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Spaceship 2 w/White Knight 2

532 roofus4  9.8 years ago
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I just saw tonight that "UnstableOrbit" already put out a very nice version of this pair of aircraft. Being that I saw his after I created this one, it is completely without influence. I wanted a realistic landing gear arrangement, therefore the wing booms are NOT realistic in order to fit the gear. Also because these are air breathing engines, I had to use unrealistic air intakes that make the nose also unrealistic. Lastly, in the world of unrealistic, I used thrust nozzles to add thrust, and strategically placed them to be used as trim. The problem with them, is that the power is on White Knight, so if White Knight Crashes, you lose power to the nozzles. It helps to take White Knight high before releasing, giving you more time with vectored nozzle power. I have gotten Spaceship Two up to about 94,000 ft with the nozzles operating. She will hit about 1050 mph at 10,000 ft in level flight. She has a high approach speed for landing. I use about 200 mph over the runway threshold, then kill the power. Only the gear on Spaceship Two retract, so don't forget to retract them before takeoff for a realistic look. Oh, on my iPad Air, I have to use the low graphics setting.

General Characteristics

  • Created On iOS
  • Wingspan 116.2ft (35.4m)
  • Length 48.3ft (14.7m)
  • Height 15.5ft (4.7m)
  • Empty Weight 34,384lbs (15,596kg)
  • Loaded Weight 43,726lbs (19,833kg)

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 2.98
  • Wing Loading 42.9lbs/ft2 (209.7kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 1,018.3ft2 (94.6m2)
  • Drag Points 13557

Parts

  • Number of Parts 417
  • Control Surfaces 12
  • Performance Cost 1,020
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    646 kellyJ
    Great job! I performed a separation at 52,000 feet, returned and circled all islands, made a fun crash landing on the lower runway. BTW this is on my mobile Apple tablet.
    9.8 years ago
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    532 roofus4
    Cool, I hope you like it :)@jammer
    9.8 years ago
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    216 jammer
    Because of mobile devices lag, I may mod this so mobile device users can land the Spaceship One.
    9.8 years ago
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    216 jammer
    Even on my ancient Android, this upgrade very good too test "fly".
    9.8 years ago