Short Brothers FJX
Controls
VR flight deck - feedback welcome. It’s a bit Spartan but I’m not a huge fan of internals as it tends to get tedious and I have better things to be doing with my time!!
AG 1 Landing Lights
AG 2 Cockpit light
AG 4 Cabin Lighting
AG 5 Autopilot
AG 6 Spoilers
AG 7 Thrust Reversers
AG 8 Navigation Lights
VTOL down for flaps
Background
Being considerably successful at the prop driven commuter market with the 330 & 360 Shorts proposed the ‘Fan Jet Experimental’.
The eagle eyed among you will notice it’s labelled FJ-44 on the actual build. I decided if it went into production the ‘experimental’ would have been dropped and as it planned for 44 seats, I followed the model plus seat number convention.
The FJX was slated to begin production in the early 90s but a partner was never found to share the costs so she remained consigned to the drawing board.....until now!
A punchy little number she would have been too I’ve decked her out in suitable 90s US Airways livery - one of my nostalgic US brands. See below for my inspiration.
Specifications
Spotlights
- This craft is curated
General Characteristics
- Successors 3 airplane(s)
- Created On Windows
- Wingspan 73.9ft (22.5m)
- Length 82.0ft (25.0m)
- Height 26.0ft (7.9m)
- Empty Weight 47,540lbs (21,563kg)
- Loaded Weight 61,529lbs (27,909kg)
Performance
- Power/Weight Ratio 0.813
- Wing Loading 34.3lbs/ft2 (167.6kg/m2)
- Wing Area 1,792.4ft2 (166.5m2)
- Drag Points 9398
Parts
- Number of Parts 615
- Control Surfaces 7
- Performance Cost 2,869
Reminds me of Embraer
cool
Find the xml wings buried at the wind root and add more. I don’t like infinite fuel and put in enough to potter around between islands. @Stevan
Can you put more fuel?
Thank you! I think you are all trying to get me on a bite ref the superjet ;) check the description and look at the plans at the bottom - it was built using designer suite and should closely resemble it :) @BlackWidowSquadron
Is this a sukhoi Superjet, it doesnt look like the Shorts Fjx but more like the Superjet. Btw really nice aircraft.
Not quite. Read the background info and you’ll see this predates the superjet. @EnzoDiazUnofficial
Right. @GabrielFangster70
@Tang0five, say sike rn
No @GabrielFangster70
Is this an embraer e-170 is it
You can never drink too much tea! @Arisu
Emb 172 that drinks too much tea
They say you learn something new every day, and I learned this existed today. Great plane and it’s a shame that it was never built