Vought V-173
I've been to this Dallas museum, its pretty cool and that's where I saw this "plane" about three years ago!
please enjoy!
Background
The Vought V-173 "Flying Pancake" was an American experimental test aircraft built as part of the Vought XF5U "Flying Flapjack" United States Navy fighter aircraft program during World War II.
Both the V-173 and the XF5U featured an unorthodox "all-wing" design consisting of flat, somewhat disk-shaped bodies (hence the name) serving as the lifting surface.[1] Two piston engines buried in the body drove propellers located on the leading edge at the wingtips.[2]
Controls
Activation Group 1 : Nothing
Activation Group 2 : Nothing
Activation Group 3 : Nothing
Activation Group 4 : Nothing
Activation Group 5 : Nothing
Activation Group 6 : Nothing
Activation Group 7 : Nothing
Activation Group 8 : Nothing
Landing Gear : Nothing
Trim : Trim
VTOL Down :Nothing
Normal Flight Controls
Note
Watch for prop strikes and be careful with the long gear legs. Also it slows down fast to always carry some power while landing.
Photoshoot
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ACEPILOT109 11/18/2020
Specifications
Spotlights
- MAHADI 3.4 years ago
General Characteristics
- Successors 3 airplane(s) +28 bonus
- Created On Windows
- Wingspan 39.8ft (12.1m)
- Length 30.4ft (9.3m)
- Height 13.2ft (4.0m)
- Empty Weight 6,646lbs (3,014kg)
- Loaded Weight 6,905lbs (3,132kg)
Performance
- Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.227
- Wing Loading 5.9lbs/ft2 (28.9kg/m2)
- Wing Area 1,167.9ft2 (108.5m2)
- Drag Points 6964
Parts
- Number of Parts 230
- Control Surfaces 2
- Performance Cost 856
First!
me when i fart in my plane:
rotors: f—k this sh-t im out
@ACEPILOT109 haha it kinda tastes good bro with the aviation fuel inside
@teddyone02 lol good luck!
i wanna eat it :)
@Fox00One oh amazing!
@ACEPILOT109 yeah the frontiers of flight museum (I actually just went there yesterday)
@Fox00One cool! you ever been to this museum?
AYYY I LIVE NEAR LOVE FIELD (about 30 mins away)
pancake
Exactly!
Nice job :) @Acidhyperspace
@ACEPILOT109 Awesome, I eventually got the hang of it. It seems keeping a pinch of throttle all the way to touchdown is a good idea = more air flowing over control surfaces.
@Acidhyperspace
Yes, I have, just need to be gental
Very cool! But just curious, has anyone landed it without destroying the props? Seems to take a lot of skill. I wonder if the props are scaled proportionally compared to the real aircraft?
The props hit the ground, just pull back as soon as you lift up @496420013
Why does the propeller hit the ground and blow up when I take off?
* G Y R O M A G I C*
@ACEPILOT109 4th largest aircraft in the world
under the 747 which is under the A380
and which is also under the AN-225
@DerpTheSoyacfartala
YES THATS SO COOOOOOOOL
that makes all those other planes look tiny
@ACEPILOT109 i was younger when i took these
so they may seem trash
@ACEPILOT109 i have a few pictures on imgur
here
@DerpTheSoyacfartala
thats very epic!
now iIl want to go there!
@ACEPILOT109 yeah
the inside of the cabin is big and also has a bulkhead into the wings
engines 3 and 6 are hydraulic as well there was a lot of cool stuff
@DerpTheSoyacfartala
now thats epic
@ACEPILOT109 yeah i thought i was cool
i also got to sit in the pilots chair in the H-4