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Bel Geddes Airliner no.4 3.9 rs

228k RamboJutter  5.7 years ago

So I dont normally do airliners (boring round tubes), but i saw this and couldnt help myself, Ag1 if you fancy more elvevator control, fly with pitch and yaw primarily (roll would knock the passengers sick), anyway its v close to the scale size, now the wiki bit:

The aircraft was designed between 1929 and 1932 with the idea of showing "what the intercontinental air liner of 1940 will be like."[4] Geddes developed the overall design concept while German aeronautical engineer Otto A. Koller provided the engineering expertise as Geddes was not a trained engineer. The two had clashed over Airplane Number 1 in January 1930, after Koller had described it as "an absolute[ly] undesirable design." Koller then declined to provide performance specifications for its replacement, Airliner Number 4, which Geddes intended to include for publicity purposes in his upcoming book Horizons (Little Brown, New York, 1932).[5] Geddes devoted over ten pages of the book to the project, including a fulsome endorsement of Koller's skills as an aircraft engineer on page 111 and detailed cut-away plans of the aircraft. Although uncredited in Horizons, the striking illustrations of the aircraft may have been drawn by the young C. Stowe Myers who had his first job in Geddes's office and was tasked with creating the illustrations for the book.[6] Designed as a V-shaped monoplane with nine decks, large capacity, viewing galleries, and public areas big enough to hold an orchestra, Airliner Number 4 was intended to replace the ocean liner[7] and Geddes wrote that, "Passengers aboard this air liner are able to move about as freely as on an ocean liner, enjoying recreations and diversions similar to those which seagoing passengers are now accustomed."[4] If built, it would have had a wingspan of 528 feet (161 m) and a capacity of 451 passengers plus a crew of 155. Power would have been provided by twenty 1,900 horsepower (1,400 kW) engines with six in reserve.

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General Characteristics

  • Created On Windows
  • Wingspan 525.2ft (160.1m)
  • Length 237.3ft (72.3m)
  • Height 114.7ft (35.0m)
  • Empty Weight 4,892lbs (2,219kg)
  • Loaded Weight 35,136lbs (15,937kg)

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 1.918
  • Horse Power/Weight Ratio 1.138
  • Wing Loading 1.7lbs/ft2 (8.1kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 21,069.7ft2 (1,957.4m2)
  • Drag Points 78413

Parts

  • Number of Parts 1274
  • Control Surfaces 4
  • Performance Cost 3,839
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    3,060 Fawkes

    Meanwhile in Russia

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    @Nuclearbomber36 yep :)

    4.4 years ago
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    Flying cruise ship

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    2,535 truckerSAM

    @RamboJutter you never know.... :)

    4.9 years ago
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    @truckerSAM yeah it would have been fun, can't help but think it was an impossible dream though

    4.9 years ago
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    2,535 truckerSAM

    I would fly on this airline if I was rich

    4.9 years ago
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    @Leviatham no idea, tag eternal darkness or tully they might know being moderators and all.

    5.1 years ago
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    1,320 Leviatham

    And it's already bad to have to write the description because of the bugs on the screen. What do I do?

    5.1 years ago
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    1,320 Leviatham

    Can you help me?. I'm trying to send a plane that I made, but the game says it will send a confirmation email that never comes!

    5.1 years ago
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    1,320 Leviatham

    Thanks!

    5.4 years ago
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    @Leviatham use overload mod

    5.4 years ago
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    1,320 Leviatham

    interesting thanks ... how can i do this?

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    @Leviatham make all the bits you use have 0 weight and 0 drag (with drag disabled as well) once you get it built you can add drag and weight as required in a controlled manually thus removing autoroll etc.

    5.4 years ago
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    1,320 Leviatham

    right ... and I'm Flying Wings enthusiast and I want to make bigger planes but to make a wing with hundreds of smaller and very complicated pieces of work besides making the aircraft easily unbalanced among other problems ... any tips? or maybe you know of some mod for parts above 10 meters? It would help a lot ...

    5.4 years ago
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    @Leviatham no, hence larger part count. Scaled up pieces cause loading delays from my experience.

    5.4 years ago
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    1,320 Leviatham

    Rambojuntter do you use those mods of pieces larger than 10 meters?

    5.4 years ago
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    583 QuickNils

    now thats a

    T H I C C

    plane

    5.7 years ago
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    @CeeToTheZee it was never made hence fictional but is based on an actual aircraft design hence a replica. A fictional replica.

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    11.3k CeeToTheZee

    How can something be a fictional and a replica creation at the same time???

    5.7 years ago
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    30.4k soundwave

    @RamboJutter for that extra

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    @BaconRoll I tried hard to make them oval in shape ;)

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    30.4k soundwave

    Interesting round tubes at the bottom, love the whole aesthetic

    5.7 years ago
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    30 Ricomlg

    THICC Plane!?

    5.7 years ago
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    @Tang0five that's why I posted the flying pics, just in case someone didn't believe me!

    5.7 years ago
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    4,109 JetFly

    @tsampoy They aren't flat wings?

    5.7 years ago
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