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Tupolev ANT-25

18.9k Zippy6  6.6 years ago

History
One day in San Fransisco in the 1930's, people were stunned to see a strange looking aircraft with immensly long wings flying overhead. This unusual aircraft would later land just south of Los angeles and in doing so, would shatter a french flight distance record by over 1000 miles. The Tupolev ANT-25 was a Soviet long-range experimental aircraft which was also tried as a bomber. First constructed in 1933, it was used by the Soviet Union for a number of record-breaking flights and at one point was planned to be developed into a bomber. These several record breaking flights made the crewman of this unique aircrafts heros in the soviet union. This aircrafts insane endurace of 72 hours came as a result of a combination of several simple technologies. First and foremost were the wings. The wings had an aspect ration of almost 13:1. In addition the entirety of the fuel suppy was held in the wings. The ANT-25 also utilized a geared M-34 watercooled V12 engine putting out 750 horspower.

Controls
All normal controls. TRIM is elevator trim.
RECCOMEND USING MOUSE AIM OR JUST TRIM CONTROLS.
CG and CoL are rather close together so it is rather unstable.
I personally control the pitch with just the Trim slider.
Climb rate is very slow. pitch up at about 12-15 degrees for optimal angle.

Notes.
100% to scale. Probably one of my best (most accurate) to scale aircraft. Accurate performance too, speed, weight, and even climb rate!

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General Characteristics

  • Successors 1 airplane(s)
  • Created On Windows
  • Wingspan 111.1ft (33.9m)
  • Length 44.7ft (13.6m)
  • Height 16.0ft (4.9m)
  • Empty Weight 9,826lbs (4,457kg)
  • Loaded Weight 14,170lbs (6,427kg)

Performance

  • Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.063
  • Wing Loading 17.5lbs/ft2 (85.6kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 808.3ft2 (75.1m2)
  • Drag Points 8939

Parts

  • Number of Parts 194
  • Control Surfaces 7
  • Performance Cost 698
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    2,378 CR17glazer

    Doesn’t He Mean USSR? Well maybe it was before USSR
    @Denniscx @Denniscx

    3.2 years ago
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    Awesome!!! The record-breaking plane is on the website!!!

    6.6 years ago
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    18.9k Zippy6

    Hey thanks! @Trainzo

    6.6 years ago
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    43.4k Trainzo

    Very best replica . Nice job .

    6.6 years ago
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    18.9k Zippy6

    @Denniscx i dunno why they had it that way. They just did. Just look it up if ya dont belive me.

    6.6 years ago
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    7,395 OC3LOT1142

    Great model. Love the design. Plus it’s soviet. Which makes it 10x better lol. Great job!

    6.6 years ago
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    213 Denniscx

    Wait URSS?

    6.6 years ago