Sanger Silbervogel
This aircraft was developed by two German scientists Eugen Sanger and Irene Bredt it was first though of during the 1930s but was submitted as part of the Amerika bomber project which mostly consisted of piston powered bombers, this aircraft would reach orbit and bomb far out of the reach of flak but this spaceplane had many flaws, in it's flight path it would almost "hop" of the atmosphere multiple times to remain in orbit this would place enormous stress on the airframe, the design couldn't take the re-entry heat, also it's payload capability wasn't enough to carry the nuclear warhead to destroy New York, though it's radical design sparked interest with the Soviets which beame the similar looking Keldysh bomber which was designed with Ramjets instead of rockets, it also somewhat flourished in the US as the X-20 Dyna-Soar, though Sanger and Bredt did develop a way to cool the engines which is still used on modern rockets and is refreed as the Snanger-Bredt design (activator 1 for landing drouge chute)
Specifications
General Characteristics
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- Wingspan 57.2ft (17.4m)
- Length 88.2ft (26.9m)
- Height 17.2ft (5.2m)
- Empty Weight 24,573lbs (11,146kg)
- Loaded Weight 42,671lbs (19,355kg)
Performance
- Power/Weight Ratio 2.369
- Wing Loading 47.7lbs/ft2 (233.0kg/m2)
- Wing Area 894.1ft2 (83.1m2)
- Drag Points 4802
Parts
- Number of Parts 126
- Control Surfaces 8
- Performance Cost 664