AN-1 Special Gimballing VTOL Jet

[The Optimist]

After hours of debilitation over how to make a VTOL jet without strapping an unsightly engine to the bottom of the plane, our engineers were struck with a genius idea. What if, instead of 2 different specialized engines, we used one for both vertical and horizontal flight. And so, the AN-1 was born. Equipped with a prototype light bearing both light and strong enough to keep a jet engine attached, and a special small-diameter engine module and fuel storage. Capable of almost instant take-off and (theoretically) landing, it is the first in a long line of effective VTOL craft.

Instruction Manual:

1) Decouple the engine module from the main plane, enable SAS on both.

2) Switch to the engine module, press D until it reaches maximum inclination, and press Z and spacebar.

3) Wait until you reach around 60 meters off the ground. Then, press A until it reaches minimal inclination, and quickly switch to the main craft.

4) Press (1) two times to lock the engine in horizontal flight configuration. Fly as you would a typical jet

Landing sequence:

1) Cut horizontal speed to around 5 m/s

2) Disengage locking sequence

3) Fire downwards jet at 40-50% power until you touch down

4) Pray nothing important explodes.

 

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[Rath]

How does the hinge work?

[The Optimist]

13 hours ago, Rath said:

How does the hinge work?

It's a simple hinge. The engine is mounted to a setup of 2 small fuel tanks, which are held in place by cubic struts.

[Bloojay]

always like a tilt-engine vtol 

Edited August 26, 2016 by Bloojay

[quasarrgames]

Heyyy that's clever! The use of airbrakes as a holder for the engine is also really original and cool. It reminds me of a similar design i made, but instead of stock hinges i used the klaw: