Solent SJ-150
it's here. unofficially I procrastinated and tried making an autopilot for way too long, but the official version is that the certification processon this brand new business jet took about as long as 3 777X's. I started working on it in the beginning of july, but, well, the rest I've already rambled about.
Design
It's my biggest business jet to date, but I guess that's not all too surprising
It seats 8 passengers and two pilots in a (relatively) spacious cabin.
It does technicallyhave a lavatory and a kitchen, but I didn't bother building them, as that would have added another 4 777X's worth of waiting time.
How to fly:
Takeoff:
VTOL......................................-50%
Trim..........................Full nose up
Throttle...between 80 and 100%
Rotate at around 200 km/h (108 knots)
Landing
Approach: maintain 20-30% Throttle and around 240 km/h (130 knots) with gear down and flaps full
Start an early flare, it's not a fan of pulling up too quickly.
When you get used to it though, it's really good at buttering
Parts I "borrowed" from other planes
The engine fan blades are from @SARACONIKaviationIndustry 's SKBJ-11
The ADI is from @GuianLorenzo 's LearJet 75
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.
Additional Notes
- If it flies weirdly on a keyboard, please just say it in the comments, because I use a Logitech flight yoke and like all of by other recent builds it's mostly optimised for a Joystick or mouse yoke.
- The displays on the glareshield are still functional, even though I didn't manage to code an autopilot
Specifications
Spotlights
- This craft is curated
General Characteristics
- Created On Windows
- Wingspan 47.0ft (14.3m)
- Length 46.1ft (14.0m)
- Height 14.1ft (4.3m)
- Empty Weight N/A
- Loaded Weight 15,653lbs (7,100kg)
Performance
- Power/Weight Ratio 0.904
- Wing Loading 26.5lbs/ft2 (129.3kg/m2)
- Wing Area 591.1ft2 (54.9m2)
- Drag Points 1593
Parts
- Number of Parts 673
- Control Surfaces 7
- Performance Cost 2,901
about the wonky image: I forgor that I now have a 16:10 instead of a 16:9 display, and I forgot to crop the screenshot