Lockheed Vega 5B
This is the landplane version of the previous Lockheed Vega 5 I uploaded. It’s faster and more agile than the floatplane counterpart thanks to significantly lighter undercarriage. Interior is designed as small cargo transport.
(Realistic in scale, weight, fuel and power)
HISTORY
In 1932, piloting a Lockheed Vega 5B, Earhart made a nonstop solo transatlantic flight, becoming the first woman to achieve such a feat. – Wikipedia
The Vega could be difficult to land. In her memoir, Elinor Smith wrote that it had "all the glide potential of a boulder falling off a mountain." In addition, forward and side visibility from the cockpit was extremely limited; Lane Wallace, a columnist for Flying magazine, wrote that "Even [in level flight], the windscreen would offer a better view of the sky than anything else, which would make it more of a challenge to detect changes in attitude or bank angle. On takeoff or landing, there’d be almost no forward visibility whatsoever." – Wikipedia
I tried to make it behave realistically on takeoff by using tilt sensor and propeller pitch. Because wheels have too much friction when not powered which can be problem for small planes. Aircraft wheels have not that much friction but they are too wide. See the floatplane version for more details about the design:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2751837913
Notes and features:
- Not designed for infinite fuel and electric, DISABLE BOTH. Otherwise engine may not work as intended.
- Takeoff with headwind, not tailwind if it is windy.
- Well optimized by having only a few sub-bodies where it’s necessary such as engine maintenance hatch for repairs and large cargo door.
- Lots of inventory equipments and seating for its small size, and two external 3x3x3 size inventory packages as cargo
- Highly polished handling and easy controls achieved by having proper lift providing fins and wing components, thus allowing full control in the air without engine power
- Altitude and direction hold autopilots
- There are paintable indicators which contain texts all over the plane to guide you or telling the specifications of the vehicle
- There’s a warhead hidden inside to simulate fuel explosion if flames reach fuel tanks.
- Throttle is locked by magneto switch
- Booster coil provides high energy to the engine starter, by holding starter button only wouldn’t be enough to reach required RPM.
- Mixture lever controls Air to Fuel ratio for the engine. Rich for more power output, lean for better efficiency and less heat.
- Cooling system is not enough to sustain prolonged time of full throttle. Reduce throttle to 0.7 for long periods of flight.
- There are low fuel, low battery and high temp indicators to help you understand problems.
- There are fuel remaining time and range indicators and also reserve battery.
- Heater works only in cold to not cause engine overheating
- Generator works only if the battery is under 99%
Below are the specifications of the vehicle I made for Stormworks. To see real specifications of the Lockheed Vega, look for Wikipedia or other sources.
Floatplane version:
Required items:
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Equipments of Lockheed Vega 5B — Steam Workshop
Revisions:
Old revisions of this mod are available below. Click the link to download.
