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.
Specifications
General Characteristics
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- 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