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Zantario (No fuel craft)

90.3k Kerbango  6.5 years ago
Auto Credit Based on Chancey21's No Fuel Challenge [CLOSED]

The Zantario is a solar powered VTOL Craft. Used to deploy a walking drone and fly away to observe from the air.
*The SimpleSpace_2 Mod by Gestour is not neccessary to the operation of this vehicle, it is cosmetic.*
Flying procedure: Throttle controls the Body rotors.
Throttle up makes you go UP.
Brake makes you go down.
VTOL up all the way pivots the sideboard rotors to give forward momentum.
Any VTOL setting below center and you will descend rapidly... throttle up to compensate.
Steer with pitch and roll.

Best Landing Procedure: VTOL just a tiny bit above center and tap brake and throttle until you get low enough to gently set down. Then immediately Brake and VTOL down to stay put.

Deployment procedure: When safely on the ground, deactivate AG8, switch to camera 7, activate AG1, Trim up, deactivate AG1.
Now trim down below center and press AG2.
Use pitch and roll to help walk the drone down the ramp.
Once the drone is clear of the cargo bay, use cameras 5 and 6 to walk the drone into position. Use Brake and Yaw to use the gripper on the back of the drone.
(Only one drone was installed on this model. Fully armed models have six drones as well as an array of weapons.)
Now deactivate AG2, trim center, AG1 on and off.
Make sure AG8 is on!
Proceed to takeoff procedure.

Thank you very much to @Othawne for their Six legged walker mechanism, which I used to make this drone.
Have fun.
Be Green.

General Characteristics

  • Predecessor No Fuel Challenge [CLOSED]
  • Created On Windows
  • Wingspan 56.6ft (17.2m)
  • Length 74.7ft (22.8m)
  • Height 16.0ft (4.9m)
  • Empty Weight 8,892lbs (4,033kg)
  • Loaded Weight 8,892lbs (4,033kg)

Performance

  • Wing Loading 25.5lbs/ft2 (124.6kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 348.5ft2 (32.4m2)
  • Drag Points 18497

Parts

  • Number of Parts 241
  • Control Surfaces 0
  • Performance Cost 1,039

Required Mods

  • SimpleSpace_2 by Gestour
    Version 1.0 (10/13/2017 9:48:34 AM)
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    69.3k Chancey21

    The winner will bw anounced in a forum post

    6.5 years ago
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    90.3k Kerbango

    @Sarnox 😎

    6.5 years ago
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    90.3k Kerbango

    @chancey21 @sarnox I hope you were able to deploy the Drone and walk around and take off again and... Have fun?

    6.5 years ago
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    69.3k Chancey21

    Cool

    6.5 years ago