Planet Satellite

***Dev One*** · July 1st, 2012, 08:02

Take the family for a flip or two - its over at Britsim.com
Keith

http://www.britsim.com/index.php/fil...llite-for-FS9/

***Ferry_vO*** · July 1st, 2012, 08:30

Thanks for the heads-up!

Very interesting and futuristic aircraft for 1946:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planet_Satellite

After the failure of the aircraft the fuselage was re-used in a helicopter, but that failed too:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firth_Helicopter

***Dev One*** · July 1st, 2012, 09:08

http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchi...?search=Planet satellite

This gives quite a lot of design insight into the beast
Keith

***Hurricane91*** · July 1st, 2012, 11:11

Thank you Keith for another very nice aircraft. I appreciate the special features that
you have modeled into this airplane. All-around pilot visibility is exceptional. A wonderful
addition of an innovative and historic aircraft. Thanks again.

John

***falcon409*** · July 1st, 2012, 11:46

Excellent work Keith. I have it in FSX as I don't have FS9 loaded any more. I was especially happy to see that the prop blur doesn't knock out any autogen like some ports do, also the ability to remove passengers and co-pilot is a nice touch. A very interesting airplane, fun to fly, simple to operate. Great addition. . .thanks for your hard work.

***Dev One*** · July 2nd, 2012, 00:11

Thanks for the sticky team.
Keith

***Motormouse*** · July 2nd, 2012, 13:04

Very reminiscent of the Bugatti racer.
Where's Lionheart, he loves quirky planes like this?

Ttfn
Pete

***Tom Clayton*** · July 2nd, 2012, 19:55

Originally Posted by Dev One

Thanks for the sticky team.
Keith

Any time!

***molyned*** · July 3rd, 2012, 12:35

This deserves a screenshot of Keith's creation -

Cheers

Dave M(oly)

**ThinkingManNeil** · July 3rd, 2012, 20:54

Certainly an attractive looking aircraft. Kinda reminds of the Prescott Pusher, a kitplane from the 1980's, in that it was a relatively good looking airplane that turned in only mediocre performance and handling at best.

N.

***AussieMan*** · July 3rd, 2012, 21:50

I have the usual prop problem you have with portovers.

***Dev One*** · July 4th, 2012, 00:44

AussieMan,
Interesting, Falcon nor I get the prop problem - do you have DX10 active? I'm also using acceleration.
Keith

***AussieMan*** · July 4th, 2012, 06:55

Actually I am using P3D ..... will install it into FSX and see what happens.

***Dev One*** · July 4th, 2012, 11:32

AussieMan,
Thanks for the P3D info, no-one else has reported loading it onto that!
Keith

***falcon409*** · July 4th, 2012, 12:16

Originally Posted by Dev One

. . . . . . .Falcon nor I get the prop problem - do you have DX10 active? I'm also using acceleration.
Keith

I don't use DX10, mainly because I fly a lot of portovers and some of them don't do well at all with DX10. . .plus, I never really saw any advantage on my system so I've stayed away from using it.