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ARCA's AirStrato 002 + Launching platform

132 Avionc130  6.7 years ago

I think this is the most time-consuming project that i ever made in SP. This is an romanian/north-american research drone, developed by ARCA(the romanian cosmonautics and aerodinamics agency).Her role is to get scientific aparatus at high altitudes, for long periods of time and at a very cheap price.She uses electric motors and solar panels, wich lowers the cost of an stratospheric flight.She can carry 45 kilos of equipment/auxiliary batteries on board.It's currently under development at Arca's space center, in New Mexico. BACK TO THE REPLICA: I've added the launching platform used at the real plane, but i used a diffrent desing for it, due to the complexity of the real one. LAUNCHING PROCEDURE:1-take the VTOL bar full down.2-turn on the engines,3-trim max down,4-press AG2 to activate the detacher. ACTION GROUPS:-AG1 parachutes (even the real plane has them, but i didn't find the schematichs with their place on the plane, so i did mh best to put them in key-spots)-AG 2 LAUNCH (be sure to have the VTOL bar at max down)-AG3 +VTOL TO USE THE FLAPS (if you can call them like that). Yoda and Gollum bless u and i wish u lots of fun;)

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General Characteristics

  • Created On Android
  • Wingspan 63.1ft (19.2m)
  • Length 64.6ft (19.7m)
  • Height 12.3ft (3.7m)
  • Empty Weight 73,254lbs (33,227kg)
  • Loaded Weight 75,694lbs (34,334kg)

Performance

  • Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.033
  • Wing Loading 160.6lbs/ft2 (783.9kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 471.4ft2 (43.8m2)
  • Drag Points 14234

Parts

  • Number of Parts 213
  • Control Surfaces 6
  • Performance Cost 812