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German Sailplanes GS-1 JET

558 Fliegerkerlchen  3.5 years ago
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A fictional glider with self-launching capabilities. It has a small Jet engine like the JS-3, but it has enough thrust to takeoff on its own. It also has some flaps with positive and negative flap settings, speedbrakes and a steerable rear landing gear so it is controllable on the ground. For a better gliding performance, you should customize the fuel amount.

AG1: Retract and deactivate the Engine
Trim: Trim
VTOL: Flaps

I recommend to use full positive flaps and maybe some positive trim on takeoff, it is a lot easier to climb out when you do.

Other Versions:
GS1
GS1b
GS1b JET

If anything is messed up, please write it in the comments.

Hope you like it!

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General Characteristics

  • Created On Windows
  • Wingspan 64.2ft (19.6m)
  • Length 35.5ft (10.8m)
  • Height 10.1ft (3.1m)
  • Empty Weight 3,108lbs (1,410kg)
  • Loaded Weight 4,771lbs (2,164kg)

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 0.706
  • Wing Loading 16.5lbs/ft2 (80.3kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 290.0ft2 (26.9m2)
  • Drag Points 1118

Parts

  • Number of Parts 45
  • Control Surfaces 9
  • Performance Cost 275