Newly launched UK-based Samad Aerospace Showcases New Q-Starling Jet Project. This is a two-seat hybrid aircraft, capable of vertical takeoff and landing.
Reported by FlightGlobal.
British startup plans to start production in 2023 year and bring the annual production of such aircraft to 500 units.
The aircraft with a T-tail will be created according to the mid-wing scheme, i.e. monoplane, the wing of which will pass through the middle part of the fuselage. Q-Starling will be equipped with two turbojet engines. They are used in level flight to create propulsion..
Vertical takeoff and landing will be carried out using an electric fan, installed under the middle part of the fuselage. Four more small electric fans will be installed at the ends of the wing and the horizontal part of the tail to stabilize the process..
Composite materials will be mainly used in the manufacture of the aircraft. The manufacturer has not yet disclosed the full technical characteristics of Q-Starling.
The estimated price for such an aircraft will be about two million dollars..
