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aircroft 398 passenger

31.3k AircroftDesign  8.5 years ago
Auto Credit Based on AircroftDesign's aircroft 388 prototype

from avalanche to Murphy to Wright non stop 1 for lights 2 for takeoff and landing lights

General Characteristics

  • Predecessor aircroft 388 prototype
  • Created On Android
  • Wingspan 60.7ft (18.5m)
  • Length 52.9ft (16.1m)
  • Height 16.0ft (4.9m)
  • Empty Weight 20,301lbs (9,208kg)
  • Loaded Weight 27,618lbs (12,527kg)

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 2.847
  • Wing Loading 57.4lbs/ft2 (280.2kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 481.2ft2 (44.7m2)
  • Drag Points 5817

Parts

  • Number of Parts 105
  • Control Surfaces 5
  • Performance Cost 685
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    @WalkerAviation well done

    8.5 years ago
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    Backstory: The Aircroft 398 was an experimental passenger jet produced by Aircroft Aerospace Technology in the late 1970's. The engineers designed the the fuselage to seat around 160 passengers, 80 seats on the left and 80 seats on the right. The Aircroft 398 had a very spacious cockpit, which allowed for some very useful technology to be implemented. An advanced flight computer and a very powerful radar were installed in the cockpit, but there was still much room for both pilots. The Aircroft engineers used a very thick and wide wing to both maximize lift and fuel storage. The control surfaces on the horizontal stabilizer were shortened to make sure that the aircraft didn't wobble when making an aileron turn. Two small jet engines were mounted onto the wings for flight testing. The Aircroft engineers wanted to test the fuselage dynamics first before they tested maximum speed. The first flight was on July 17, 1979 and flight characteristics yielded very impressive results and further tests were conducted. Representatives from Airbus came to watch the flight performances of the prototype aircraft, to which they were very impressed. On August 6, 1979 Airbus bought the license and blueprints to the Aircroft 398. The CEO of Airbus said that they used some of the design features of the Aircroft 398 in their aircraft. Many design features from the Aircroft 398 were found in the Airbus A320 and A380.

    8.5 years ago