Boeing-Insitu MQ-27 ScanEagle

[upbeat crag]

General Information

The Boeing Insitu ScanEagle is a small, long-endurance, low-altitude unmanned surveillance and reconnaissance aerial vehicle built by Insitu, a subsidiary of Boeing, and is used for reconnaissance. It was developed from the SeaScan, a commerical UAV for fishing.

Specifications

Crew: none on-board
Capacity: 11 lb (5 kg)
Length: 5 ft 1 in – 5 ft 7 in (1.55–1.71 m)
Wingspan: 10 ft 2 in (3.11 m)
Empty weight: 30.90–39.68 lb (14–18 kg)
Gross weight: 39.7 lb (18 kg)
Max takeoff weight: 58 lb (26.5 kg)
Powerplant: 1 × 3W International 2-stroke piston engine
-# in a rush so fuck all of the units(i hate imperal still)

Performance

Maximum speed: 80 kn (92 mph, 148 km/h)
Cruise speed: 60 kn (69 mph, 111 km/h)
Endurance: 20+ hours
Range: 12,000nm (Based on 20 hours endurance and 60 kn)
Service ceiling: 19,500 ft (5,950 m)

[north copper]

requires a special launch pad thing

[upbeat crag]

ya

[upbeat crag]

have it spawn with the thing and press a button to lanch(t)

[north copper]

would require new code

[upbeat crag]

the endurance and range is crazy

[north copper]

And for it to seperate from another model

which could be weird to set up

[upbeat crag]

ya i understand…

[north copper]

Considering how vehicles work now

[upbeat crag]

just make it have ability to take off on its own

if ur lazy enough

jk jk

no insults towards dev

i love devs

[north copper]

Errrr

[upbeat crag]

please

[north copper]

either way this shits getting obliterated by floating point

[upbeat crag]

its made of insitu

never heard that before

[pearl silo]

Too small, no gears.

Yeah... Sadly this isn't possible

[upbeat crag]

make it take off

[elder spindle]

i think it's too slow and too small

personally even the mq-1s were questionable additions to me

[tame loom]

If something like this can’t at least land on its own itl likely be denied

[viral kiln]

Rather add drones to people on ships so they don't get bored

Albeit, more complicated than adding a catapult since u would now have 2 active vehicles

[elder spindle]

I think that being stuck to a very slow vehicle is part of the entire ship gimmick

Since there is zero risk whatsoever associated with using boats apart from being jammed into a river

[keen void]

you know how the X-15 is supposed to launch from a B-52

anyway yea this looks cool, but floating point is gonna gut it

[primal creek]

It looks way to small

[primal creek]

At least that thing has landing gear

[keen void]

[upbeat crag]

its 5 ft smth inches long

u might be taller than this thing

but it has a better wingspan

10 ft

[midnight wedge]

Make it takeoff under its own power

Make it use the X-15 logic

[upbeat crag]

thats what i said

[pearl silo]

no gears.

[midnight wedge]

X-15 has skids as its MLG

Its not supposed to taxi on its own either

[pearl silo]

yeah but it has gears

[midnight wedge]

By that means it's "retractable landing gear". Thats why many people can say it has a landing gear

Based on the way it flies the landing gears are only used for landing

[pearl silo]

if this drone was planned to be added, McDonnell XF-85 would've been in aero by now

which is halted or rejected

unfortunately

[midnight wedge]

And that, by logic shouldve been added but knowing Aero devs' logic...

[midnight wedge]

Again, Aero devs have weird logic

The XF-85 is air-launched

The X-1 is air-launched too

The X-15 is air launched too

If we're to reject planes simply because they have no landing gears, all flying boats ingame shouldve been rejected because they land on their fuselage

Despite on a non-solid surface like water

[pearl silo]

Tried using the argument that its gears should be this

but the goblin fighter suggestion before got locked due to some... stuffs

[pearl silo]

why flying boats

it did what it was named to be

a boat that fucking flies

[midnight wedge]

Because the part that carried the weight of the plane when not flying is the fuselage

Or hull in this case.

Floatplanes on the other hand have floats to hold them afloat

Not their fuselage

[pearl silo]

these are watercrafts -that flies

that's a weird logic

[midnight wedge]

Watercrafts don't fly

Floatplanes & flying boats are water-based aircraft

[pearl silo]

why would it need gears to land on water

[midnight wedge]

K why did you interpret this as "needing gears to land on water"?

What I meant is flying boats land on their fuselages

Same goes to the XF-85

The X-15's landing gears dont let it taxi on ground either

[pearl silo]

I don't think it was meant to land on water

[midnight wedge]

The logic is it lands on its fuselage.

The fuselage itself absorbs the impact.

Get it?

Now then

[pearl silo]

some specific aircrafts doesn't makes sense in Aero

I don't get why they have it limited on those parts

[midnight wedge]

That's the problem

Ultimately it's a dev's discretion

Anyway...

[midnight wedge]

Using the trestle as the landing gear in that argument wouldnt make it better tho

The XF-85 is made with skids underneath its belly

During the testing program, a fixed steel skid under the fuselage and spring-steel "runners" at the underside of the wingtips were installed in case of an emergency landing.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonnell_XF-85_Goblin

[pearl silo]

oh yeah it has, now that's likely to get added ig

[midnight wedge]

Then again remember that the U-2's outrigger wheels detach during takeoff

[pearl silo]

but the drone suggestion still likely be denied due to other reasons tho

[midnight wedge]

Like?

[pearl silo]

size

and how it would take off

[midnight wedge]

That's already answered with the X-1 & X-15

[pearl silo]

no gears

[midnight wedge]

Just let it takeoff on its belly ingame

[pearl silo]

yeah no,z that's weird

[midnight wedge]

Same goes to the X-1 & X-15

And to make things worse the skids on the X-15 is so far aft

Im sure the center of gravity of the X-15 is further fore than that

[pearl silo]

Least they don't have no-clipping parts

[midnight wedge]

... just make the hitbox lower than the prop

Basically give it an invisible landing gear

Now it floats on ground

[pearl silo]

no

[midnight wedge]

And if you've made a plane in KSP or Simpleplanes you know putting your landing gears at the tail (far aft than your CG) would not let you takeoff

[midnight wedge]

Thats a small price to pay for salvation

Aero's realism only goes as far as how the plane looks, thats it

[pearl silo]

I would like to see this vehicle get added but not in this way

[midnight wedge]

So were just gonna have the whole launch rail flying with the whole thing?

That can be hidden & have its hitbox disabled if you press G?

[pearl silo]

that's even weirder but some planes with folding wing, openable cargo doors and more can fly despite not intended to fly with those on. It could be possible

Just very very less likely

[fair isle]

me when airships and boats exist (for the too slow part)

but yesh floating point would kill it

[elder spindle]

Okay but airships and boats are massive

[keen void]

to be honest it's faster than some ultralights

and tom's helicopter

[fair isle]

yeah

the size is an issue tho

[keen void]

it is

smol

if it were added it would look kinda bad

[elder spindle]

0.2 capacity

[north copper]

real

[keen void]

actually

what do you think would happen if a plane had negative capacity

[north copper]

Dunno

[tame loom]

All 3 of those have gear

This does not

[north copper]

XF-85 isn’t even in game

and the x-1 and x-15 were added in the early days

The more unregulated days

[tame loom]

they have gears too

actual gear

[fair isle]

negative income

[keen void]

[upbeat crag]

damnt

rejected

lock this