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Logan Darklighter · 03-30-2013, 01:59 AM

I have managed to put together what I think has become my personal favorite jet design. A surprisingly nimble, yet rock stable number I call the Draken. The name was inspired by the Saab Draken because of the double-delta wing shape. (Though this is a twin engine, twin tail jet. So it's kind of like an F-15 Eagle and a Draken combined.)
She's a beauty isn't she?

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Comes standard with Mech-Jeb for auto-piloting (though the plane is super stable even without it. It's just for really long trips). Also has an eject-able cockpit pod with parachutes in case of unrecoverable emergencies. Fly safe!

The only slight problem with the design is that the landing gear makes the Draken sit a bit low in the back. This is not a problem on take-off, and in fact makes take-off a breeze.

The problem is landing - doing so without dragging the tail into the ground and destroying the jet nozzles in the back was so tricky that I decided to put an extra gear wheel on the tail. It's only needed on landing. On take-off, I stow it before going down the runway so that the Draken is using standard tricycle gear formation.

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The extra air intakes allow superb power to lift ratio -

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They also ram so much air down that I can "air hog" across the very top of the atmosphere. I've recorded a maximum speed of 1573 Meters per second! If I'm not careful, the jet will reach sub-orbital and go right out of the atmosphere!

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