BAE Harrier replica

[kapteenipirk]

So here is a BAE Harrier replika that works good as a regular plane. Tought id leave this one unarmed to save on some weight and make it fully stock.

Unfortunetly i had to remove the VTOL system from it when i noticed that it didnt work too well and was very unpractical.
It was heavy, the aircraft was hard to control durning vtol mode (could have propably fixed this) and it would run out of oxidizer way too fast for it to be practical (about 20 seconds worth of fuel).
This caused a problem wher the aircraft woul run out of oxidezer before it could reach enough speed/altitude to fly.
The big S flaps would also over heat and explode cause they get in front of the engine exhaust when pointing the nose down.

The only use i found for the VTOL system was to use it to land into water without the plane getting damaged.

But as a regular plane its not too bad at all, it flyes around pretty well but is a little slow with a top speed of 160 m/s in low altitude.

This caused by the fact that the design is pretty heavy and could really use some bigger engines. Currently uses 8 "juno" engines.

Here are some picks of one of the test flights.

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/dFn8XYE.png[/IMG]

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/Jbquu9s.png[/IMG]

It had 12 "twitch" engines on the underside as the vtol engines.

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/LWcc0ck.png[/IMG]

So there it is for you, the Harrier jump jet. I hope you enjoy it :).

Download link: [URL]https://www.dropbox.com/s/gip96hacn1zynj7/BAE%20Harrier.craft?dl=0[/URL] Edited November 25, 2015 by kapteenipirk