Acrostar Mini-Jet
(Octopussy)

Gadget: Acrostar Mini-Jet
Movie: Octopussy
Owner: James Bond
Status: Stored at Q-Branch

The Acrostar was a tiny single-person jet aircraft, which was capable of speeds of over 500 km/h. The Acrostar was Bond's quick escape, it emerged from a horse trailer from behind a fake hind quarters of a horse which raised mechanically.

Use

After Bond was discovered whilst trying to destroy a radar plane in the Banana Republic, he was captured, but escaped and fled to his car towing a horse float, got into the float a rolled the Acrostar out of the trailer. Whilst blasting through the sky a heat-seeking ATA missile was on his tail, Bond manoeuvred through the hangers and out of a very narrow exit by doing a 90 degree roll. The missile exploded in the hanger and destroyed the radar plane.

Specs

The Acrostar was powered by a Micro-turbo TRS-18 a tiny but powerful jet engine. The plane could carry only the pilot, and was only 12 foot in length. It handled under the following performance: