In the 1920's a man by the name of Willard Ray Custer (great grandnephew of general Custer!) designed a funny wing shape to increase airflow over the wing without increasing forward speed. The channelwing, so called because of its curved wing section, generates lift from the air thrown back or sucked by the propeller. It was so effective that the last variant used to test this wing shape, the CCW-3, could take off and land at running pace! Unfortunatley this effect is not modeled in simple planes. I made this from plans drawn in the 50's for a model RC plane.
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- AeroEngineering 6.8 years ago
- FennVectorCWA 6.8 years ago
General Characteristics
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- Wingspan 39.4ft (12.0m)
- Length 36.9ft (11.2m)
- Height 11.5ft (3.5m)
- Empty Weight 5,532lbs (2,509kg)
- Loaded Weight 6,188lbs (2,807kg)
Performance
- Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.129
- Wing Loading 13.0lbs/ft2 (63.3kg/m2)
- Wing Area 477.6ft2 (44.4m2)
- Drag Points 5393
Parts
- Number of Parts 112
- Control Surfaces 6
- Performance Cost 420
Yeah I could've done that too if I knew how to XML. besides how I have the landing gear gear is original from the plans I made this from@Liquidfox.
@Liquidfox oof I need to figure out xml. Or I probably could have just added more wings.
@Liquidfox NANI?! How???
You could try making CCW-5, I saw tons of those in Fallout.
@Liquidfox I got a lot of projects on the table RN. But perhaps in the future...
Btw I have gone and seen the real one at the Mid Atlantic Air Museum. Seen better days.
@Liquidfox Boi don't tempt me 😂😂