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ASEA LZ Jumper VTVL

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ASEA presents an innovative VTVL craft. This is an experimental aircraft designed to vertically take off and vertically land within an atmosphere of up to 3 x Earth's gravity. This particular model is fitted with 8 small and 1 large ASEA propulsion drives capable of pushing past Earth's atmosphere. At 30% power it is capable of sustaining level flight in a vertical mode. Instructions to control the craft below:

NOTE: For better landing stability reduce the spring strength to 10% on all landing stabilisers, this will stop the rocking after landing.

Throttle to power engines.
Pitch, Roll and Yaw as expected (keep in mind yaw can be a bit confusing when in vertical mode).
VTOL up to extend landing stabilisers.
Brake to stop engines and turn on reverse thrust (this can help with slowing down but most useful after landing and stabalising the rocket).
Lastly and only in emergencies, AG1 to deploy parachutes. Less than 10% power needed to bring the rocket down to a safe decent speed.

A tip for flight is to use small adjustments for everything, and be patient while you get the hang of it. When you do, it's a really cool craft to fly and really fun to travel from island to island and actually land safely vertically. Colour coding of the retro thrusters at the top are blue for back and red for front to assist with orientation.

General Characteristics

  • Predecessor ASEA LZ Jumper
  • Created On Mac
  • Wingspan 14.0ft (4.3m)
  • Length 14.0ft (4.3m)
  • Height 58.7ft (17.9m)
  • Empty Weight 13,886lbs (6,299kg)
  • Loaded Weight 49,580lbs (22,489kg)

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 1.495
  • Wing Loading 51.2lbs/ft2 (249.9kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 968.8ft2 (90.0m2)
  • Drag Points 34169

Parts

  • Number of Parts 149
  • Control Surfaces 8
  • Performance Cost 1,001