Got challenged by @Alienbeef0421 to build an STOL plane so here's my first civillian plane and my second unarmed plane. Yay.
The Eclipse Light STOL
A not so light two seater twin engine plane capable of STOL. Powered by two 700 hp "Firefly" piston engines, it flies at a respectable top speed of 186 mph. It has very good flight characteristics, very easy to fly and land.
The Eclipse has a twin engine layout, with the engines mounted in a traditional layout on both wings. The landing gear is a retractable tricycle type. The main wings are unswept, but the horizontal and vertical stabilizers are swept.
Controls/Instructions
AG8- nav lights
VTOL down- flaps
Trim for trim
Specifications:
Top speed: 299 kph (186 mph) in level flight @ 1000 m
Takeoff speed: 175 kph or 109 mph (with takeoff flaps); 150 kph or 93 mph (with full flaps)
Recommended landing speed: around 200 kph (124 mph), 10% throttle and usage of flaps
P.S. I called the engine firefly because the front kinda looks like the Fairey Firefly Mk I. You can't unsee that now.
Specifications
Spotlights
- Rodrigo110 6.9 years ago
General Characteristics
- Created On Windows
- Wingspan 43.0ft (13.1m)
- Length 47.8ft (14.6m)
- Height 14.5ft (4.4m)
- Empty Weight 6,137lbs (2,784kg)
- Loaded Weight 7,657lbs (3,473kg)
Performance
- Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.182
- Wing Loading 17.4lbs/ft2 (85.1kg/m2)
- Wing Area 439.3ft2 (40.8m2)
- Drag Points 7432
Parts
- Number of Parts 205
- Control Surfaces 9
- Performance Cost 832
@907kris it's kinda hard, but with flaps and full pitch up it's possible.
Honestly it’s a very nice plane but it hard to pull of any short take off’s or landings, but overall very nice
@Razor3278 xD
@DemonSniper8 186 mph is respectable, you know!
r e s p e c t a b l e t o p s p e e d
XD this is cool!
@Razor3278 np
the lettering and details are very nice, good job! @Razor3278
@redbear89 thanks!
@Rodrigo110 thanks! Any thoughts?
@niggelas100 thanks!
@Treadmill103 heh, thanks!
@Razor3278 your welcome :P
@WildeGamer69 thanks!
@SeanTurbineModifier thanks!