Hypersonic, high-altitude recon lifting body aircraft.
Started working on this over a year ago, but never ended up finishing it. Figured I'd go ahead and post it before SP2 rolls around as I have no plans to continue working on it & port it to SP2.
I haven't narrowed down specific flight specs, but it is possible to get the aircraft up to Mach 10, and I've gotten it as high as 150,000ft.
The engines have power stages that are activated by exceeding certain speeds at/above certain altitudes. The stage altitudes are 40000ft, 80000ft, and 100000ft, with stage speeds of 574kts, 1722kts, and 2876kts respectively.
AG1 activates engines.
AG8 toggles fly-by-wire. Meant to be used during stall/spin recovery.
The aircraft has no landing gear, and the fly-by-wire system is incomplete. The originally planned auto-tuning for different speeds and altitudes hasn't been implemented, and the aircraft can be very unstable at high altitudes and speeds of around Mach 9.5.
Feel free to finish it/make improvements to your liking, just be sure to provide proper credit.
Specifications
Spotlights
- NewWorldAerospace 7 days ago
- DARZAVIATION 7 days ago
General Characteristics
- Predecessor D300 Save#10
- Created On Windows
- Wingspan 24.6ft (7.5m)
- Length 65.6ft (20.0m)
- Height 6.2ft (1.9m)
- Empty Weight N/A
- Loaded Weight 50,595lbs (22,949kg)
Performance
- Power/Weight Ratio 1.332
- Wing Loading 37.9lbs/ft2 (185.3kg/m2)
- Wing Area 1,333.4ft2 (123.9m2)
- Drag Points 1625
Parts
- Number of Parts 291
- Control Surfaces 0
- Performance Cost 1,164
dam ts looks very cool
I half thought this thing would never see the light of day.
you should make this into a challenge, and let the young'uns go crazy...
The thingy
flying cheese wedge
ok scrap that it reminds me more of a car
reminds me of the thing from interstellar
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