Aircraft

An Aircraft is a kind of flying vehicle or technological device, intended to convey sophonts from one location to another.

• It conveys its passengers and cargo through the medium of a planetary atmosphere.
• It is a type of vehicle and Aerospace Vessel.

Description (Specifications)

No information yet available.

Type of Aircraft by Propulsion

The category of Aircraft includes:-

• Gliders
• Propeller Aircraft
• Jet Aircraft
• Helicopters
• Hovercraft
• Ornithopters
• Ekranoplane

While Gravcraft are technically Aircraft they are categorised separately. Rockets are covered under Spaceplanes

Image Repository

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31 Aircraft items

Item	Type	Mode	TL	Mass	Cost
CAR Flight pack	Personal Vehicle	Flight (Helicopter)	6	37kg	Cr6,200
Deathsled class Ground Effect Vehicle	Armored Fighting Vehicle	Flight (ACV/GEV)	12	1.33 dton	Cr632,012.59
Enlightened Supersonic Interceptor	Air Superiority Craft	Flight (Jet Aircraft)	7	20 tons	Cr4,499,888.9
Fringian Autogyro	Personal Vehicle	Flight (Helicopter)	6	0.5 Tons	Cr45,000
Fringian Basic Propeller Aircraft	Passenger Vehicle	Flight (Propeller Aircraft)	5	3.5 Tons	Cr87,000
Fringian Executive Helicopter	Passenger Vehicle	Flight (Helicopter)	7	6.8 Tons	Cr2,416,000
Fringian Executive Jet	Passenger Vehicle	Flight (Jet Aircraft)	5	10.9 Tons	Cr9,200,000
Fringian Large Helicopter	Passenger Vehicle	Flight (Helicopter)	11	25.3 Tons	Cr785,000
Fringian Large Propeller Aircraft	Passenger Vehicle	Flight (Propeller Aircraft)	5	46.6 Tons	Cr1,385,000
Fringian Light Helicopter	Passenger Vehicle	Flight (Helicopter)	11	7.1 Tons	Cr335,000
Hanglider	Personal Vehicle	Flight (Glider)	4	30kg	Cr565
Helipack	Personal Vehicle	Flight (Helicopter)	9	25 kg	Cr2500
Indeera class Armored Personnel Carrier	Armored Personnel Carrier	Flight (Hovercraft)	8	3.0 dton	Cr497,127.87
M5 class Parathan Light Helicopter	Reconnaissance Vehicle	Flight (Helicopter)	9	TBD dton	TBD
M6 class Parathan Medium Helicopter	Utility Vehicle	Flight (Helicopter)	6	TBD dton	TBD
Microweight Glider	Personal Vehicle	Flight (Glider)	12	22kg	Cr500
Ohtar Mk 632 ACV/GEV	Light Tank	Flight (ACV/GEV)	8	2.5 dton	211,221.52
Personal Flyer - helicopter	Personal Vehicle	Flight (Helicopter)	8	158 liter	33,872
Personal Flyer - turbine	Personal Vehicle	Flight (Jet Aircraft - VTOL)	8	285kg	Cr53,176
Quanah class Bomber	Ground Attack Craft	Flight (Jet Aircraft)	6	20 dTons	1,385,641.3
Quanah class Fighter	Air Superiority Craft	Flight (Jet Aircraft- STOL)	6	10 tons	724,321.37
Radson class Fighter-Bomber	Ground Attack Craft	Flight (Jet Aircraft)	6	25	Cr. 3,972,454.9
Sand Stalker Mk 322 class ACV/GEV	Light Tank	Flight (ACV/GEV)	8	2.5 dton	270,066.37
Single Seat Fighter
Skyvan	Cargo Vehicle	Flight (Ion Thruster)	7	2 dTons	5,000
Transport/Bomber
Type 52 class ACV SPM	Artillery Vehicle	Flight (ACV)	11	2 dton	841,306.49
Urida class Medium Helicopter	Passenger Vehicle	Flight (Helicopter)	6	220m3	Cr. 685,710.97
Val Marin class Supersonic VTOL	Passenger Vehicle	Flight (Jet Aircraft)	10	20 tons	Cr8,551,796.6
War Master class Bomber
YF-1 High Altitude Rocket Plane	Air Superiority Craft	Flight (Rocket Aircraft)	6	25 tons	Cr1,416,397.1667

Basic Principles of Atmospheric Flight

No information yet available.

