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PP-1 Elevator

7,203 Xogo  7.5 years ago

I figured out you can make a paper plane like this (with more extreme angles, though) from a strip of paper, and straight away decided I needed to build it here. It's actually surprisingly stable. I called it the elevator because it looks like one (The Idea is that the pilot would stand in the cockpit (which is the entire fuselage), and pilot from there. The engine would be a rotary (cause it's small) that sits in the stalk behind the pilot.

General Characteristics

  • Created On Windows
  • Wingspan 39.7ft (12.1m)
  • Length 13.4ft (4.1m)
  • Height 10.1ft (3.1m)
  • Empty Weight 2,328lbs (1,056kg)
  • Loaded Weight 2,719lbs (1,233kg)

Performance

  • Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.128
  • Wing Loading 12.7lbs/ft2 (61.9kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 214.6ft2 (19.9m2)
  • Drag Points 1828

Parts

  • Number of Parts 13
  • Control Surfaces 6
  • Performance Cost 87