Building
This is a plane to launch smaller planes from the air, to increase range for smaller builds! It is a relatively small replica of the Stratolaunch aircraft, 'Roc', which is used to launch payloads mid-air! Because of the small size, I doubt it can launch a satellite, but I might build a bigger version with a docking port to either refuel or land planes, to eliminate the need for extra landing gear! This version has my Supersonic Drone, attached with an interstage, to bring it up to high cruising altitude! The drone has a flight ceiling somewhere above 14,000m above sea level, at which point the canards (at 100% pitch and generating equal lift to the rear wings), can't prevent the craft from pitching down and losing altitude! However, the Stratolaunch vehicle hasn't been tested to find it's flight ceiling, which is Tranedi's job!
Performance
The Stratolauncher is powered by 6 Minotaur turbofan engines at 300% size with afterburners included, producing 5.8MN, or 5,800KN of thrust at a standstill! With a wingspan of 119m, a height of 19.3m and a length of 61.3m, the 1.14kt plane can comfortably fly at Mach 2 at an altitude of ~11,350m above sea level! Because of the large amounts of thrust and lift the plane produces, it can takeoff with 80% throttle and get reasonably high to save fuel! At 14,000m above sea level, at Mach 1.09 and with 95% fuel, the fuel is calculated to last 4.05 hours, but this could be closer to 2.5 hours because of the afterburners at 100% throttle! The Stratolauncher is extremely stable, but like the drone, has an extremely wide turn radius at high speeds and altitudes!
Instructions
When releasing the supersonic drone, switch to the drone's command disc, and unlock heading! Then activate AG1 and throttle up to 80-85%, and activate AG3 and AG4! Once you separate from the Stratolauncher, pitch up to fly parallel to it, and then you can throttle up and soar at Mach 2.75! Then, you can lock heading for easier flight!
Separate by using staging!
Stats
Flight ceiling: Unknown (above 14,000m)
Max speed: Mach 2 (loaded)
Stratolauncher AGs
AG1: Engines
AG6: Separation
AG8: Landing Gear
Drone AGs
AG1: Engines
AG2: Full Canard Movement (Quick turns, inaccurate)
AG3: 50% Canard Movement (Slower turns, accurate)
AG4: Canard Control Surfaces (Fine control)
AG5: Gyros
AG8: Landing Gear
Also I only used the tinker panel to make the
ZAZO AEROSPACE STRATOLAUNCHERlabel bigger!