August 6, 20232 yr Counter rotating props, intake scoops on the tail, 2 large inline engines enclosed behind the pilot. Only 1 was ever made. Smuggled out before WWII started. 5800X3D, RTX4070, 600 Watt, one or two 1440p 32" screens, 64 GB RAM, 4 TB PCle 3 NVMe, Warthog throttle, VKB NXT EVO stick, Honeycomb Alpha yoke, CH quad, 3 Logitech panels, 2 StreamDecks, Desktop Aviator Trim Panel. Crystal Light VR.
August 6, 20232 yr Counter rotating props with only two blades. Be interesting to know the engineering decisions behind doing that. Better top speed ? Edited August 6, 20232 yr by Glenn Fitzpatrick
August 6, 20232 yr Author This little bomb is fast... Manual: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UeEt2VO_uIqW7Qvy-SUudIRh-nkCrEGI/view Edited August 6, 20232 yr by Fielder 5800X3D, RTX4070, 600 Watt, one or two 1440p 32" screens, 64 GB RAM, 4 TB PCle 3 NVMe, Warthog throttle, VKB NXT EVO stick, Honeycomb Alpha yoke, CH quad, 3 Logitech panels, 2 StreamDecks, Desktop Aviator Trim Panel. Crystal Light VR.
August 7, 20232 yr 4 hours ago, Glenn Fitzpatrick said: Counter rotating props with only two blades. Be interesting to know the engineering decisions behind doing that. Better top speed ? To counter torque, I guess? Rhett 7800X3D ♣ 96 GB G.Skill Flare ♣ Gigabyte 4090 ♣ Crucial P5 Plus 2TB
August 7, 20232 yr 20 minutes ago, Mace said: To counter torque, I guess? Yes, but why only two blades ?
August 7, 20232 yr 6 minutes ago, Glenn Fitzpatrick said: Yes, but why only two blades ? I'm guessing the long propshaft is the reason. Late 30's metallurgy tech wasn't quite there, and the rotating mass of 3 or 4 blades was too much given that it used a long propshaft that ran under the pilot. Rhett 7800X3D ♣ 96 GB G.Skill Flare ♣ Gigabyte 4090 ♣ Crucial P5 Plus 2TB
September 30, 20241 yr Author The plane was never made. The first model did not have it's engines installed (they are now in vintage Bugatti type 59 race cars in museums. I think they operate these on the track. The plane, planned to be a racer, but Bugatti hated Germany and decided on bigger engines and to make it a fighter. France had nothing to compete with the Messerschmidts. Germany invaded France and the almost complete 100P was hidden in a garage and taken to America where lead designer and his son finally finished it in the 1990s. Is on display (without engines). A replica was built but was forced to land in the countryside. The next flight was not entirely successful either. Here's the 3rd flight. 5800X3D, RTX4070, 600 Watt, one or two 1440p 32" screens, 64 GB RAM, 4 TB PCle 3 NVMe, Warthog throttle, VKB NXT EVO stick, Honeycomb Alpha yoke, CH quad, 3 Logitech panels, 2 StreamDecks, Desktop Aviator Trim Panel. Crystal Light VR.
October 2, 20241 yr If you make the trip to Airventure you can see this hanging in the EAA museum. Well worth a look. Ryzen 7 7800X3D/B650 X AX | 5090 | 32gig | Win10 | Pimax Crystal Light
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