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Vertical landing rocket with escape suite

10.9k VChart  8.4 years ago

An update of my old model here:
https://www.simpleplanes.com/a/O2CG1w/Vertical-landing-rocket-stage-one
So, almost the same POP, except that, press 5 to seperate the stage be sure to center the VTOL slider here, and press 3, 4 to chenge to dropping mode after pushing VTOL slider to full.
This time, I upload video first onto my everyplay channel here:
https://everyplay.com/videos/30911988
and here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmArtiZv3rg&feature=youtu.be
discussion thread about this model in Chinese here:
http://www.newsmth.net/nForum/article/SimulateFlight/185604?s=185604

General Characteristics

  • Created On iOS
  • Wingspan 13.3ft (4.1m)
  • Length 13.3ft (4.1m)
  • Height 62.5ft (19.0m)
  • Empty Weight 16,358lbs (7,420kg)
  • Loaded Weight 17,460lbs (7,920kg)

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 2.509
  • Wing Loading 270.4lbs/ft2 (1,320.0kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 64.6ft2 (6.0m2)
  • Drag Points 15990

Parts

  • Number of Parts 227
  • Control Surfaces 0
  • Performance Cost 1,172