Valkyret update

[Dickert]

The Valkyret is restarted

[Boikat]

Looking cool!

[Skunkworks]

That's a cool looking little bullet you got there!  8-)

[CHUCK79]

Cool......looks great with the nose dropped a bit 8-)

[Daube]

Hey, that "mini-Flanker" looks quite cool I have to say.
You mentionned "Mach 4.6", which must be fun. But do you plan to include a more "realistic" flight model that would be comparable to, say, an AlphaJet ?

[Dickert]

Hi Daube

>You mentionned "Mach 4.6", which must be fun. But do you plan to include a more "realistic" flight model that would be comparable to, say, an AlphaJet ?
As I said above, Mach 4.6 is a brake-down in the simulation.  Most likely it

[Daube]

Well, your small jets remind me of this private small jet BD-5J sold by Bede Aircraft.
This is known to be the world smallest jet powered aircraft:
http://www.koonysun.com/pics/SmallJetBD_5Jb.jpg

Your models obviously seem to have nicer engines, but they are still "small" planes, so when I look at them I get the feeling that they could, if they existed in real life, barely reach Mach 1, and they would feel very light and nervous. That's why I was referring to the Alpajet, as a comparison. The Alphajet is of course more heavy and less nervous, but its performance is quite cool for small jets.

[Daube]

Actually, a comparison with the BD-10 might be more appropriate than with an Alphajet. This video is interesting, and it mentions the performance of the aircraft quite precisely:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O206cGDny4c
Lovely little aircraft, if you ask me

[Dickert]

>Your small jets remind me of this private small jet BD-5J

I would expect so, since it is the BD-5J that inspired the Swift in the first place.