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Lockheed Ring Wing Concept

15.5k MinutesTanker  1.7 years ago

Yes this is a real aircraft design by Lockheed

The aircraft you see right here is different in one very big way, the wing are Round or more specifically the wing form a circle all the way around the fuselage. A closed wing or more accurately a ring wing around the plane.

-Found&Explained video script

My first commercial airplane ^^

I'm, not a civilian aircraft guy, im more of a fighter jet guy

Closed wing design wiki:

A closed wing is a wing that effectively has two main planes which merge at their ends so that there are no conventional wing tips. Closed-wing designs include the annular wing (commonly known as the cylindrical or ring wing), the joined wing, the box wing and spiroid tip devices.

Like many wingtip devices, the closed wing aims to reduce the wasteful effects associated with wingtip vortices which occur at the tips of conventional wings. Although the closed wing has no unique claim on such benefits, many closed-wing designs do offer structural advantages over a conventional cantilever monoplane.

Controls:

-Normal plane controls: pitch, roll, yaw, etc...
-AG 8 = gyroscope
-Use the trim

Enjoy...

General Characteristics

  • Successors 1 airplane(s) +21 bonus
  • Created On Windows
  • Wingspan 64.6ft (19.7m)
  • Length 170.4ft (51.9m)
  • Height 73.8ft (22.5m)
  • Empty Weight N/A
  • Loaded Weight 25,812lbs (11,708kg)

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 7.835
  • Wing Loading 14.0lbs/ft2 (68.2kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 1,847.0ft2 (171.6m2)
  • Drag Points 54237

Parts

  • Number of Parts 82
  • Control Surfaces 4
  • Performance Cost 479
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    I also made one

    one year ago
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    @zaineman im probably the 4th poeple to do it but, i dare you to make this PSM, this is a hard one

    1.6 years ago
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    This plane that only appeared on the video.

    1.7 years ago
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    36.9k Graingy

    I do hope that the designer was told to get off his ass designing planes and go design retro-future space-borne shuttles like in those old science books I had when I was younger.
    This thing is hideous! And only 82 parts! What a steal!

    +1 1.7 years ago
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    450 55Scram

    @CL125 then why are you confused

    1.7 years ago
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    450 55Scram

    @CL125 do you not understand

    1.7 years ago
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    70.8k 929

    @Mastereldo wow I'm just about to make one, well it's very good!

    1.7 years ago
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    40.7k 42

    It’s RW time

    1.7 years ago
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    450 55Scram

    I see this plane, i get hard

    1.7 years ago
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    9,575 TRS051

    Enggak habis pikir 😂

    +1 1.7 years ago
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    you beat me to it lol @Mastereldo

    1.7 years ago
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    @RepublicOfCursedPlanes
    yes it's definely a cursed plane

    1.7 years ago