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TU-144 "Charger"

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Dear ladies and gentleman!

Welcome on board the fastest passenger plane ever made - Tupolev Tu-144 "Charger"!It's faster, bigger and chipper than "Concorde" (I also love "Concorde", but in the truth, Tu-144 was the first supersonic, It made its first flight two months before "Concorde", but, sadly, Tu-144 It has been so successfully like "Concorde").

For flight (must read):

-Because of big sizes of the plane, it's not so mobile friendly, so, DON'T FORGOT TO PUT THE CABINE (red, near the nose landing gear) ON THE FUZELAGE

-!Landing gear system! After take off pull the "Landing gear" button, after than the gears will be retract, act. group 1 to close the covers. Before landing DON'T de-act. group 1!!!

-Furious - act. groups 2 and 3-To use droop-nose (and retractable canards) use VTOL (ONLY DOWN!!!)

-Speed (with furious 2 and 3) is about 1500mph

About Tu-144:
The Tupolev Tu-144 (NATO reporting name "Charger") is a retired jet airliner, which was the world's first commercial supersonic transportaircraft (SST). It is one of only two SSTs to enter commercial service, the other being the Anglo-French Concorde. The design was constructed in the Soviet Union under the direction of the Tupolev design bureau, headed by Alexei Tupolev. Throughout its 55-flight operational history in passenger service, the Tu-144 flew at an average service altitude of 16,000 metres (52,000 ft) and cruised at a speed of around 2,000 kilometres per hour (1,200 mph).The prototype first flew on 31 December 1968 near Moscow, two months before the first flight of Concorde. The Tu-144 first went supersonic on 5 June 1969, and on 26 May 1970 became the first commercial transport to exceed Mach 2. A Tu-144 crashed in 1973 at the Paris Air Show, delaying its further development. The aircraft was introduced into passenger service on 1 November 1977, almost two years after Concorde, because of budget restrictions. In May 1978, another Tu-144 (an improved version, named Tu-144D) crashed in a test flight while being delivered, and the passenger fleet was permanently grounded after only 55 scheduled flights. The aircraft remained in use as a cargo aircraft until 1983, by which point a total of 102 commercial

General Characteristics

  • Predecessor Test of Tu-144
  • Created On iOS
  • Wingspan 109.5ft (33.4m)
  • Length 188.9ft (57.6m)
  • Height 37.7ft (11.5m)
  • Empty Weight 132lbs (60kg)
  • Loaded Weight 132lbs (60kg)

Performance

  • Wing Loading 439,839.3lbs/ft2 (2,147,483.6kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 0.0ft2 (0.0m2)
  • Drag Points 438

Parts

  • Number of Parts 2
  • Control Surfaces 0
  • Performance Cost 2,089