The 'Pegasus' - Powerglider (New and Improved Mark II, out now)

[Abraham Drinkin]

I thought I might share this:

The new Pegasus v2:

Is it a Jet? Is it a glider? It\'s a twin-turbojet powered quadplane!

Wether it\'s lazyly gliding above the treetops at 30 m/s or speeding at 527+ m/s at 15 km altitude,

this thing can do it all.

Started out as a design for a recon/exploration craft, then took a turn towards almost mach 2 jet somewhere along the line...

I have no idea how -or when-, but I like it!

//aditional info:

-The lowest thrust is enough to climb and do basic maneuvers. I actually haven\'t yet tested for max range,

due to just how damn long this thing stays in the air.

-Going ~15 m/s during a landing attempt, I managed to climb back up about fifty to about a hundred metres,

so determining minimum glide speed is very difficult. (Though I can tell, it\'s very slow )

Flight tips:

-for stability, keeping SAS on is recommended but not necessary.

-start with full/high throttle, else the exhaust burns away one, or both, rearwings for whatever reason... [resolved in v2]

-don\'t attempt to glide in thinner atmosphere, I haven\'t managed to get out of the inevitable stall during my testflights.

-for all her gliding capabilities, she\'s a pain to brake: use the rcs, that\'s it\'s sole purpose. [v2: added 4 parachutes]

Improvements and specifications in V2:

-added two pairs of parachutes for braking if landingzone is small

-added three droptanks to the bottom, functioning as landing gear as well, allthough stability on the ground is severly decreased.

-dropping them off before landing is advisable.

--> Due to this, the stage layout for the braking parachutes is: droptanks -> parachute pair I -> parachute pair II

(change on your own risk.)

Enjoy!

[Cooly568]

Cool plane!

[En1r4m]

This is pretty awesome has a real classic feel to it gotta love it congrats man

[Abraham Drinkin]

Thank you both.

I\'m also working on a second version, resolving the ... erm \'burning tail\' issue

and adding droptanks: twice the range, double the fun.

Made an east and a west trip across the sea (with fuel to spare) in the prototype already

[AlexanderB]

Is it supposed to slowly drift down? I have to hold up all the time to stay level even with SAS on.. /it might just be a balance issue..

[Phoenix Aerospace]

That\'s normal with spaceplanes. Lrn 2 trim.