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Auto Credit Based on Rohan's Future of Flight Challenge
My entry for the Future of Flight contest. The Skeiron is an exploration of completely tailless aircraft, and supplements both pitch and roll control with thrust vectoring.
The performance of this aircraft is not great, honestly, but it is flyable. The idea was simply to overcome the challenges of having little to no yaw control or stability, as well as woking within the constraints of a single delta layout. Be very gentle when taking off to avoid the thrust vectoring flipping the plane over.
One notable feature is that the handling actually becomes far more responsive with higher thrust, thanks again to the vectoring.
Specifications
General Characteristics
- Predecessor Future of Flight Challenge
- Created On Android
- Wingspan 35.8ft (10.9m)
- Length 29.4ft (9.0m)
- Height 6.6ft (2.0m)
- Empty Weight 8,456lbs (3,836kg)
- Loaded Weight 10,778lbs (4,889kg)
Performance
- Power/Weight Ratio 2.501
- Wing Loading 55.1lbs/ft2 (269.1kg/m2)
- Wing Area 195.5ft2 (18.2m2)
- Drag Points 2305
Parts
- Number of Parts 69
- Control Surfaces 4
- Performance Cost 263
There is absolutely no need to rush things. I'll work on it from time to time and keep you updated. If you have an idea let me know!
@Kimo well I have to keep an eye on things, after all! That design looks interesting, I shall try to finish my current project as quickly as I can so that I can help
That was fast Skua! Here is my very first concept.
-Very clean design
-alternative pitch concept due to the wing layout.
-very fast
-maybe detailed cockpit, probably with working elements
fist idea
It is a rough concept but flyable