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Ford Flivver

1,506 StraitAircraft  one month ago

Flivver

Dated, informal

[Noun]
-A cheap aircraft or car , especially one in bad condition


From that, I think you know where this is going...


HENRY FORD

Wanted to build a plane that was the "model T of the skies"
He obviously failed but let me tell you why and share more about this aircraft.

STORY

The Ford Flivver is a single-seat aircraft introduced by Henry Ford as the "Model T of the Air".[N 1] After a fatal crash of a prototype into the ocean off Melbourne, Florida, production plans were halted.(wiki)


STATS

The ford flivver was so shit it was called quote
" the worst plane I have ever flown" -Charles Lindenburg

General characteristics

Crew: 1
Capacity: 1
Length: 15 ft 6 in (4.72 m)
Wingspan: 21 ft 9 in (6.63 m)
Airfoil: Gottingen 387
Empty weight: 500 lb (227 kg)
Powerplant: 1 × Anzani Radial, 36 hp (27 kW)


To replicate the real plane, the plane has some issues the real plane had, it's abit faster than the real one by about 5-10 km/h

Have fun! :)

General Characteristics

  • Created On Android
  • Wingspan 35.8ft (10.9m)
  • Length 22.1ft (6.7m)
  • Height 10.3ft (3.1m)
  • Empty Weight 3,219lbs (1,460kg)
  • Loaded Weight 4,637lbs (2,103kg)

Performance

  • Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.086
  • Wing Loading 19.8lbs/ft2 (96.7kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 234.3ft2 (21.8m2)
  • Drag Points 3852

Parts

  • Number of Parts 229
  • Control Surfaces 5
  • Performance Cost 776
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    Have fun guys, she handles quite well except for banking (she will turn and spin out of control )
    [Though, it's quite easy to recover from a spin]

    Pinned one month ago
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    @Sockdragger apologies, I joined about a week ago and am still trying to work out the kinks ...

    one month ago
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    @Sockdragger it takes awhile to take off but she can, just use tail wheel to steady her and then take off

    one month ago
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    3,762 Sockdragger

    Got to keep on trying then. Half of the time I can't even get her to take off

    +1 one month ago