Wintermob Air Co. presents it's first low orbit space craft, Wintermob One. Controls; everything works as usual and since this can go so high it can get into 'space', it has RCS ports on it. RCS Controls; up and down work the same as usual, roll is operated by the rudder controls. Taking off: easy on the throttle and quick on the controls to start, a little unstable until it gets some speed. The faster you go, the more throttle you can feed in. Full power comes along pretty quickly. To seperate from the 'rocket' reduce thrust to zero and activate group one. Glide back to landing at some place. Will also survive a water landing.
Specifications
General Characteristics
- Created On Windows
- Wingspan 34.4ft (10.5m)
- Length 19.7ft (6.0m)
- Height 42.5ft (13.0m)
- Empty Weight 19,697lbs (8,934kg)
- Loaded Weight 25,274lbs (11,464kg)
Performance
- Power/Weight Ratio 8.535
- Wing Loading 79.7lbs/ft2 (389.0kg/m2)
- Wing Area 317.3ft2 (29.5m2)
- Drag Points 19283
Parts
- Number of Parts 44
- Control Surfaces 5
- Performance Cost 272
This idea comes from a youtube video that showed a similar concept that did not seem to work very well.
I thought I could do better, so here is my effort.
The aircraft could fly better, but it flies well enough, I managed to get it down safely a few times.
It has a fairly low stall speed for such a small main wing. Go figure.