STOL challenge SNCACG 547 Cigogne Ambulance
CNCACG, the ‘Compagnie Nationale de Construction à Acronyme Completement Generique' builds SimplePlanes aircraft that look like they could have been flown by the French in the 1950’s and 60’s. It’s latest product is the Model 547 STOL Army Battlefield Ambulance.
Using the proven wing of the Model 54 series , this plane Has a top speed of 200 MPH but with full flaps down can fly at 75. It can take off from USS Tiny and land on USS Beast without an arrester hook (*).
As Medevac plane, it carries one pilot and one patient on a stretcher or one pilot and up to three medics or sitting patients. Notable is the novel Combination loading ramp/ leveler (Activate2) that raises the fuselage boom along with lowering the ramp so that medics can freely load or unload the cargo/passenger area without the tail plane getting in the way.
And yes, the airplane has a fully functional VR cockpit, lots of lights and cameras, working cockpit doors and probably a couple more tricks up its sleeves that right now I can’t remember.
And for all questions on how exactly the wing, flaps and dive brakes/air brakes work, feel free to download and take a look at the testbed for this aircraft, the SNCACG 541 Cigogne I uploaded alongside this plane.
(*) In theory if can land on USS Tiny as well, but so far I always came in too slow and low and crashed against its fantail. May be you have better luck. Fee free to try.
Specifications
Spotlights
- Valiant2017 3 months ago
- WinsWings 3 months ago
General Characteristics
- Predecessor STOL Challenge [CLOSED]
- Created On Android
- Wingspan 48.5ft (14.8m)
- Length 30.6ft (9.3m)
- Height 13.4ft (4.1m)
- Empty Weight 4,633lbs (2,101kg)
- Loaded Weight 5,641lbs (2,559kg)
Performance
- Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.089
- Wing Loading 13.2lbs/ft2 (64.7kg/m2)
- Wing Area 425.8ft2 (39.6m2)
- Drag Points 2453
Parts
- Number of Parts 238
- Control Surfaces 8
- Performance Cost 1,127