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Airliner Number 4
- captainmuon 5y agoBut would it have flown?
- nradov 5y agoProbably not. At a glance the hydrodynamic drag looks way too high to allow it to reach takeoff speed. Consider how far those floats would have to extend down into the water to support so much weight.
- shkkmo 5y agoNot to mention the massive bulges of those floats are going to create drag down below the center of mads while all the thrust appears to be well above the center of mass. This is going cause the aircraft to pitch want to pitch down and give it some negative flight characteristics (especially without the leverage of a proportionally long tail to help counteract those forces.
- lostlogin 5y agoThe bulk of it reminds me of the (very different) Ekranoplane. They were just massive. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lun-class_ekranoplan https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lun-class_ekranoplan
- EZ-Cheeze 5y agoMustard on YouTube has many interesting videos on obscure aircraft, including the ekranoplan: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1ZBQ-F-yktYD4m5AzM6pww/videos https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1ZBQ-F-yktYD4m5AzM6pww/vid...
- jbay808 5y agoTo me it brings to mind the giant airplanes of Miyazaki's Nausicaa.
- hansjorg 5y agoAlso the Caproni Ca.60 Noviplano in The Wind Rises. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caproni_Ca.60 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caproni_Ca.60 https://farm1.staticflickr.com/632/23129734031_5e808a81a5.jpg https://farm1.staticflickr.com/632/23129734031_5e808a81a5.jp...
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