Agile, Updated with pics!

[Raptor kerman]

Agile is a single seater technology demonstrator, replacing wings with Big S elevons. Designed to be as agile as possible, this plane can top 17 gees. 

Download here: https://kerbalx.com/RaptorWorKs/agile

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Facts

top speed: 1410 m/s

max gee force: 17.6

take off speed: 50 m/s

crew: 1

max altitude: 75 000 m

fuel: 440 LF

engine: 1 Whiplash

max acceleration: 40 m/s^2

engine cut out: ~20 000 m

SAS off at ~400 m/s for less SAS induced oscillations

take off rotation below 10° 

mass 6.5 tons

 

 

Edited January 30, 2017 by Raptor kerman

[fourfa]

No pics, and wrong link...

[Speed_Kerman]

No pics, no clicks.

[AeroGav]

Off the OP's KerbalX share.  

Likely to have eye-watering roll rates with 100% of the wing acting as aileron.  But, the elevon doesn't hold any fuel, and it has half the lift rating of a normal wing of the same weight.   It's lift that actually creates the G forces.

I was interested in using a variable incidence wing built entirely from elevons to make a more efficient SSTO (low lift for speed run, high lift for climb) but the drawbacks of elevons probably offset the gains.

https://kerbalx.com/AeroGav/Silver-Gryphon

Low speed - it can do 360 turns within the radius of the R&D complex.

Medium speed - Can pull 50g at 430m/s and the wings don't snap off.  Chickened out of trying that any faster.

Sustained turn at altitude - can pull 30g continuously at 10km and mach 3.7.

Cheating - with "unbreakable joints", you can pull 290g.

Not yet tested - high altitude performance.  How well will it do vs other aircraft in a 22km altitude dogfight?

[Camaron]

Ford. Built tough.

[Raptor kerman]

On 1/28/2017 at 11:13 PM, fourfa said:

No pics, and wrong link...

 

22 hours ago, Speed_Kerman said:

No pics, no clicks.

Sorry, made the thread as quickly as I could, I'll get proper pics and a better Kerbalx post later this evening.

[Firemetal]

That is a nice looking plane! I suggest you replace the intake with a nose cone though as the precooler already gives you way more than enough air for one whiplash and a nosecone would make it more aerodynamic.

Fire