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Orbital I

562 Valansanoid  5.7 years ago
45 downloads

It’s a cloud! It’s a plane! No, it’s... Definitely a UFO, but it’s not a disk shape. Aliens sure are weird.

This vehicle drives like a VTOL with minimal wing area, though it is gyroscopically stabilized and prefers to point in the direction it is currently moving.

[8] controls gyroscope and RCS
VTOL controls thruster direction
THROTTLE controls thruster output
YAW controls rotation on the Yaw axis
TRIM controls elevation

[4] arms weaponry
[1] activates braking capability and allows fine orientation modification using PITCH and ROLL (20° range)

The advanced levitation drive allows the ship to hover when throttle is between 45 and 38 percent, depending on fuel level. This may change when damaged or submerged, though automated systems are in place to fix the latter scenario within a few seconds.

This ship’s cockpit doesn’t quite seat humans right, so good luck seeing over the controls with the seatbelt on. (It’s actually an energy field of some sort. We don’t know how it works, or how to unbuckle pilots.)

General Characteristics

  • Created On iOS
  • Wingspan 8.2ft (2.5m)
  • Length 13.3ft (4.0m)
  • Height 8.2ft (2.5m)
  • Empty Weight 5,274lbs (2,392kg)
  • Loaded Weight 6,470lbs (2,935kg)

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 2.083
  • Wing Loading 743.1lbs/ft2 (3,628.0kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 8.7ft2 (0.8m2)
  • Drag Points 3514

Parts

  • Number of Parts 68
  • Control Surfaces 0
  • Performance Cost 359