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BAe Warton P.103

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Starting in the late seventies, British Aerospace began to look at options for replacing the Harrier. One concept from the Warton office, previously the home of English Electric, was the P.103 - a supersonic STOVL aircraft with engines that rotated to point downwards for pitch control and quicker takeoffs. Sadly, the P.103 never made it out of the wind tunnel, but some of the ideas and lessons learnt carried over in to what would eventually become the Eurofighter Typhoon.

Replicating this plane was... tricky, to say the least. I've tried to stay as faithful as possible, but this is neither STOVL nor supersonic. I also had to mod the engines, as only the J15 was small enough for this design. However, the flight control work like they're supposed to, fixed canards and all, and it does fly fairly nicely once it's up to speed. I hope you all like it.

General Characteristics

  • Created On Android
  • Wingspan 26.8ft (8.2m)
  • Length 35.8ft (10.9m)
  • Height 13.2ft (4.0m)
  • Empty Weight 4,111lbs (1,865kg)
  • Loaded Weight 6,333lbs (2,872kg)

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 1.064
  • Wing Loading 32.1lbs/ft2 (156.9kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 197.0ft2 (18.3m2)
  • Drag Points 2326

Parts

  • Number of Parts 35
  • Control Surfaces 2
  • Performance Cost 200