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Heinkel Lerche

153k RussianAce  6.8 years ago
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Activation group (1) - Turn on the gyro (FOR LANDING)

Activation group (7) - signal lights.

Improved manageability!
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The Heinkel Lerche (English: Lark) was the name of a set of project studies made by German aircraft designer Heinkel in 1944 and 1945 for a revolutionary VTOL fighter and ground-attack aircraft.

The Lerche was an early coleopter design. It would take off and land sitting on its tail, flying horizontally like a conventional aircraft. The pilot would lie prone in the nose. Most remarkably, it would be powered by two contra-rotating propellers which were contained in a donut-shaped, nine-sided annular wing.

The remarkably futuristic design was developed starting 1944 and concluding in March 1945. The aerodynamic principles of an annular wing were basically sound, but the proposal was faced with a whole host of unsolved manufacture and control problems which would have made the project highly impractical, even without the materials shortages of late-war Nazi Germany.

General Characteristics

  • Predecessor Heinkel Lerche
  • Created On Windows
  • Wingspan 21.0ft (6.4m)
  • Length 21.7ft (6.6m)
  • Height 36.1ft (11.0m)
  • Empty Weight 11,875lbs (5,386kg)
  • Loaded Weight 15,623lbs (7,086kg)

Performance

  • Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.768
  • Wing Loading 33.5lbs/ft2 (163.4kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 466.9ft2 (43.4m2)
  • Drag Points 23519

Parts

  • Number of Parts 318
  • Control Surfaces 4
  • Performance Cost 1,031
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    153k RussianAce

    @NANOMAN управление улучшил.

    6.8 years ago
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    32.7k Wakescar

    Great gyro application my friend. I don't believe I've seen this done with this type of craft yet

    6.8 years ago
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    19.6k DerVito

    Че поменялось?

    6.8 years ago
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    9,217 Valiant2017

    Sehr gut!

    6.8 years ago