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Solent S-15 Voltage

5,646 Solent  7 months ago

"Voltage"

it sounds cool and the plane is "electric" (rotator powered), so that's its name now i guess...


About

it's an aerobatic plane that's just slightly overpowered for what it is.


How to fly

it's very sensitive, and if you stall, it will basically just flatspin into the ground if an AoA of more than about 20 or less than -20 degrees is exceeded.

Min. speed: ~120km/h (65 knots)
Max speed: I haven't managed to overspeed it yet, and I've reached as much as 580 km/h (313 knots)


Parts I "borrowed" from other planes

The artificial horizon is from @GuianLorenzo 's LearJet 75


VR

I don't have a way of testing if my planes are VR-compatible, but I tried following as many of the curation criteria as I could.


Additional Notes

  • If it flies weirdly on a keyboard, please just say it in the comments, because I use a Logitech flight yoke and like all of by other recent builds it's mostly optimised for a Joystick or mouse yoke.

also get hype for the S-19 [insert nickname here]

Spotlights

  • This craft is curated

General Characteristics

  • Created On Windows
  • Wingspan 25.3ft (7.7m)
  • Length 22.2ft (6.8m)
  • Height 9.5ft (2.9m)
  • Empty Weight 1,535lbs (696kg)
  • Loaded Weight 1,535lbs (696kg)

Performance

  • Wing Loading 10.4lbs/ft2 (50.7kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 147.9ft2 (13.7m2)
  • Drag Points 430

Parts

  • Number of Parts 148
  • Control Surfaces 7
  • Performance Cost 870