Overview: the E100 "Guppy" is an experimental ducted-fuselage aircraft. It's fuselage design gives it an incredibly strange appearance, and makes the aircraft look like an odd-shaped dirigible airship. Both its engine and its wing are inside the fuselage, with an airflow duct positioned underneath the fuselage to allow for air flowing from the engine and wing structure to be vented outside, giving the aircraft both thrust and lift. The aircraft's design also gives it very high drag, meaning the aircraft is not capable of a sustained glide and requires the engine to constantly be producing thrust.
FLIGHT CHARACTERISTICS
Maximum Airspeed (TAS): 150mph, 241kph, 130knots.
Maximum Altitude: 10,000ft, 3,048m.
Takeoff Airspeed (IAS)(Full Power): ~85mph, ~137kph, ~74knots.
Landing Airspeed (IAS): ~75mph, ~121kph, ~65knots.
NOTES
- The aircraft has very high drag, and requires the engine to constantly be producing thrust in order to fly.
- The aircraft is slow to turn.
Specifications
Spotlights
- Johnnyynf 2.3 years ago
- PPLLAANNEE 2.3 years ago
- Dragoranos 2.3 years ago
General Characteristics
- Created On Windows
- Wingspan 35.8ft (10.9m)
- Length 104.9ft (32.0m)
- Height 36.1ft (11.0m)
- Empty Weight 15,957lbs (7,238kg)
- Loaded Weight 17,962lbs (8,147kg)
Performance
- Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.111
- Wing Loading 15.2lbs/ft2 (74.2kg/m2)
- Wing Area 1,181.3ft2 (109.8m2)
- Drag Points 23069
Parts
- Number of Parts 46
- Control Surfaces 9
- Performance Cost 337
Note: if you want better flight performance, change the engine horsepower from 2000hp to 2500hp (the number is 5000 for 2500hp in the XML editor).
Thoughts or suggestions? Let me know!
Looks like Stipa Caproni
@PPLLAANNEE Heh, that's an interesting idea. Maybe I should make a second version with guppy fish colors.
you should have colored it to actually look like a guppy lol
@TheFlightGuySP knew it
@DejmianXYZ I tested it, and it does fly significantly better at 2500hp.
Thanks for the suggestion!
@TheFlightGuySP its actually quite enjoyable to fly but id recommend having the engine power upped to 2500hp as it makes it a a bit nicer to fly and also allows it to climb at more than 1ft/min