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Revolutionary new plane
On Thu, 25 Mar 2021 05:06:49 -0700, andy l wrote:
On Thursday, 25 March 2021 at 11:44:46 UTC, Martin Gregorie wrote: On Wed, 24 Mar 2021 20:08:43 -0600, kinsell wrote: https://mashable.com/video/train-plane-hybrid/ You gotta admit, it's better than the electric train pulling a blimp. Maybe with a longer extension cord, electric gliders could work. Nice one, whoever drew it. About as aerodynamic as a brick. -- Martin | martin at Gregorie | gregorie dot org About a week too early for April Fool's Day It reminded me very slightly of the Caspian Sea Monster, but those used to fly lower Some ekranoplanes were strictly ground effect, while others, like the A-90 Orlyonok (the one with a huge turboprop unit on the top of its tailfin) apparently had a maximum operating altitude of 9,800 ft., a range of 930miles and max speed of 220 kts https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A-90_Orlyonok But, that electric thing reminds me more of a modern version of the Caproni Ca.60 - prewar the flying boat thing with three triplane wing stacks stacks attached to what looks like an up-market canal-boat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caproni_Ca.60 -- Martin | martin at Gregorie | gregorie dot org |
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