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STOL Waterplane

165 Eligerus  8.1 years ago

This is a Short Take-Off and Landing waterplane design. It is inspired mostly by the De Havilland DHC-2 and shares a similar appearence with it. My aircraft has flaps as well, which decrease the takeoff/landing speed and increase its maneuvrability. The test have shown, that the takeoff speed is around 120-130 mph and the stall speed is around 90-95 mph, so keep it in mind just in case things go fishy) Last but not least- i gave this airplane a self-made monochrome finish, which is similar to those private DHC-2s have. If you wish to make it amphibious, you can just add some landing gears to the floats, but make sure that they are high enough, so the water rudders do not touch the runway. Regardless have fun and feel free to modify it;)

General Characteristics

  • Created On Android
  • Wingspan 74.4ft (22.7m)
  • Length 32.4ft (9.9m)
  • Height 20.7ft (6.3m)
  • Empty Weight 5,849lbs (2,653kg)
  • Loaded Weight 22,812lbs (10,347kg)

Performance

  • Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.087
  • Wing Loading 26.4lbs/ft2 (129.0kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 863.4ft2 (80.2m2)
  • Drag Points 2188

Parts

  • Number of Parts 41
  • Control Surfaces 9
  • Performance Cost 192