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Bednarski Aircraft BFJ-1 "Crazy Duck"

75 bednarskiaircraft  7.3 years ago

This is possibly the craziest piece of aviation engineering in the world. Meet the BFJ-1 “Crazy Duck”, which is accurately nicknamed after its duck-bill shaped nose. It’s a twin engined fighter jet with a very strange shape and 4 landing gear, like on the Concorde. Unlike the Concorde, the tail gear does not retract. Specs: 2x Blasto BFE300 making 134,800 lb ft torque at max power, 419 gallon fuel tank (which it happily slurps like ice tea on a hot summer’s day). How to take off: Use 10% thrust on takeoff roll and then increase to 33% when at around 100 mph. Gently rotate and apply full thrust once in the air. Then retract the landing gear and have a fun time trying to fly it! (note: you will need to retract the landing gear if you will use the 250 lb bomb.) Controls: AG1 is parachute, AG2+ATG is bomb, AG3+ATG is rockets and AG4+ATG is wing guns.

General Characteristics

  • Created On iOS
  • Wingspan 29.3ft (8.9m)
  • Length 21.8ft (6.7m)
  • Height 10.5ft (3.2m)
  • Empty Weight 12,505lbs (5,672kg)
  • Loaded Weight 15,319lbs (6,948kg)

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 8.801
  • Wing Loading 158.1lbs/ft2 (772.1kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 96.9ft2 (9.0m2)
  • Drag Points 7601

Parts

  • Number of Parts 59
  • Control Surfaces 5
  • Performance Cost 381