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Hovercraft theory

5,687 SeriousFlipper4  9.4 years ago
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What if you could make spinning wings into a fan and put it at the bottom of a plane? In simpleplanes wings dont generate lift when spinning with a rotator and engines so what if the next update added this ability and we could make hovercrafts? Rate if you agree!

General Characteristics

  • Successors 1 airplane(s) +7 bonus
  • Created On iOS
  • Wingspan 30.9ft (9.4m)
  • Length 35.8ft (10.9m)
  • Height 13.2ft (4.0m)
  • Empty Weight 10,348lbs (4,694kg)
  • Loaded Weight 12,702lbs (5,761kg)

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 3.184
  • Wing Loading 53.9lbs/ft2 (263.0kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 235.8ft2 (21.9m2)
  • Drag Points 5694

Parts

  • Number of Parts 40
  • Control Surfaces 0
  • Performance Cost 118
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    It does work
    ---only if u add control surfaces

    1.7 years ago
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    I was able to make a hovercraft with the spinning wing idea with gyroscopes and no engines here it is:

    https://www.simpleplanes.com/a/UdL749/The-Power-of-Gyroscopes

    +1 5.8 years ago
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    Yes toco it does and I am surprised that mast of these people rating it do not know it because they would recognize that this is ridiculous and why would you ever evenpost anything like this because a flipping fan on the bottom of a plane does not make sense
    9.4 years ago
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    3,070 Toco
    It does provide lift.
    9.4 years ago