However, it has a relatively long take-off time compared to other propeller-planes of its size. Performance Grand Theft Auto: San AndreasĪs expected from a fighter plane, the Rustler has impressive speed in the air and is very maneuverable, making it one of the easiest planes to fly, and it is also the first one provided to the player during the course of the story. The vehicle is armed with a set of six built-in machine guns fixed into the wings. The primary color is applied to the upper surfaces of the fuselage, wings and horizontal stabilizers, while the secondary color is applied to the end of the nose, the wing tips and the vertical stabilizer. The Rustler is seen with a gray body and black/white stripes on the lower surfaces of the main wings and the tail boom. Carl Johnson stands on top of the plane's left wing to open the hatch to reach the cockpit. The tail boom houses the empennage with the horizontal stabilizers and the vertical stabilizer, while the lower side has a single tail wheel. Around the middle section, there is the small cockpit with a sliding canopy and the main wings mounted at the base of the aircraft (low-wing setup) with the corresponding ailerons, while the underside has dedicated hatches for the main landing gear. The Rustler takes the design of a single-seater 'interceptor' aircraft with a relatively large and sectioned fuselage, where the nose houses a large four-bladed propeller, a large intake below the spinner and numerous exhausts on the sides. Despite its evident inspiration on combat planes, the Rustler is seemingly treated as a recurring civilian/trainer plane.

The Rustler draws inspiration from various real-life WWII fighter planes, including the North American P-51 Mustang, the Curtis P-40 Warhawk, the Hawker Typhoon and the Supermarine Spitfire.

Rustler body