Menu Sign In Contact FAQ
Banner
Welcome to our forums

Conway Viper


Seen here.

Engines are 4x Jetcat P300 Pro

300N thrust each.

What is the weight of this plane?

Administrator
Shoreham EGKA, United Kingdom

Its an SSDR according to G-info, so it has to be up to 300kg max weight.

https://www.bmaa.org/information-library/ssdr

Also max stall speed of 35kt. I can’t really find any more info about this plane online.

United Kingdom

Indeed interesting.
And a configuration not dissimilar for the Archon SF-1 and SF-2T

Wannabe fighter pilots…

Dan
ain't the Destination, but the Journey
LSZF, Switzerland

The OP aircraft lives in North Wales, the builder has spent considerable sums and the build quality appears good. I don’t think the builder has found an intrepid pilot to take it on a test flight! The test pilot would need to have the skill to deal with any stability or CofG issues that might be uncovered on the maiden flight.

Oxford (EGTK), United Kingdom

300N x 4 = 1200N

With a 300kg aircraft, the acceleration would be about 0.4G. That’s a lot!

Administrator
Shoreham EGKA, United Kingdom

RobertL18C wrote:

The test pilot would need to have the skill to deal with any stability or CofG issues that might be uncovered on the maiden flight.

I am not the expert (that would be @PilotDar ) but I did manage one test flight program for an experimental aircraft: what the pilot needs is the knowledge to validate the stability & control calculations done by the builder/designer…before he takes it up for a flight

One major difference with the SF-1 is the horizontal stabilizer-less design. This makes stability and control very dependant on aerodynamic profile design and building accuracy , (items which are mostly masked with a stabilizer) although wing sweep does help.

It reminds me of this one too:

Last Edited by Antonio at 20 Mar 20:17
Antonio
LESB, Spain

Wannabe fighter pilots

Noise it will do, speed and G-forces, who knows?

I recall one ex-RAF Tonka driver used to wear a G-flying suit in the gliding club house everytime he intends to fly his PHP Shark Jet glider, he was banned from takeoffs with his engine

It’s a (silent) gliding club in Oxfordshire not RAF base

I can’t really find any more info about this plane online.

It’s classified, I can tell you but I have to kill you first

Last Edited by Ibra at 20 Mar 22:05
Paris/Essex, France/UK, United Kingdom

Someone based where we saw it says it does fly.

Administrator
Shoreham EGKA, United Kingdom

Peter wrote:

says it does fly

Good. Now the question arises… is it reusable?

Dan
ain't the Destination, but the Journey
LSZF, Switzerland

@Peter last time I was there the local CFI, very nice helpful gentlemen, told me it has never flown

Oxford (EGTK), United Kingdom
42 Posts
Sign in to add your message

Back to Top