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Saturn Aircraft SA-Lowblow FedPost

135 Planemaker1012  1.7 years ago
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Auto Credit Based on LtSaturn's Boxtruck Challenge [CLOSED]

The Federal Postal Services of Kosoria had a problem. Kosoria consists of the Mainland Territory, the Tarbopu Islands and the Isatanz Archipelago. With the faraway territories, the only way to deliver something from a major city to somewhere in the Archipelagos is by air. The problem is, in the Archipelagos, there isn't much flat area to build an airport on or land something. (Sure helicopters exists but let's forget that.) These islands have well paved out roads and dirt strips for cars. So, FedPost asked Saturn Automobiles to make a flying truck. "Nope, we build cars and trucks not planes. You can ask Saturn Aviation though." So they did. The end result was the SA-Lowblow, a VTOL powered flying truck, equipped with a Delta configuration. Topping out at about 160 knots (185 mph), the truck is slow in aviation standards but is really fast for a truck on ground. THIS IS NOT FOR THE CHALLENGE!

General Characteristics

  • Predecessor Boxtruck Challenge [CLOSED]
  • Created On Windows
  • Wingspan 27.6ft (8.4m)
  • Length 26.1ft (7.9m)
  • Height 15.1ft (4.6m)
  • Empty Weight 7,431lbs (3,370kg)
  • Loaded Weight 9,994lbs (4,533kg)

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 1.349
  • Wing Loading 44.1lbs/ft2 (215.2kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 226.7ft2 (21.1m2)
  • Drag Points 7006

Parts

  • Number of Parts 107
  • Control Surfaces 5
  • Performance Cost 477