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Bestetti BN.1

44.9k DerekSP  5.0 years ago

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VTOL - Flaps


Description:

The BN.1 is an Italian one-off aircraft built for sports and general aviation (sightseeing, etc.).
Its first flight happened in 1940. Originally, it was also supposed to serve as a demonstrator of a new military design, but it proved to be too unstable and the sole prototype was the last aircraft of this type made.
During one of its test flights, the aircraft stalled and crashed and injured its pilot, resulting in a 6 month period of repairs. There were attempts to improve the stability by enlarging the tail fins, but that solution too wasn't enough.
While the aircraft doesn't seem to have survived to present day, the techniques used during assembly were then adopted for construction of other designs, thus it wasn't a total waste of time.


Notes:

The front gear kinda sucks, it was supposed to be custom, but for whatever reason even when perfectly symmetrical and high sideways traction, it kept flipping the plane to the left, therefore I just used the stock wheels.


Enjoy

General Characteristics

  • Successors 1 airplane(s)
  • Created On Windows
  • Wingspan 38.8ft (11.8m)
  • Length 25.6ft (7.8m)
  • Height 8.4ft (2.5m)
  • Empty Weight 5,753lbs (2,609kg)
  • Loaded Weight 6,152lbs (2,790kg)

Performance

  • Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.163
  • Wing Loading 18.2lbs/ft2 (88.9kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 337.7ft2 (31.4m2)
  • Drag Points 2941

Parts

  • Number of Parts 102
  • Control Surfaces 10
  • Performance Cost 509