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Fuselage with windows

197k SledDriver  6.8 years ago
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Requested by @chancey21.

General Characteristics

  • Successors 1 airplane(s)
  • Created On Windows
  • Wingspan 8.2ft (2.5m)
  • Length 39.4ft (12.0m)
  • Height 72.8ft (22.2m)
  • Empty Weight 0lbs (0kg)
  • Loaded Weight 0lbs (0kg)

Performance

  • Wing Loading N/A
  • Wing Area 0.0ft2 (0.0m2)
  • Drag Points 2633

Parts

  • Number of Parts 98
  • Control Surfaces 0
  • Performance Cost 237
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    Can I use

    3.7 years ago
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    197k SledDriver

    @Thederpingmemes What?

    6.8 years ago
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    25.9k OwO

    Wait@SledDriver

    6.8 years ago
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    25.9k OwO

    Okay@SledDriver

    6.8 years ago
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    197k SledDriver

    @Thederpingmemes OK, well, let's just agree to disagree.

    6.8 years ago
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    25.9k OwO

    And their reinforced too and their still not square @SledDriver

    6.8 years ago
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    25.9k OwO

    Well if you look at it it is slightly curved@SledDriver

    6.8 years ago
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    197k SledDriver

    @Thederpingmemes It's certainly possible (plenty of cockpits have square panes), it would just take some effort and have a weight penalty.

    A simple solution would be to reinforce the square corners. Another way would be to have the window pane extend past the square frame, so that it looks square while having rounded corners.

    These solutions would need extra material and thus weight, so they're not optimal, but it certainly can be done.

    6.8 years ago
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    25.9k OwO

    It was kinda meant as a joke and in reality it’s not possible @SledDriver

    Two fatal crashes in 1954 - Flight 781 from Rome and Flight 201, bound for Johannesburg - accounting for 56 lives, were found to be the result of structural weaknesses in the fuselage, caused by dangerous stresses at the corners of the square windows. The harsh angles meant that the surrounding metal experienced pressure two to three times greater than elsewhere in the cabin.

    A number of inquiries into the crashes highlighted metal fatigue as a key cause of the fuselage breaking up, prompting de Havilland to modify the design of its later aircraft, introducing the stress-alleviating oval windows that we see today. The company also increased the thickness of the Comet's fuselage walls.

    6.8 years ago
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    197k SledDriver

    @Thederpingmemes Square windows are certainly possible. Furthermore, just because the holes are square, doesn't mean the windows have to be as well -- anyone who uses this can fill in the square holes to get whatever shape they want.

    6.8 years ago
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    25.9k OwO

    Same amount of parts as my Boeing engine@SledDriver

    6.8 years ago
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    25.9k OwO

    But planes can’t have square windows or it will crash @SledDriver

    6.8 years ago
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    197k SledDriver

    @Thederpingmemes Because that's what was agreed upon.

    6.8 years ago
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    25.9k OwO

    Why square window

    6.8 years ago
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    Wow time to build a bomber

    6.8 years ago
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    197k SledDriver

    Thanks, @KerlonceauxIndustries @FastDan

    +1 6.8 years ago
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    5,841 FastDan

    Wow,this looks epic.

    6.8 years ago
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    197k SledDriver

    Glad you like it, @chancey21

    +1 6.8 years ago
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    69.4k Chancey21

    Man this is great

    6.8 years ago