other than the drivetrain.
That being said, Back to my initial nonsense.
I'm not one for prefab models, but there's just something about that specific aircraft, that I was willing to go prefab to get one. >_>
Despite the terrible engine vibration issues that arose earlier in development, the ME-262 was the first jet to see aerial combat.
This was preceded only by the HE-178, as the first jet to leave the ground only a few years earlier.
Anyfoot, enough history.
On to the visuals.
it spans 59" for reference. I tend to use my 12" floor tiles as a reference measurement, for those unfamiliar. This gives a better sense of scale.
This thing should be somewhere around 7.5lb, finished.
Seems quite chunky for what little wing area there is.
Another nifty little detail... The fans are counter-rotating. I wasn't expecting that.
I'll eventually get it off the ground, but for now... It's together.
I'm using this as filler until I can recover enough to continue on the secret deal I've got planned for the x-plane competition.
Running momentarily off tangent here, I never thought I'd be designing a craft that required a gearbox for something other than the drivetrain.
That being said, Back to my initial nonsense.
I'm not one for prefab models, but there's just something about that specific aircraft, that I was willing to go prefab to get one. >_>
Despite the terrible engine vibration issues that arose earlier in development, the ME-262 was the first jet to see aerial combat.
This was preceded only by the HE-178, as the first jet to leave the ground only a few years earlier.
Anyfoot, enough history.
On to the visuals.
it spans 59" for reference. I tend to use my 12" floor tiles as a reference measurement, for those unfamiliar. This gives a better sense of scale.
This thing should be somewhere around 7.5lb, finished.
Seems quite chunky for what little wing area there is.
Another nifty little detail... The fans are counter-rotating. I wasn't expecting that.
I'll eventually get it off the ground, but for now... It's together.
