Cartographer
Cartographer is a high-altitude, long-range jet primarily designed to take aerial photographs for use in map-making. It comes equipped with a camera turret on the belly loaded with 4 cameras with different configurations. The overall design is loosely based on the U-2 airframe, and it sports a few similar characteristics as a result. Notably a forgiving glide slope, and decent high-altitude performance. The engine appears to be very overpowered, propelling the craft beyond 1000 mph at higher altitudes, so fly it on lower throttles to prevent the wings from bending too much. 50% is favorable at all altitudes, 10-25% is the cruise range. The wings have VTOL operated flaps which give the plane a stall speed of around 90 mph. It also comes armed with a parachute for rapid decelerations. Deploy that with AG2. AG1 unlocks the camera turret, controlled with VTOL and trim. This interferes with the surfaces however, so set the turret to your desired position before takeoff.
Specifications
General Characteristics
- Created On Windows
- Wingspan 106.3ft (32.4m)
- Length 66.4ft (20.2m)
- Height 18.6ft (5.7m)
- Empty Weight 15,833lbs (7,182kg)
- Loaded Weight 22,037lbs (9,996kg)
Performance
- Power/Weight Ratio 3.059
- Wing Loading 22.8lbs/ft2 (111.2kg/m2)
- Wing Area 967.4ft2 (89.9m2)
- Drag Points 4261
Parts
- Number of Parts 46
- Control Surfaces 7
- Performance Cost 412
@ColonelStriker A lot of my other original planes have obvious real-world inspiration as well. Mostly, I like to build replicas without calling them replicas. Slap them together from memory, and give them a unique twist. That's generally my building style.
Whoops my bad eyesight didn’t noticed that one @Sunnyskies
@ColonelStriker Yes, of course. I even mentioned the inspiration in the description.
ahem U-2 ahem
@Sunnyskies no problem! I love to help people!
@getorge omg you madman!
Thank you so much for all your upvotes! You single-handedly lifted me to platinum!
@speedyplane Thanks.
@Sunnyskies this is very very very very very very nice@!
@mikoyanster Thanks.
Nice plane!
@Sunnyskies welcome
@MAHADI Thank you!
sharp cool...
@joeysellers Thanks!
Oh, never mind it's the BIG engine...no wonder it's overpowered! XD
Very nice, reminds me of another jet close to my heart. Is that a stock engine? Seems really powerful...
@Treadmill103 Thanks!
@Noahproblem Thanks.
Simply a nice plane