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Stipa Caproni

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Auto Credit Based on FirstLandFish83828's The weird plane/car challenge [CLOSED]

The Stipa-Caproni, also known as the Caproni Stipa, was an experimental Italian aircraft designed in 1932 by Luigi Stipa and built by Caproni. It featured a hollow, barrel-shaped fuselage with the engine and propeller completely enclosed by the fuselage—in essence, the whole fuselage was a single ducted fan. Although the Regia Aeronautica (Italian Royal Air Force) was not interested in pursuing development of the Stipa-Caproni, its design influenced the development of jet propulsion.

Oh, and before you comment “why does it have a jet engine”, or “why does it have a gyroscope”, then here’s the explanation. This thing basically flies like a brick. I used a hollow fuselage for it, and the normal propeller, even the turboprop, cannot lift it off the ground without stalling or crashing. So I had to use a scaled down jet engine with 2x power multiplier to get it to accelerate. Oh, and the gyroscope is for stability. You can turn off AG8 to disable it.

General Characteristics

  • Predecessor The weird plane/car challenge [CLOSED]
  • Created On iOS
  • Wingspan 38.3ft (11.7m)
  • Length 30.1ft (9.2m)
  • Height 16.2ft (4.9m)
  • Empty Weight 7,551lbs (3,425kg)
  • Loaded Weight 8,736lbs (3,962kg)

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 0.771
  • Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.343
  • Wing Loading 39.8lbs/ft2 (194.3kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 219.5ft2 (20.4m2)
  • Drag Points 4519

Parts

  • Number of Parts 40
  • Control Surfaces 5
  • Performance Cost 262