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One aircraft designer that was well ahead of his time was Vincent Burnelli with his lifting body fuselages. Vincent was also the first designer to use retractable landing gear in the late 1920 as I remember. A number of his patents are used today on modern airliners yet he is not given credit for things he patented to make aircraft travel safer for all of us.
Anyway this is the fuselage profile of my blending of a Sorrell SNS-7 HiperBipe and Vincent Burnelli's UB-14 for a light four place aircraft design. The center section will be five and a half feet wide and twenty-three feet long at this point in time. The fuselage section is likely to make 20 to 30% of the aircraft's lift.
The reason for the depth in the fuselage is to have room to move from the front seat to the back seat in flight if needed, also so you have room to move around when the bed is made like a teardrop camp trailer.
Anyway this is the fuselage profile of my blending of a Sorrell SNS-7 HiperBipe and Vincent Burnelli's UB-14 for a light four place aircraft design. The center section will be five and a half feet wide and twenty-three feet long at this point in time. The fuselage section is likely to make 20 to 30% of the aircraft's lift.
The reason for the depth in the fuselage is to have room to move from the front seat to the back seat in flight if needed, also so you have room to move around when the bed is made like a teardrop camp trailer.
Category Photography / Miscellaneous
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Size 1280 x 960px
File Size 196.2 kB
I've always had an interest in lifting body type aircraft and flying wings. I'm certain you know of incidents such as the Israeli Pilot Zivi Nedivi brining in a damaged F15D in with only one wing after a midair collision, and an F4 Phantom flying with it's wings folded. Proof that if enough thrust is applied, even a brick can fly.
Well bubummer I was hoping you were amused along the way...
Yes it seems many designs are copies of other copies. I wonder where have all the inventive minds in aviation gone. Today they all seem to think inside the same box. I try as much as I can to avoid the box and the sameness that comes with it.
Yes it seems many designs are copies of other copies. I wonder where have all the inventive minds in aviation gone. Today they all seem to think inside the same box. I try as much as I can to avoid the box and the sameness that comes with it.
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