GREEN I
Manufacturer: Embraer
First Flight: January 20, 1965
Crew: 4
Length: 65.0 m
Wingspan: 33.8 m
Height: 10.2 m
Empty: 80,000 kg
Loaded: 475,000 kg
Max Takeoff: 460,000 kg
Payload to service ceiling: 150,000 kg
Powerplant: 4x Blanko T-860G afterburning turbojets in wing roots (122kN each dry, 200kN each wet), 4x Embraer Type 3 ramjets, outboard ventral (347kN each)
Max Speed: 3,400 kmh
Cruise Speed: 900 kmh
Max Range: 3,600 km
Service Ceiling: 42,000 m
The IBAD's Green series is a large aircraft whose slender fuselage and thin 'double delta' wing are visually dominated by its angular outboard engine pods. The wing root starts roughly a third of the way back from the nose and spreads at a 50 degree sweep until reaching the engine nacelles, after which the sweep increases to 75 degrees for the rest of the wing's length. To increase the amount of room available for payloads, the nacelles are tilted thirty degrees off of the vertical. (OOC: something like this: --//--o--\--) Airflow to the engines is handled by movable shields which slide over the intakes at higher speeds.
Trivia:
- The decreased efficiency shown by the Green's main engines at sea level prevent it from generating enough thrust to become airborne while fully loaded.
- A Green II holds the standing record for highest altitude ever achieved by an air-breathing aircraft - 100,400 m. A Green IV holds the record for highest altitude achieved in controlled flight - 63,600 m.
- Even the last and most fuel-efficient model of the type, the Green V, did not carry sufficient fuel for more than half an hour at full power. Roughly three out of four Green flights require mid-air refueling to make it to their scheduled landing sites at all; none of the remainder land with more than one or two percent of their original fuel load.
BLUE I
Manufacturer: Embraer
First Flight: April 13, 1964
Crew: 1
Height: 2.7 m
Diameter: 1.2 m
Empty Mass: 725 kg
Loaded Mass (including pilot): 810 kg
Acceleration: 3 m/s^2
Endurance: 90 minutes
Delta-V: 70 m/s
BLUE II
Manufacturer: Embraer
First Flight: February 18, 1965
Crew: 1
Height: 5.2 m
Diameter: 1.2 m
Empty Mass: 1,207 kg
Loaded Mass (including pilot): 1,300 kg
Acceleration: 2 m/s^2
Endurance: 12 hours
Delta-V: 178 m/s
PERIHELION
Manufacturer: Mectron
First Flight: April 1, 1964
Height: 13.5 m
Diameter: 1.2 m
Empty Mass: 1,500 kg
Loaded Mass: 14,830 kg
Acceleration: 92 m/s^2
Endurance: N/A
Delta-V: 2,160 m/s
APHELION
Manufacturer: Mectron
First Flight: February 5, 1965
Height: 15.9 m
Diameter: 3.3 m
Empty Mass: 6,100 kg
Loaded Mass: 56,000 kg
Acceleration: 90 m/s^2
Endurance: N/A
Delta-V: 7,820 m/s
Trivia
- The Perihelion was a Helios supersonic cruise missile with a capsule rather than a warhead. The Aphelion was a Perihelion with three unarmed Helioses bolted on as boosters.
- Out of 17 Perihelion flights, 7 resulted in the pilot's losing conciousness. 2 more were fatal. 11 Aphelion flights had six blackouts but no fatalities, mostly due to improved spacesuit design and compensation techniques.
And that just leaves Indigo and Violet. ^_^
Ja, -n
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"I'm terribly sorry, but I have to kill you quite horribly now."
Manufacturer: Embraer
First Flight: January 20, 1965
Crew: 4
Length: 65.0 m
Wingspan: 33.8 m
Height: 10.2 m
Empty: 80,000 kg
Loaded: 475,000 kg
Max Takeoff: 460,000 kg
Payload to service ceiling: 150,000 kg
Powerplant: 4x Blanko T-860G afterburning turbojets in wing roots (122kN each dry, 200kN each wet), 4x Embraer Type 3 ramjets, outboard ventral (347kN each)
Max Speed: 3,400 kmh
Cruise Speed: 900 kmh
Max Range: 3,600 km
Service Ceiling: 42,000 m
The IBAD's Green series is a large aircraft whose slender fuselage and thin 'double delta' wing are visually dominated by its angular outboard engine pods. The wing root starts roughly a third of the way back from the nose and spreads at a 50 degree sweep until reaching the engine nacelles, after which the sweep increases to 75 degrees for the rest of the wing's length. To increase the amount of room available for payloads, the nacelles are tilted thirty degrees off of the vertical. (OOC: something like this: --//--o--\--) Airflow to the engines is handled by movable shields which slide over the intakes at higher speeds.
Trivia:
- The decreased efficiency shown by the Green's main engines at sea level prevent it from generating enough thrust to become airborne while fully loaded.
- A Green II holds the standing record for highest altitude ever achieved by an air-breathing aircraft - 100,400 m. A Green IV holds the record for highest altitude achieved in controlled flight - 63,600 m.
- Even the last and most fuel-efficient model of the type, the Green V, did not carry sufficient fuel for more than half an hour at full power. Roughly three out of four Green flights require mid-air refueling to make it to their scheduled landing sites at all; none of the remainder land with more than one or two percent of their original fuel load.
BLUE I
Manufacturer: Embraer
First Flight: April 13, 1964
Crew: 1
Height: 2.7 m
Diameter: 1.2 m
Empty Mass: 725 kg
Loaded Mass (including pilot): 810 kg
Acceleration: 3 m/s^2
Endurance: 90 minutes
Delta-V: 70 m/s
BLUE II
Manufacturer: Embraer
First Flight: February 18, 1965
Crew: 1
Height: 5.2 m
Diameter: 1.2 m
Empty Mass: 1,207 kg
Loaded Mass (including pilot): 1,300 kg
Acceleration: 2 m/s^2
Endurance: 12 hours
Delta-V: 178 m/s
PERIHELION
Manufacturer: Mectron
First Flight: April 1, 1964
Height: 13.5 m
Diameter: 1.2 m
Empty Mass: 1,500 kg
Loaded Mass: 14,830 kg
Acceleration: 92 m/s^2
Endurance: N/A
Delta-V: 2,160 m/s
APHELION
Manufacturer: Mectron
First Flight: February 5, 1965
Height: 15.9 m
Diameter: 3.3 m
Empty Mass: 6,100 kg
Loaded Mass: 56,000 kg
Acceleration: 90 m/s^2
Endurance: N/A
Delta-V: 7,820 m/s
Trivia
- The Perihelion was a Helios supersonic cruise missile with a capsule rather than a warhead. The Aphelion was a Perihelion with three unarmed Helioses bolted on as boosters.
- Out of 17 Perihelion flights, 7 resulted in the pilot's losing conciousness. 2 more were fatal. 11 Aphelion flights had six blackouts but no fatalities, mostly due to improved spacesuit design and compensation techniques.
And that just leaves Indigo and Violet. ^_^
Ja, -n
===============================================
"I'm terribly sorry, but I have to kill you quite horribly now."