Hypersonic Speeds cause instability, unable to fix problem.
Background
Wikipedia
"The Boeing X-51 Waverider is an unmanned research scramjet experimental aircraft for hypersonic flight at Mach 5 (3,300 mph; 5,300 km/h) and an altitude of 70,000 feet (21,000 m). The aircraft was designated X-51 in 2005. It completed its first powered hypersonic flight on 26 May 2010. After two unsuccessful test flights, the X-51 completed a flight of over six minutes and reached speeds of over Mach 5 for 210 seconds on 1 May 2013 for the longest duration powered hypersonic flight.
Waverider refers in general to aircraft that take advantage of compression lift produced by their own shock waves. The X-51 program was a cooperative effort by the United States Air Force, DARPA, NASA, Boeing, and Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne. The program was managed by the Aerospace Systems Directorate within the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL). X-51 technology is proposed for use in the High Speed Strike Weapon (HSSW), a Mach 5+ missile which could enter service in the mid-2020s."
Federation
Classed as a Mach 9+ Hypersonic Missile under the name "Zircon X." Higher powered SCRAM jet engines and potential Nuclear Powered Propulsion to allow indefinite flight.
Controls
Travel
-Use Throttle and normal plane controls to get the missile to targets
Attack
-Activate Air to Ground
-Select Cleaver
-Launch Cleaver at targets
-(This can be configured to target aircraft)
Attachment to Aircraft
-Place cockpit on the missile
-Remove Fuselage block on top of detacher
-Resize with "Fine Tuner" mod
-Add toggleable control surfaces on your aircraft's current control surfaces
Specifications
General Characteristics
- Successors 1 airplane(s)
- Created On Mac
- Wingspan 9.0ft (2.7m)
- Length 26.2ft (8.0m)
- Height 4.1ft (1.2m)
- Empty Weight 11,769lbs (5,338kg)
- Loaded Weight 17,147lbs (7,778kg)
Performance
- Power/Weight Ratio 0.196
- Wing Loading 28.1lbs/ft2 (137.4kg/m2)
- Wing Area 609.4ft2 (56.6m2)
- Drag Points 510
Parts
- Number of Parts 36
- Control Surfaces 9
- Performance Cost 266
A little smaller than expected but it’s great
I'm glad the scramjet idea has grown again. I made a fictional scramjet myself but it's nice to see another jet that's real.