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ESJ 006 Dragonfly M

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The ESJ 006 Dragonfly is an almostligth plane designed to be fun and easy to fly. Thanks to that, in hands of a skilled pilot is very useful when needed to do short flight's in rough terrain areas


History

The Dragonfly was designed to compete with the taikav t-16 sabertooth. Although it wasn't as popular among the particulars, a lot of units were sold to organization of all type, one of the most important being the Red Cross, also it's great view angle made it perfect for the cinema industry and photographers that wanted a nice panoramic photo or taking film recording of an action scene from a plane, all of this plus his easy maintenance and low cost of flight and repair make it perfect for the organizations that needed or wanted a plane


Modernization

Due to a series of accidents, the Dragonfly was upgraded to the M1 variant, this variant has better structural support of the cabin and the glass was replaced by a much stronger and less dangerous one in the event of an accident made of plexiglass, the suspension was updated to facilitate landing, an automatic air brake to prevent overspeeding that can cause stuctural failure


Controls

Normal flight controls
VTOL: wing tip angle control
Ag1 : navigation lights

General Characteristics

  • Predecessor ESJ 006 Dragonfly
  • Created On Windows
  • Wingspan 31.6ft (9.6m)
  • Length 24.8ft (7.5m)
  • Height 11.3ft (3.5m)
  • Empty Weight 591lbs (268kg)
  • Loaded Weight 1,323lbs (600kg)

Performance

  • Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.151
  • Wing Loading 6.7lbs/ft2 (32.7kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 197.4ft2 (18.3m2)
  • Drag Points 282

Parts

  • Number of Parts 137
  • Control Surfaces 0
  • Performance Cost 729