From the side it looks like one of those fancy shoes ladies sometimes wear when they want to look good but don't want the foot pain of stilleto heels.
Anyhoot, I was messing around with strange wing structures again and this happened.
It is mostly wing pieces, with one or two fuselage bits because wings have to start somewhere and cockpits will not stick to anything else.
The air brakes on the side of the cockpit area are NOT air brakes, they are set to yaw the aircraft, very, very slowly, but they do turn it.
Be careful using 'mirror' in the editor and remember to set the left one to inverse.
Two BFE150's, XML'd for tiny size provide power and there is a xml fuel tank hidden somewhere too, not infinite fuel though. :P
AG1 for braking chutes, because it;
a) has a high landing speed
b) does not stop very well without them.
Specifications
General Characteristics
- Created On Windows
- Wingspan 25.7ft (7.8m)
- Length 54.9ft (16.7m)
- Height 10.8ft (3.3m)
- Empty Weight 4,642lbs (2,105kg)
- Loaded Weight 18,511lbs (8,396kg)
Performance
- Power/Weight Ratio 3.641
- Wing Loading 8.6lbs/ft2 (41.8kg/m2)
- Wing Area 2,163.5ft2 (201.0m2)
- Drag Points 1372
Parts
- Number of Parts 208
- Control Surfaces 6
- Performance Cost 856
'Why use air brakes instead of the conventional method?'
I hear people ask.
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For some reason, placing rudder surfaces on the upright (close to 90') surfaces makes the aircraft roll.
The bigger the rudder surface, the faster it rolls.
This is instead of it yawing properly.
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I did not want to add a rudder (more like two, for the symmetry) because it would have messed with the look, even more than the cockpit/engine pod area does.