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Kestrel Jump Jet

1,586 Whatseatoya  2.9 years ago
Auto Credit Based on Jundroo's Vertigo

A fairly similar plane to the Hawker -Siddeley P-1127.. which is this one

Description (IRL one): The Hawker P.1127 and the Hawker Siddeley Kestrel FGA.1 are the experimental and development aircraft that led to the Hawker Siddeley Harrier, the first vertical and/or short take-off and landing (V/STOL) jet fighter-bomber.

Development began in 1957, taking advantage of the Bristol Engine Company's choice to invest in the creation of the Pegasus vectored-thrust engine. Testing began in July 1960 and by the end of the year the aircraft had achieved both vertical take-off and horizontal flight. The test program also explored the possibility of use upon aircraft carriers, landing on HMS Ark Royal in 1963. The first three aircraft crashed during testing, one at the 1963 Paris Air Show.

Improvements to future development aircraft, such as swept wings and more powerful Pegasus engines, led to the development of the Kestrel. The Kestrel was evaluated by the Tri-partite Evaluation Squadron, made up of military pilots from the United Kingdom, the United States, and West Germany. Later flights were conducted by the U.S. military and NASA.

Related work on a supersonic aircraft, the Hawker Siddeley P.1154, was cancelled in 1965. As a result, the P.1127 (RAF), a variant more closely based on the Kestrel, was ordered into production that year, and named Harrier – the name originally intended for the P.1154 – in 1967. The Harrier served with the UK and several nations, often as a carrier-based aircraft..

Controls :
VTOL stick : You know..
Throttle : Throttles the engines
Brake : brakes it
Trim : I forgot..
AG1 : Drops the Fuel tank
AG2 : activates Air-To-Ground weapons
AG3 : activates the Air-to-Air weapons
AG4 : flares (please change the chaff activation to AG4)
AG5 : ejection seat activation
AG6 : Parachute deploy (for ejection)
AG7 : activates Gyroscopes (aircraft gyro)
AG8 : RCN nozzles

General Characteristics

  • Predecessor Vertigo
  • Created On Android
  • Wingspan 35.1ft (10.7m)
  • Length 35.3ft (10.8m)
  • Height 12.8ft (3.9m)
  • Empty Weight 9,750lbs (4,422kg)
  • Loaded Weight 14,384lbs (6,524kg)

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 0.937
  • Wing Loading 54.7lbs/ft2 (267.2kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 262.8ft2 (24.4m2)
  • Drag Points 4020

Parts

  • Number of Parts 138
  • Control Surfaces 5
  • Performance Cost 681