This expeimenal aircraft built and designed by Romanian designer Henri Coanda and is technically the first turbo-jet/ motorjet aircraft ever built, it was featured at the International Aeronautical Exhibition in Paris in October 1910, onlookers found the aircraft strange as it lacked a propellar but soon it fell from public attention and Coanda never continued working on the aircraft, and it disappeared until it was rebuilt and placed in a museum in Romania
Specifications
General Characteristics
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- Wingspan 36.6ft (11.2m)
- Length 49.5ft (15.1m)
- Height 9.5ft (2.9m)
- Empty Weight 2,667lbs (1,210kg)
- Loaded Weight 8,079lbs (3,664kg)
Performance
- Power/Weight Ratio 0.417
- Wing Loading 15.5lbs/ft2 (75.8kg/m2)
- Wing Area 520.5ft2 (48.4m2)
- Drag Points 2222
Parts
- Number of Parts 75
- Control Surfaces 8
- Performance Cost 249
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