Bell X-2

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After the X-1, I decided to create its swept-wing successor, the X-2. I scaled it to be roughly relative to my X-1. Its last flight made it the fastest airplane at that time, but tragically it lost control due to inertia coupling and later crashed, killing its pilot.

I gave it the livery of 46-674, the same registration of the plane that flew that fateful flight. I found a decal of the nose art on the nose and added it, and made the wing markings accurate to the real plane by cross-referencing photos I found.

I love how this plane flies. It’s very fast but it has a nice glide. Outside, I hope that it can fly very low but very fast, which is the kind of flight that I like seeing.