@XEP,I strongly disagree. For me, designing these crafts is about conveying a special feeling or just creating something I've thought about. The "realistic" aspect is more of a template, like when you add a bunch of pipes to your fictional steampunk creation. Of course, these pipes don't serve a real purpose, but the idea is that people accept that they do (which is easy because most of the time you also don't know what things are meant to do in imaginary worlds). This plane, in particular, is meant to convey the peculiar atmosphere of WW1 planes. They had the most beautiful paint jobs, yet they where designed to kill. For me, there's this tension between the freedom of flight and mans misuse of it. To convey something like that, I don't need to calculate wing area or anything like that. Realism is different from atmosphere. A concrete example of this would be Warhammer. Feel free to point out mistakes; I'd like to see where this conversation goes.

@XEP, I don't know if the prop is too small, it might be. The layout is purely fictional; this build prioritizes looks over anything else. Also, I don't see a reason to connect the engine with the guns as they are not meant to be synchronized. Yes, weight would probably be an issue, the wings are a bit far behind the engine. There is also a land version without the funky prop placement if you'd prefer that: here you go

Even the biplanes try to imagine a new colour sometimes l.

@Graingy, ill try that, thanks

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