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CAPRA/MATRA R.130

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Designed by a revolutionary designer Roger Robert the R.130 was going to be an experimental test aircraft to test a ramjet engine, though it has the interesting ability to rotate the fuselage 90 degrees to switch from straight wings to delta wings, some infromation suggests it would've been able to reach Mach 1 or even Mach 2, but no examples of the aircraft were built (VTOL to roatate fuselage, then roll to be at level flight again)

General Characteristics

  • Created On Windows
  • Wingspan 68.6ft (20.9m)
  • Length 125.8ft (38.3m)
  • Height 19.6ft (6.0m)
  • Empty Weight 16,468lbs (7,470kg)
  • Loaded Weight 25,343lbs (11,495kg)

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 0.443
  • Wing Loading 28.5lbs/ft2 (138.9kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 890.7ft2 (82.8m2)
  • Drag Points 19536

Parts

  • Number of Parts 137
  • Control Surfaces 16
  • Performance Cost 674