If you were expecting a joke, then I'm sorry to disappoint.
A flying wing bomber project I've been working on for several days. It's wingspan is greater than the length of a 747-8 airliner, and has 8 3,000hp radial engines, amounting to a total 24,000hp.
Much work still needs to be done. I'm currently in the process of finishing the landing gear doors, after which I'll likely work on bomb bays and/or an auto-aim turret to be mounted on the aircraft.
I'm considering the possibility of adding jet pods (similar to the ones on the B-36 Peacemaker) for flight at higher altitudes, in which case the aircraft could earn the catchphrase "8 Turnin' and 8 Burnin'", as a sort of reference to the B-36.
I'm also considering making the aircraft capable of launching and retrieving parasite fighters, but that's still just an idea, and likely won't actually be built unless the idea is feasible.
To clarify, this does not use any hidden vertical stabilizers.
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@TheFlightGuySP Oh sweet
I always wondered how feasible that would be with SP's funky aerodynamics
@ReinMcDeer It works quite well actually. It takes a bit of getting used to flying the thing because the elevons tend to induce asymmetric drag while using Pitch and Roll at the same time. It'll sideslip a bit while turning unless you give some yaw input.
@ReinMcDeer This is a true flying wing.
It uses YawRate and AngleOfSlip programmed into hidden airbrakes.
I also gave it some slack on the stability to have a little more drift (like a pre-fly-by-wire flying wing).
Have you thought about making it a true flying wing? (No hidden vertical stabilizer)
I know SP doesn't really like that but it might be possible with FT stabilization
SO MANY GLORIOUS PROPELLERS! TTTTTTTTTTT