Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk - Help & Suggestions needed!

[Heretic391]

Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk

So it looks good...but can't lift off! The lift is all jumbled up. Whenever I try to lift the wings act as air breaks and slow the Nighthawk drastically. Also, I've got 2 bombs in this thing which I haven't been able to test yet. Press 1 to set another cockpit as the main and press 2 to 'close' the cargo bays which would 'open' up the middle bay with two bombs in there. 

Any thoughts on what we can do to keep the appearance but actually make this thing lift off? It has 6 engines which is more than enough thrust. Will make a video once we figure this issue out (if at all). I tried adding many wings inside to adjust the lift angle but it takes a lot to make any difference. I've since removed them for now. 

Craft download: https://www.mediafire.com/file/3agayrpvxu5p2yl/Lockheed+F-117+Nighthawk+v4.json/file

 

 

[Jason_25]

The landing gear is a little too short for one thing.  The real F-117 even looks kind of funny on the landing gear.  Once you make the landing gear tall you can move the rear landing gear forward.  Keep moving it forward until the plane wants to fall backwards at start.  This will make it so you do not have to "pull up" as hard to rotate and this will keep the wing less flat with respect to the airstream and reduce drag during takeoff.  Is it using the smallest jet engine?  Those are really weak and so it may be time for a new powerplant.

edit:

I suppose the wing would be "more flat" rather than "less flat".  A lot of control deflection is a lot of drag.  I should also note that the plane should not just have a good amount of thrust at takeoff.  It should have a huge amount of thrust at takeoff because drag increases with the square of the speed and you will slow down very soon anyway.

edit 2:

Increase the size of the tail.  That is going to create some sideslip.  it is not proportional to the main wing and it does not look right compared to the real F-117.

Edited March 23, 2023 by Jason_25

[Heretic391]

Thanks Jason, great suggestions. It's using 6 Whiplash engines. I might be able to squeeze in another 2 more. Will definitely change the tail size and landing gears. Will post an update once done, hope it works!

[Heretic391]

It's somewhat fixed now, video showing how it flies.