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VTOL for flaps
Act. 1 - Lights
The Bell XP-59 was a development off of their XP-52 twin boom fighter. The XP-59 was to have a larger engine and payload, as well as be able to reach higher speeds (about 388mph in this case). Two mock-ups were made of the XP-59 before the project was scrapped in favor of the eventually designated P-59A jet fighter. It was powered by an experimental radial engine rated at 2000hp driving a contra-rotating prop. The armament would have consisted of two 20mm cannons in the nose, and 6 .50 cal machine guns located on the leading edge of the booms.
Artist's rendering
My recreation
Among other things, this model features a detailed engine access panel (I used a spoiler for the hinges - see if you can find them), fuel caps (forward of the roundels), 13-stripe rudders, and a very nice airfoil that I'm quite proud of.
Thanks so much for commenting and upvoting!
Specifications
Spotlights
- MrSilverWolf 4.7 years ago
- ACEPILOT109 4.7 years ago
General Characteristics
- Predecessor Prototypes and Secret aircraft projects Challenge
- Created On Windows
- Wingspan 36.6ft (11.2m)
- Length 34.2ft (10.4m)
- Height 9.9ft (3.0m)
- Empty Weight 7,154lbs (3,245kg)
- Loaded Weight 8,171lbs (3,706kg)
Performance
- Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.244
- Wing Loading 27.0lbs/ft2 (131.9kg/m2)
- Wing Area 302.5ft2 (28.1m2)
- Drag Points 1734
Parts
- Number of Parts 276
- Control Surfaces 10
- Performance Cost 1,317
@AsteroidAsteroidTheBook oh, cool!
@LieutenantSOT Lol I found them on google, but I also have a book with them
:O I just built one of these (though mine is significantly worse than yours)! Where did you find the blueprints?! Amazing replica!
@DanDaFreakinMan It's an extremely obscure plane
@DanDaFreakinMan Thanks!
A perfect recreation
Wow nice plane
really coll
Nice Plane 👍
The 40s and 50s had the best prototype aircraft
i miss spotlighting your builds
In all seriousness though this is pretty good.
PANCAKE MAKES ANOTHER PLANE YEEEEEEEE
@Pita sure.
@Pita no problem!
For sure@Pita
Awesome!
Nice burd! Never heard of this one before!@Pita
Quick! Drop what I'm doing to fly this thing! Download!
@Pita oh thank you!!! (ps: if you look at my current buildsyou can see they're no wear near here)
nicely done
@Pita oh THANK YOU for the help!
this plane is so COOL!!!!! I don't know how to build like this XDXDDDDDDDDDD (pl s help if you can)
SO COOL!