This aircraft was built as a high speed reconaissance plane by infamous aircraft designer Howard Hughes, it was a simple twin tail boom design similar to his Fighter-Bomber design the D-2, this aircraft did fly but during mid-flight the propellar drive gears "reversed" causing a uncontrolable descent into Beverly Hills, California, though it was rebuilt and in 1947 it had a succesful flight, the F-11 program was highly controversial and actually caused the US Senate to investigate the F-11 and H-4 Hercules
Specifications
General Characteristics
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- Wingspan 107.4ft (32.7m)
- Length 75.3ft (22.9m)
- Height 19.9ft (6.1m)
- Empty Weight 17,128lbs (7,769kg)
- Loaded Weight 26,789lbs (12,151kg)
Performance
- Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.298
- Wing Loading 24.2lbs/ft2 (118.1kg/m2)
- Wing Area 1,107.3ft2 (102.9m2)
- Drag Points 9019
Parts
- Number of Parts 151
- Control Surfaces 6
- Performance Cost 768
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