SimplePlanes | Ornithopter Dune

Ornithopter Dune

50.4k Stingray 8.4 years ago

212 downloads

Fictional Jet

Concept from 1965, author Frank Herbert, "Dune." Jet-assisted ornithopters launched from the sand and patrolled planet Dune. Yes, the wings flap! And Ornithopter Dune can fly from Murphy to Tarpley -- to land, the wings go level on power-off, then glide.

General Characteristics

Created On Android
Wingspan 120.0ft (36.6m)
Length 96.4ft (29.4m)
Height 19.3ft (5.9m)
Empty Weight 25,013lbs (11,345kg)
Loaded Weight 35,291lbs (16,007kg)

Performance

Power/Weight Ratio 3.056
Wing Loading 13.3lbs/ft² (64.7kg/m²)
Wing Area 2,662.9ft² (247.4m²)
Drag Points 4095

Parts

Number of Parts 45
Control Surfaces 7
Performance Cost 325

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27.9k SteadfastContracting

Np!

+0 8.4 years ago
50.4k Stingray

Thank you, @SteadfastContracting

+0 8.4 years ago
50.4k Stingray

Thank you, @Noman0rumeral

+0 8.4 years ago
50.4k Stingray

Thanks, this was an experiment that surprisingly worked! @Delphinus

+0 8.4 years ago
50.4k Stingray

Thx, you got it right -- could not believe this actually flew, had to post a test model... @MrMecha

+0 8.4 years ago
50.4k Stingray

Thanks @flyingsteve88

+0 8.4 years ago

Ornithopter Dune

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