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Published: 2007-06-18 08:22:11 +0000 UTC; Views: 61832; Favourites: 1726; Downloads: 1501
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Here's a British war bird inspired ultralight design I finally got to finish.Related content
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It's a good design but you made a mistake, the center of mass is too far forwards from the lift/control surfaces (it would basically fall like a lawn dart) if you want my advice you should put a set of wings ahead of/next to the prop.
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sorry, made a mistake when i typed that. I thought the prop was at the front (not the back)
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As a writer and overall airframe designer, I have been looking for something quite similar to this ultralight for a good while now.Β With a few conditions, I'd like to use this craft and others of your design for air-race participants in one of my stories. (The conditions would be the obvious "You built this vehicle" thing, "I don't own this craft"... The typical legal stuff.Β Plus whatever you might want to stipulate for my use of this design for the story.
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Man, I want one! What a lovely machine. I don't think I'd let my hair fly free though... that gets tangled up way to quick.
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God, would I hate having to bail out from that thing. :-P
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Very nice! It looks like a metallic dragonfly.
Nice pilot! ^^
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I really hope that those wingtips fold up before landing.
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Or maybe it's designed to dock with zeppelins like the F9C Sparrowhawk.
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Then where's the trapeze hook?
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I think I like this one better than your new version, has more more more motorcycle of the sky feel to it.
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True, this was raw, imagination at work - not worrying about the physics of it - just plain fun.
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Still ultra kewl tho. If I can, I will post a pic of a brand new (and rather silly looking) plane the WG has added to world of warplanes. It's a prop/jet powered biplane that makes some of the silliest airplane concepts I have seen on Deviantart look positively workable. Assuming the engine had very high fuel efficency and a later model covered the pilot to improve airodynamic performance, your concept plane WOULD work, and very likely work extremely well.
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Thanks! Just recently I've stumbled upon a vintage Soviet ultralight design called the x-14. www.homebuiltairplanes.com/for⦠Seems these things are really possible after all.
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I have just added a pic of the I-15 DM-2 to my gallery, you can view it HERE:Β cmmdrsigma.deviantart.com/art/β¦ .
Β Also somewhat silly looking is the Bf 109Z; I believe I have a picture of that one in my gallery as well.
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Thanks for the link! It looks very nice actually. We tend to do fictional/fantastic things - it's more fun that way I suppose.
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No prob, and thanks for the Fave!
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Exceptionally cool design. Looks like a blast to fly/ride!
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Thanks! fly/ride - I like that.
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Again, just such a great marriage of hot design, retro style, and pin-up sensuality. Just great. Congrats on the Pepper piece, btw... I am about to launch a new website devoted to an OC just for commissioned videos, and I would love for you to draw her. You may not be taking commissions right now, but what does a color one-character piece cost? (You can note me, if you prefer...)
steve noir [link]
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Thank you very much, Steve! I'll send you some details shortly.
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I wish there were more fantasy motorcyclestyle airplanes like this.
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I hope to do more of this, starting with this one [link]
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Thanks! There are plans to make miniature 3D replicas of the updated design. See it here [link]
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Ya know what, that is a REALLY nifty craft design! I may have to do something with it ^^
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Thanks, man! I think I did stumbled upon a gem with this one.
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Was there a particular thought process or design theory that went behind developing this, or was it just one of those "looks fun to me" kind of moments.
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I thought of combining parts of vintage war birds into something that looks cool till I ended up with this. No physics involved, purely aesthetic.
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Then BRILLIANT! I would be the type to take the basic layout premise and apply it to more modern craft.
(side note, those vintage aircraft and their design is an important part of my family history)
So I get an extra kick out of this, especially taking the time to do all the little details with the flaps and rivets
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beautiful, it should be feasible in real life
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I JUST FOUND YOUR AWESOME PIECE, WHILE LOOKING AT SOME OF "RYANBNJMN'S " FAV'S. I'M SO HAPPY I STUMBLED ACROSS IT. IT COMBINES THE THREE THINGS I LIKE MOST. WW2 AIR PLANES, HOT DAMES, AND GREAT ART WORK. THANKS! AND PLEASE KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK.
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what an utterly intriguing and unique aircraft concept
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