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Pheonix Security Glider "Faether"

586 phoenixzis  8.5 years ago

As a experimental aircraft to test their new composite material alloy they made this powered glider to do stunts to test for cracks and stress failures between 2012 and 2013. However it was later seized by one of its devision managers and added the equipments to do regular flying and put to the market. The market was shocked by this particular plane which had higher performance and a lower fuel comsomption than its competants, thanks to the glider design. But due to its high price the mass production seized in 2015 and only around 100 were built.This is believed to be the last one produced.
**Notice**
This plane is a bit nose heavy . handle it carefully.
As the story suggests, it CAN survive violent stunts. I stuck the wings onto the inside edge of the fuselage so every wing piece should be tougher than stone. However it produced excess drag that's unbelievably large: around 9000. I really didn't expect this but it seemed to have came from the fuselage-wing. So it is not possible to fly it as a glider with such drag. Sorry. So that's why the engines are present.

General Characteristics

  • Created On Windows
  • Wingspan 99.1ft (30.2m)
  • Length 44.7ft (13.6m)
  • Height 16.9ft (5.2m)
  • Empty Weight 4,817lbs (2,185kg)
  • Loaded Weight 9,527lbs (4,321kg)

Performance

  • Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.419
  • Wing Loading 15.1lbs/ft2 (73.5kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 632.5ft2 (58.8m2)
  • Drag Points 11021

Parts

  • Number of Parts 68
  • Control Surfaces 6
  • Performance Cost 423