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NASA Area-1

719 DIESh4rk  5.7 years ago

Recently, NASA posted a video of their Area 1 aircraft! It has the ability to change the angle of its vertical stabilisers mid-flight! Today I present to you, an accurate, 1:1 scale model of their prototype! Controls: 1: Detach wings, 2: Deploy parachute, 3: Detach nose cone, VTOL: Veritcal stabiliser angle change! Please download, it’s a really fun idea to play around with! Please upvote aswell!

General Characteristics

  • Created On iOS
  • Wingspan 33.7ft (10.3m)
  • Length 17.1ft (5.2m)
  • Height 4.4ft (1.3m)
  • Empty Weight N/A
  • Loaded Weight 3,541lbs (1,606kg)

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 9.519
  • Wing Loading 37.0lbs/ft2 (180.5kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 95.8ft2 (8.9m2)
  • Drag Points 1161

Parts

  • Number of Parts 23
  • Control Surfaces 6
  • Performance Cost 262