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- Type: VAB
- Class: aircraft
- Part Count: 107
- Pure Stock
A solar powered science plane for the exploration of Eve.
It features all relevant stock science experiments, an extension for the OP-E scanning arm, four RA-2 relay antennas in the secondary payload bay, and foldable wings to fit into a fairing or behind a large heatshield.
I personally prefer to enter Eves atmosphere by slowing down the orbital velocity to less than 1000 m/s, that will allow for a save transition to flight. To unfold the wings I fly inverted and manually unlock, move, and lock the hinges that control the wings. I intentionally didn’t set up an action group for this because I don’t want to accidentally unlock the hinges and have the wings fold on me.
The craft file contains the plane inside a fairing.
The blade pitch (authority limiter) is controlled with the up / down translation controls (I / K)
The rotor torque limit is controlled with the forward / backward translation controls (H / N)
The Eve Hawk in a dive, this is how it got its name.
Jebediah pulls out of a dive, Jebediah style. Bill is not amused.
With a propeller blade pitch of 66 it can reach 150 m/s in level flight.
With low blade pitch it can slow down to a comfortable landing speed and still maintain level flight.
To use the scanning arm you need to approach the surface feature backwards. Because the scanning arm aborts even on microscopic movements of the craft it is recommended to approach from uphill and rest the left wing onto the surface feature. (Carefully)
