Unducted Fan Aircraft, or, Ein Makes a Propeller Plane!

Frank Hipper · Post by **Frank Hipper** » 2007-07-25 06:16pm

Einy, you're....alive?

Ford Prefect · Post by **Ford Prefect** » 2007-07-25 06:31pm

EinhanDER!

Good to have you back.

Is it only a brief visit, or are you able to get on more reliably?

And that is one zippy looking prop-driven aircraft.

Einhander Sn0m4n · Post by **Einhander Sn0m4n** » 2007-07-25 06:34pm

Ford Prefect wrote:EinhanDER!

Good to have you back. Is it only a brief visit, or are you able to get on more reliably?

Yes, I'm Back.

Ford Prefect wrote:And that is one zippy looking prop-driven aircraft.

LOL!

Marko Dash · Post by **Marko Dash** » 2007-07-25 07:02pm

its, ah... really, really, yellow

What kind of gear would work with it? Its got too much weight behind the main gear for a tricycle type. its flight characteristics might be better with a non-FSW to keep it from being so tailheavy.

Spice Runner · Post by **Spice Runner** » 2007-07-25 08:37pm

That looks neat. I particularly like the wing structure.

Starglider · Post by **Starglider** » 2007-07-25 08:42pm

It looks cool, but horribly impractical. The wings seem too short to permitt a sensible takeoff speed and there's no obvious reason to forward-sweep them. Similarly the pointy nose and fighter style cockpit seems rather superfluous on a mid-to-low subsonic aircraft. Plus those counter-rotating props are going to make a hell of a lot of noise. But it might be a fun air-racing aircraft.

Tasoth · Post by **Tasoth** » 2007-07-25 09:10pm

Nice craft. I'd also like to state that I cut my hair.

That is all.