Template:AirVehicle

Aircraft extension of Template:Vehicle. Rain protection defaults to wipers. The A-4 Wanderer has no rain protection and explicitly overrides the default.

Core vehicle · Ground · Air · Aerospace · Space

Usage

{{AirVehicle|weight=17,158 kg|max_speed=225 m/s|rain_protection=None}}

All common vehicle parameters are supported, together with name, image, and notes.

Cabin pressurization and rated pressure differential are supplied per vehicle through cabin_pressurization and max_pressure_diff; neither is inferred from the vehicle class. See the core template guidance.

Class parameters

Parameter	Field	Default
wingspan	Wingspan	Not specified
wing_area	Effective wing area	Not specified
cruise_speed	Cruising speed	Not specified
service_ceiling	Service ceiling	Not specified
critical_altitude	Engine critical altitude	Not specified
bypass_ratio	Bypass ratio	Not specified
thrust	Thrust	Not specified
acceleration	Maximum acceleration	Not specified
vtol	VTOL capability	Not specified
rain_protection	Rain Protection Type	Wipers
flight_spoilers	Flight Spoilers	Not specified
ground_lift_dump	Ground Lift Dump (GLD)	Not specified
retractable_landing_gear	Retractable Landing Gear	Not specified
landing_gear_type	Landing Gear Type	Not specified
touchdown_descent_design	Touchdown descent design limit	Not specified
crosswind_component_limit	Crosswind component limit	Not established
leading_edge_flaps	Leading Edge Flaps	Not specified
trailing_edge_flaps	Trailing Edge Flaps	Not specified

Flight Spoilers and Ground Lift Dump (GLD) are separate capabilities. Record each independently. Use Yes or No for known presence/absence, and specify the landing-gear or flap type where known (for example, trailing_edge_flaps=Blown flaps). Omit unconfirmed values so they remain visibly marked.

Landing-gear limits

Supply the touchdown descent design limit in ft/s (feet per second), with m/s or ft/min equivalents if useful. State the reference mass, gear condition and contact conditions. A structural design descent rate is not a target landing rate.

Supply a numerical crosswind component limit only with established operating conditions, including runway surface, aircraft mass and atmospheric reference where relevant. Not established does not mean unlimited crosswind capability. Wind perpendicular to the runway is distinct from sideways ground speed at touchdown; neither a strut-strength multiplier nor a descent limit establishes a crosswind operating limit. Crosswind runway limits do not describe orbital capability.

Editing conventions

• Omit an unknown parameter entirely. Omitted specification fields display Not specified and place the article in Category:Vehicles needing specifications. An explicitly empty assignment (for example, |weight=) overrides the default and remains blank; remove the assignment to restore the marker.
• Use None, 0, or Not applicable only when that is known, rather than when a value has not been researched.
• Supply units and operating conditions in the value, including [[CR]] for prices. This preserves distinctions such as kg versus MT, km/h versus m/s, and empty versus fully loaded performance. Units are not appended automatically.
• Parameter names are case-sensitive. Standard wiki links are supported in values. Use {{!}} for a literal pipe outside a wiki link.
• Existing images can stay outside the specification table. The optional image parameter accepts a complete file link, for example |image=[[File:A-4.png|thumb|right|400px]], including the filename extension.
• name defaults to the article title; notes adds free-form notes below the table. These optional parameters do not generate missing-field markers.