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Northrop N-10A "Albatross"

30.0k Dumpworks  7.2 years ago

This was Northrop's design for the US Army's supe fighter program, still sticking to the flying wing concept to some degree, though this isn't a pure flying wing it has the characteristics of a flying wing while have the stability of a conventional aircraft, this worked to some degree but the N-10 main problem wasn't it's flight performance it was the lack of visisbility, having very little back or downward visisbilty made intense dogfights and landings incredible hard for a average pilot

General Characteristics

  • Created On Windows
  • Wingspan 64.6ft (19.7m)
  • Length 45.9ft (14.0m)
  • Height 18.0ft (5.5m)
  • Empty Weight 12,198lbs (5,533kg)
  • Loaded Weight 17,404lbs (7,894kg)

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 0.387
  • Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.229
  • Wing Loading 29.2lbs/ft2 (142.7kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 595.4ft2 (55.3m2)
  • Drag Points 9620

Parts

  • Number of Parts 133
  • Control Surfaces 11
  • Performance Cost 572