Flight vs. Spaceflight vs. Starflight

No information yet available.

Speed Regimes-Envelopes

• Subsonic
• Transonic
• Supersonic
• Hypersonic
• High-hypersonic
• NAFAL
• FTL

History & Background (Dossier)

Flightless sophont species need technology to achieve flight. Whether it's creature or animal husbandry to domesticate flying riding beasts or to invent propulsive devices that allow flight through flying vehicles. With few exceptions, to reach the stars, a sophont must master the power of flight.

Some sophont societies are able to achieve simple flight within the TL:1-3 tech epoch, typically using floaters, balloons, or dirigibles, often unpowered. As the first practical internal combustion engines are mastered within the TL:4-6 tech epoch, the majority of sopohnt societies are able to achieve powered flight and some even achieve spaceflight. The array of technologies within the TL:7-9 tech epoch, typically allow the sound barrier to be broken and many civilizations can achieve hypersonic speeds. By the TL:10-12 tech epoch, interstellar spaceflight becomes cheap, affordable, and everyday in application, with FTL jump engines creating true interstellar communities.

Expected Technological Progression of Aircraft-Spacecraft-Starcraft Development

Expected Technological Progression of Vehicles:
See Transportation Technologies of Charted Space

See also

Vehicles

§ == ( Please refer to the following AAB Library Data for more information: ) == §

• Vehicle
  • Primitive Craft - Craft of all types TL–1 to TL–3 powered by Wind or Animal power
  • Aerospace Vessel
    • Aircraft
    • Airship
    • Gravcraft
    • Spaceplane
  • Watercraft
    • Surface Vessel
    • Submarine
      • Submersible
  • Land Vehicle
    • Ground Vehicle
      • Rail Vehicle
        • Railroad Carriage
        • Railroad Locomotive
          • Cog Locomotive
          • Diesel Locomotive
          • Electric Locomotive
          • High Speed Locomotive
          • Light Rail Locomotive - n.b. May be a Railcar
          • Steam Locomotive
        • Railroad Wagon
        • Maglev Carriage
        • Maglev Locomotive
        • Maglev Wagon
        • Hyperloop Vehicle
    • Tunnelling Vehicle
  • Exotic Craft
  • Multi-Environment Vehicle
• Vehicle Usage
  • Civilian Vehicles
  • Paramilitary Vehicles
  • Military Vehicles
• Vehicle Roles
  • Personal Vehicle
    • Bicycle
    • Motorcycle
    • Grav Bike
    • Speeder
  • Consumer Vehicle
    • Ground Car
    • Air/Raft (Passenger, Small)
    • G-Carrier (Small)
  • Mass Transit Vehicle
    • Rail Vehicle (Passenger)
    • Bus
    • G-Carrier
  • Industrial Vehicle
    • Tunnelling Vehicle
    • Construction Vehicle
    • Mobile Crane
  • Commercial Vehicle
    • Air/Raft (Freight)
    • Cargo Vehicle
    • Mobile Repair Shop
    • Mobile Bars and Restaurants
    • Passenger Vehicle
    • Rail Vehicle (Freight)
    • Service Vehicle
    • Survey Vehicle
    • Tractor Unit
    • Utility Vehicle
  • Combat Vehicle
    • Armored Fighting Vehicle
    • Main Battle Tank
    • Armored Personnel Carrier
    • Light Tank
    • Reconnaissance Vehicle
    • Artillery Vehicle
    • Assault Gun
    • Tank Destroyer
    • Aerospace Defence Vehicle
    • Air Superiority Craft
    • Ground Attack Craft
  • Combat Support Vehicle
    • Armoured Recovery Vehicle
    • Armoured Engineering Vehicle
    • Nuclear Damper Vehicle
    • Sensor Vehicle
    • Electronic Warfare Vehicle
  • Security Vehicle

Related:

• Personal Mobility Gear
• Spaceship (NAFAL)
• Starship (FTL)
• Robot

The line between Spaceplane and Spaceship is blurred.
If the design is described as a Vehicle then its a Spaceplane;
if it is described as a Ship its a Spaceship.

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