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GRFW Moon Rocket

1,305 Gandalf71  4.3 years ago

Gandalf's Retro Future Works Moon Rocket is classic pulp sci-fi spaceship with retrofuture (steampunk) design. It is armed with an extremely powerful green laser capable of destroying a fleet of ships off Wright Island in few seconds.

Flying with this rocket is a little bit tricky, but also very funny. Gyroscope is atached to hinge rotator and therefore it is possible to tilt the flight angle, so that stabilizes the ship in the vertical and also in the horizontal position.

Instructions:
To start, set the engine thrust to 20% and after a while you can start to slowly tilt the VTOL controller down. The gyroscope tilt the ship to horizontal position and then they acts as a classical aircraft. For stabile horizontal flight is needed thrust cca. 15%. Landing is handled by the opposite procedure like start. In a vertical position, the ship can float almost like a helicopter, so you are able to climb down slowly to the ground. Warning! The rate of descent must not rise above 100mph, as the rocket will become uncontrollable.

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General Characteristics

  • Created On Windows
  • Wingspan 20.9ft (6.4m)
  • Length 20.9ft (6.4m)
  • Height 47.6ft (14.5m)
  • Empty Weight N/A
  • Loaded Weight 14,390lbs (6,527kg)

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 2.342
  • Wing Loading 30.8lbs/ft2 (150.5kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 466.9ft2 (43.4m2)
  • Drag Points 25807

Parts

  • Number of Parts 102
  • Control Surfaces 0
  • Performance Cost 323