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X-VTOL

Experimental VTOL Aircraft

Novice friendly standard and vertical take-off and landing aircraft. Balance is inherently good without SAS. SAS is still advised during VTOL operations as mass may shift during flight. Not very good looking, but great learner aircraft. VTOL take of is slow and easily controllable. Standard take off and landing very easy as well. Several ways to slow down for smooth and soft landing. Can stop in mid-air for vertical landing very quickly. VTOL engines inspired by F-35.

Hotkeys:
1 - Toggle VTOL doors, toggle VTOL engines
2 - Toggle turbofan
3 - Toggle reverse thrust in turbofan
Brakes - Engage wheel brakes, engage air brakes
Abort - Shutdown all engines, deploy 4 parachutes

Specifications (of note):
Crew - 1
Max VTOL altitude - 1,500m
Max vertical velocity - 12m/s
Rotate speed - 62m/s
Landing speed - <80m/s (best used with Brake hotkey when touching down)
Minimum altitude for abort survivability - 500m (at 140m/s vertical speed)

Usage:

Take-off Standard:
Brakes - OFF
SAS - As Required
Throttle - 100%
Hotkey - 2
Rotate - 62m/s
Gear - Up

Take-off VTOL:
Brakes - ON
SAS - ON
Throttle - 100%
Hotkey - 1
Maintain 100% throttle until TWR >1

Transition to Standard Flight:
Gear - Up
Brakes - OFF
Hotkey - 2
Airspeed - >150m/s
TWR - >2.30
Altitude - >100m
Hotkey - 1
SAS - As Required

Transition to VTOL:
Throttle - 100%
Hotkey - 1
Hotkey - 3
Airbrakes - As Required
Altitude - <1,500m
Airspeed - <100m/s
TWR - >2.50
Hotkey - 2
Hotkey - 3
Gear - Down
Brakes - ON