Stipa Caproni
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.
Specifications
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
Gonna say 7.8/13
Oh god I’m late