Auto Credit Based on Spaghetti's Slow plane Challenge (closed)
Triple surface STOL aircraft
Stall speed = 38 mph at 16% throttle and approx 15 deg nose up.
Main landing gear is retractable, but was intended to be fixed (just wanted to use the standard lg). I don't bother retracting. Vertical tails are a little small, tends to hunt for a heading at slow speed, but powerful enough to make flat turns at slow speed.
Specifications
General Characteristics
- Predecessor Slow plane Challenge (closed)
- Created On Windows
- Wingspan 48.1ft (14.7m)
- Length 37.4ft (11.4m)
- Height 7.0ft (2.1m)
- Empty Weight 2,184lbs (990kg)
- Loaded Weight 2,252lbs (1,021kg)
Performance
- Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.156
- Wing Loading 4.8lbs/ft2 (23.5kg/m2)
- Wing Area 468.2ft2 (43.5m2)
- Drag Points 1635
Parts
- Number of Parts 65
- Control Surfaces 8
- Performance Cost 401
@spaghetti , thanks for the challenge. Slow planes are my jam.... Wing loading is key. Keep it low. 14 lbs/sq ft is a standard light plane, below 10 for STOL, below 5 for superSTOL. Also, a non-zero angle of incidence on the main wing helps.
absolutely well done!
Congratulations! you won the challenge. Also your plane looks really cool.