English Electric P42 1.1
Vtol up lowers bomb bay doors, vtol down lowers wing tips, landing gear retracts gear and doors (no detail of concept landing gear appart from a sketch showing angled legs so I made that bit up with twisting and bending legs), if you want to go faster press 1 this will lower intake deflectors and give it a speed boost (be warned it doesnt like more than 1200mph.) In the early 1960s, BAC's English Electric design team developed the P.42 aircraft 'concept' based on the Rolls Royce Type C ramjet. A dozen designs were created around this concept - from naval strike to satellite launch vehicle!! This one is the design for the tactical strike role - EAG.4426. Powered by 2 Rolls Royce type C turbo ramjets delivering 27,000lbs thrust each, the plane had a designed top speed of mach 4.5 planned to be in service in the mid 1980s!! This was a number of design investigations for operational requirement OR346/355 (The replacement for the RAF's TSR2 and Navy's Buccaneer) that gave us the more conservative Tornado!
Specifications
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- Tang0five 6.9 years ago
General Characteristics
- Created On Windows
- Wingspan 23.9ft (7.3m)
- Length 41.5ft (12.6m)
- Height 11.3ft (3.5m)
- Empty Weight 5,798lbs (2,629kg)
- Loaded Weight 7,241lbs (3,284kg)
Performance
- Power/Weight Ratio 18.62
- Wing Loading 1.1lbs/ft2 (5.2kg/m2)
- Wing Area 6,838.4ft2 (635.3m2)
- Drag Points 5188
Parts
- Number of Parts 290
- Control Surfaces 0
- Performance Cost 1,624
@Tang0five I've got some time off work at present hence some time to build things :) the Mrs is usually understanding and tends to be playing on her phone nowadays anyway!
Suppose you could add it to your work load? I don’t know where you get the time to make all these brilliant builds. I have a 30min slot whilst the other half watches her soap ludicrousnous where I’m impervious to the “why are you being anti social” rant..... @RamboJutter
@Tang0five is this one worth revisiting? Add loads more detail, a fictitious scheme and some external ordinance?
Love these concept designs that could have been remarkably aircraft had funding and government meddling allowed!
@RamboJutter I'm not complaining!
@TheRussiansAreComing lol I know, bit of a fluke that I'm afraid but does make landing easy :)
Great job! The only plane I've ever seen that could fly at 25mph. Would make great glider.