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P3D v2 LHC Blade

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I am preparing to launch a new aircraft line. The aircraft is a design project, a futuristic concept for a plane that would use modern day automotive technology and carbon fiber to produce a more 'modern' approach to a 4 place private plane. The fuselage is designed to create lift, taking some of the load from the wings. The propulsion system is based on the Tesla 470 HP electric motor (drive) with Tesla / Panasonic batteries in the wings and sections of the fuselage.

The cool thing about this product line is that it will feature a free download 'Demo' version that you can 'fly and try', see if it runs good on your system, and if you like it, you can buy the full version for a mere $7.00 USD. The full version comes with 12 theme packs (variants) and textures are 'ultra' high resolution for the fuselage and 2048 textures throughout the rest of the package. It will probably not run well on very low end computers, so I am letting people know that it is not a basic, easy to run sim addon.

I am intrigued 'still' by the cell phone 'App' market. They will offer a free download 'entry' App, and then they offer you a 'full version' and their pricing is 'affordable'. I wanted to try this using their marketing strategy.

All in all, the little 'Blade' (the name of the new plane, named after its sharp wings) is fun, looks very nice, has some cool instrumentation, and is 'fresh', not based on older planes. Should be interesting to see how it goes.

Specs and info are at www.lionheartcreations.com/Blade
 

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That thing is flat-out stylin'!

Nice work Bill. Very creative! Someone should submit an editorial to Air&Space, or Popular Mechanics!

- Joseph
 
Bill, that's a crazy pricing strategy! I'm going to make it my goal to get everyone at my VA to purchase one!

Looking forward to its release!
 
Altough I don't like the way this aircraft looks (not because of your modellingskills, which are great) I have to say it is very interesting though! I love the cockpit and I wish aircraft developers would adopt this style of interior, because most small GA planes aren't really comfortable (at least the ones I flown)

The front reminds me of this bugger from GTA 4&5 though (same headlights ;) )
Dilettante-GTA4-Stevie-front.jpg
 
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Some developers have a 'signature' to their work; that has yours all over it, Bill. Very LHC! :cool:
 
Congrats! Hope you enjoy it, Shaun.

I was in contact with Corning, Gorrilla Glass department, sales and development to see if they offer GG for small planes. I havent heard back from the lady in California yet. They took my seriously and wanted to know construction numbers, annual square footage amounts required, etc. I was trying to explain that I am doing a 'concept' and that it wasnt in production, just a concept. GG would be a major component. I think, if it was low in weight, would be a jump up for planes.

Anyways, the Blade has been officially launched yesterday. SimMarket was the first to have it online. The others should have it all going by this evening I hope. Then we shall see how the 'cell phone App marketing strategy' works.


Bill
 
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