SR-71 Blackbird
Has anyone ever thought of building an SR-71 BlackBird??
or even a U-2 spyplane??? Grew up watching these planes even
had the old plastic models of them, I think it'd be awesome if someone
could build either one or even both for G3...
here's some stuff I found on the SR-71
Manufacturer: Lockheed Aircraft Corporation
Length: 107' 5"
Length of Nose Probe: 4' 11"
Wing Span: 55' 7"
Wing Area: 1,795 ft. sq.
Wing Aspect Ratio: 1.939
Wing Root Chord: 60.533
Wing Dihedral Angle: 0 degrees
Wing Chord: 0.00
Wing Sweep: 52.629 degrees
Inboard Elevon Area: 39.00 ft. sq.
Outboard Elevon Area: 52.50 ft. sq.
Total Vertical Rudder Area: 150.76 ft. sq.
Moveable Rudder Area: 70.24 ft. sq.
Rudder Root Chord: 14.803 ft.
Rudder Tip Chord: 7.833 ft.
Height: 18' 6"
Empty Weight: 59,000 lbs.
Maximum Weight: 170,000 lbs.
Fuselage Diameter: 5.33 ft.
Service Ceiling: 85,000'+
Maximum Speed: Mach 3.3+ (Limit CIT of 427 degrees C)
Cruising Speed: Mach 3.2
Engines: 2 Pratt & Whittney J-58 (JT11D-20A) with 34,000 lbs. of thrust.
Range: 3,200 nautical miles (without refueling)
I know it'd have to be scaled down just a touch.. lol
and heres' some stuff I found on the Lockheed U-2 spy plane
Manufacturer: Lockheed Aircraft Corporation
Designation: U-2
Type: High-Altitude Reconnaissance
Cost: Classified
Crew: One (Two in trainer models)
Specifications
Length: 63' 19.2 M
Height: 16' 4.8 M
Wingspan: 103' 30.9 M
Weights
Maximum
Take-off: 40000 lbs 18000 Kg
Propulsion
No. of Engines: One
Powerplant: One Pratt & Whitney J75-P-13B engine; one General Electric F-118-101 engine
Thrust: 17000 lbs (7650 Kg)
Performance
Range: 6090+ NM
Ceiling: 70000+ feet (21212 M)
Max Speed: 475+ MPH (Mach 0.58)
Would really love to see these two for G3. My dad retired from
Lockheed Martin about 9 years ago I grew up around these aircraft..
and I thought it would be really cool to fly these via sim.