The Swan
This is a twin engine electric seaplane designed and built by the Solent Aviation company in Norway. It is avaliable fully assembled or as a kit and is designed to be as simple and cheap as possible to assemble and maintain. More Documentation and the Build guide can be found here.
Performance
Full flap stall speed: 60 km/h (33 knots)
Flaps up stall speed: 74 km/h (40 knots)
Max speed: ~340km/h (184 knots)
Takeoff distance: ~90m (results may vary)
Landing Distance: ~20m (these are just guesses tbh)
Parts I "borrowed" from other planes
- The artificial horizon is from @GuianLorenzo 's LearJet 75
- The map is from the Scout Kea from my aircraft library, but i realised that none of JamesPLANESii's keas have that map, so I have no Idea where it's from...
VR
I don't have a way of testing if my planes are VR-compatible, but I tried following as many of the curation criteria as I could.
Additional Notes
If it flies weirdly on a keyboard, please just say it in the comments, because I use a Logitech flight yoke and like all of by other recent builds it's mostly optimised for a Joystick or mouse yoke.
I'll now go on the hunt for old fuselages in my aircraft library now to make "new" planes out of them
Specifications
Spotlights
- This craft is curated
- airlinerbuilder 3 months ago
- YarisSedan 3 months ago
- AirJMCAviation 3 months ago
- Rb2h 4 months ago
- MA2211CwCABaerospace 3 months ago
General Characteristics
- Created On Windows
- Wingspan 37.2ft (11.3m)
- Length 29.5ft (9.0m)
- Height 10.6ft (3.2m)
- Empty Weight 752lbs (341kg)
- Loaded Weight 752lbs (341kg)
Performance
- Wing Loading 2.6lbs/ft2 (12.7kg/m2)
- Wing Area 290.1ft2 (27.0m2)
- Drag Points 434
Parts
- Number of Parts 345
- Control Surfaces 9
- Performance Cost 1,751
@ThomasRoderick i usually just start building and the outcome could be a cessna or a 747, but i'll try
@Solent19
First thing first: it's not my first time doing mass-upvoting some random strangers 'ere, nor would it be my last.
Second: please, for the love of all that's sacred and cherished please try to sketch how the plane would look like before you start the construction process - your construction style is good, but your aesthetics is really hit-and-miss.
... and preemptive apologies for nitpicking.
well thanks @ThomasRoderick for almost giving me a heart attack when i reloaded the page and saw 10 new notifications
oooh did you click it?
@MA2211c never gonna run around
and hurt you
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but why tho?
Never gonna give you up never going let you down
You know the rules and so do I say goodbye
@Rb2h understandable
I keep reading your name as "Soylent" lol
@42 thanks!
Cool plane!