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VTOL - Alpha Shuttle

3,683 LjSpike  9.0 years ago
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Floatable simple VTOL for personal transport. Can be slightly unreliable on turns, steer carefully. Very durable, better at water landings and takeoffs

General Characteristics

  • Created On iOS
  • Wingspan 52.5ft (16.0m)
  • Length 24.6ft (7.5m)
  • Height 6.4ft (2.0m)
  • Empty Weight 14,883lbs (6,751kg)
  • Loaded Weight 17,122lbs (7,766kg)

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 3.149
  • Wing Loading 56.5lbs/ft2 (275.8kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 303.2ft2 (28.2m2)
  • Drag Points 4506

Parts

  • Number of Parts 127
  • Control Surfaces 16
  • Performance Cost 339
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    3,683 LjSpike
    @chaseharbaugh Well. VTOLs in simple planes are, VERY WEIGHT. For some reason everything is weighted backwards...so my idea of a very symettric VTOL was thrown, I couldn't balance it any more than this without destroying the design.
    8.9 years ago
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    Good design looks cool but is very hard to control
    8.9 years ago
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    3,683 LjSpike
    Thanks hypnotoad! The large thing on the front is the balancing mechanism, stranglehold physics makes weight naturally fall backwards.
    9.0 years ago
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    38.7k hypnotoad
    wow. amazing design work
    9.0 years ago