SimplePlanes | Skylon

Skylon

18.4k Teus 8.9 years ago

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Requested by Eric314.

Skylon is a single stage orbital spaceplane designed to reduce the cost of transporting cargo to space, designed by the British company Reaction Engines Limited.

VTOL down raises the landing gear.

This plane is my very first take on modding! It isn't very agile but goes pretty fast. The collors are a little glitchy in flight but there isn't that much I can do about it.

Hope you like it!

General Characteristics

Successors 4 airplane(s) +21 bonus
Created On Windows
Wingspan 29.5ft (9.0m)
Length 82.7ft (25.2m)
Height 17.1ft (5.2m)
Empty Weight 20,905lbs (9,482kg)
Loaded Weight 70,357lbs (31,913kg)

Performance

Power/Weight Ratio 1.149
Wing Loading 138.2lbs/ft² (674.5kg/m²)
Wing Area 509.3ft² (47.3m²)
Drag Points 7515

Parts

Number of Parts 263
Control Surfaces 8
Performance Cost 713

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125k BaconEggs

@Teus Thanks!
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18.4k Teus

@BaconAndEggs96 Happy birthday then!
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125k BaconEggs

@Teus actually, it's today! Just woke up and checking notifications, I have probably over a full page of them.
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18.4k Teus

@BaconAndEggs96 Congrats with your birthday tomorrow! I just uploaded a little teaser of what you can be expecting from me: https://www.reddit.com/r/SimplePlanes/comments/3f9wsq/i_havent_uploaded_something_in_a_while_so_i/ Hope you like it!
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125k BaconEggs

@Teus Alright! Look forward to it! Also, in 3 days, is my birthday!
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18.4k Teus

@BaconAndEggs96 I'm on vacation in Turkey. In 3 days I'm back home. I promise I'll upload something within the week after!
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125k BaconEggs

@Teus hey man, what's with not uploading? I'm just curious.
+0 8.8 years ago
18.4k Teus

@LjSpike I might try it. Thanks for the suggestion!
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3,683 LjSpike

@Teus never heard of this plane but I presume it's supersonic (tiny wing span.) here's a challenge for you. To build CONCORDE with the adjustable nose one. It's what allows stable flight at low and high speed.
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18.4k Teus

@Stingray Oh okay. Thanks for the warning.
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50.3k Stingray

I could not get "STEAM" software to cooperate with the Jundroo SimpleRockets STEAM ad - think it's STEAM's fault, they sent ".exe" files to my OSX Mac. Just a warning... @Teus
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18.4k Teus

@Stingray Thank you!
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50.3k Stingray

A beauty!
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2,528 planelover400

Hey @Tues can you build a Boeing B-52 StratoFortress??? Thanks!!!
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1,822 DachshundProductions

Hey @Teus! Can you come to my airplanes please. And help my X-43 airplane please. I need your help because you have the ability to hack the game. Then please upload it so other people can download a workable version.
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6,816 BrainyDJ

@TheLatentImage Mods are fine, I just prefer to see users make what they can even with the limitations they have. I think mods kind of ruin creativity and designing, overall. But, this plane doesn't "abuse" mods for power or or fuel so I like that. Oh, and maybe if there was a smaller, less laggy version for my mobile device.
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Mod TheLatentImage

@BrainyDJ I was a little anti-mod for a while as well. But then I realized what an asset it is to be able to do that and how much it can add to the game. Getting some of these designs to function correctly wouldn't be very difficult if not impossible without the use of mods.
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2,528 planelover400

Thanks you so much!!!
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18.4k Teus

@planelover400 Yeah sure go ahead.
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2,528 planelover400

Hey @Tues can I make a b727-200 and a b737-500 from your DC-9? And can I make the q200 from your q400? And last but not least can I do a airliner series also from your q400? Thanks!!!
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17.5k Dynimerous

@Teus aright go it. Sounds cool!
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18.4k Teus

@BrainyDJ Yeah, sorry for that. I don't think I could have build it without modding.
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6,816 BrainyDJ

Very AWESOME. Disappointed when I saw mods used.
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18.4k Teus

@Dynimerous It's a prototype spaceplane designed to transport cargo to space for a lower price. Google it, it's pretty interresting.
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17.5k Dynimerous

Can't say it flies great, but holy shit it looks amazing! Is this from a TV series or something, or straight out of your head?
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Skylon

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