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Solent S-19X Andromeda

4,387 Solent  8 days ago

The Solent S-19X (ICAO code: S19X)is a six-seat, high-performance, amphibian, twin-engined, high-wing general-aviation light aircraft. First flown in December 2024, it has been serially produced by Solent since January 2025.

Autopilot

I FINALLY MADE IT

man, screw the flight controls, this just took too damn long to make it not wobble the whole time...
It's about as simple as autopilots get but it WORKS!!!


AG5: Door
AG6: Autopilot


Performance

Crew: 1/2
Capacity: 4-5 Passengers
Length: 8.2m
Height: 3.1m
Wingspan: 10.3m
MTOW: 2.6T
Maximum Speed: 194 knots (360 km/h)
Cruise Speed: 167 knots (310 km/h)
Stall Speed: 38 knots (71 km/h) (Power off, flaps down, trim full nose up)
Range: 8nm (8km)
Service Ceiling: 15'000ft (4500m)
Rate of climb: 1650 ft/m (8.3 m/s) (neutral trim)
Takeoff Distance: 90m (STOL operations, see manual)
Landing Distance: 50m


Parts I "borrowed" from other planes

The artificial horizon and the seats are from @GuianLorenzo 's LearJet 75
The Speed and Altitude and all these indicators are from @MonikaAkiyama's CA-50U


VR

I don't have a way of testing if my planes are VR-compatible, but I tried following as many of the curation criteria as I could.

Spotlights

General Characteristics

  • Created On Windows
  • Wingspan 33.7ft (10.3m)
  • Length 26.8ft (8.2m)
  • Height 10.2ft (3.1m)
  • Empty Weight 3,286lbs (1,490kg)
  • Loaded Weight 3,286lbs (1,490kg)

Performance

  • Wing Loading 8.8lbs/ft2 (43.1kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 372.5ft2 (34.6m2)
  • Drag Points 1056

Parts

  • Number of Parts 477
  • Control Surfaces 7
  • Performance Cost 2,294
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    2,962 FaLLin1

    @Solent thnx ^^

    +1 7 days ago
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    4,387 Solent

    @griges oh yeah no i didn't make that, see "Parts i "borrowed" from other planes"

    +1 7 days ago
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    743 griges

    @Solent i thought it was just the text part 😂

    7 days ago
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    4,387 Solent

    @griges well yes of course, as long as you give credit
    also i've just put parts from more skilled funky trees programmers than me together

    +1 8 days ago
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    4,387 Solent

    @FaLLin1 but sure, here you go

    +1 8 days ago
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    4,387 Solent

    @FaLLin1 without the what?
    do you mean the new levers?
    also how hard can it be to update?

    8 days ago
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    2,962 FaLLin1

    can u please re-upload it without the leveler 2 3 cuz running an old version sp

    8 days ago
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    743 griges

    @Solent oh dang it works awesome 😂
    does the mfd free to use? it looks sweet
    btw, everything looks sweet!!

    +1 8 days ago
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    83.8k MrCOPTY

    I'm glad to see some good vr seaplanes, they're veri few good creations under the tag seaplane this year 😭

    +1 8 days ago
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    4,387 Solent

    because even low physics isn't a problem for the autopilot

    +1 8 days ago
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    4,387 Solent

    oh also the autopilot is in meters, just because that's easier, maybe that's the problem

    +1 8 days ago
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    4,387 Solent

    @griges for me it worked the entire time
    you need to turn on activate6 for the autopilot, i've missed that before

    +2 8 days ago
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    743 griges

    idk where did i do wrong, when i tried Altitude 2000, it keeps climbing

    +1 8 days ago
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    743 griges

    awesome one!
    trying it on

    +1 8 days ago
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    4,387 Solent

    also I have an auto tag list, click here

    8 days ago
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    4,387 Solent

    Requested Tags 3:
    @DeeganishCountryball

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    4,387 Solent

    Requested Tags 2:
    @SuperSuperTheSylph
    @JBPAviation
    @ThatRandomCouchPotato

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    4,387 Solent

    Requested Tags 1:
    @griges
    @YarisHatchback
    @YarisSedan
    Yes i am tagging both accounts, sue me

    8 days ago