b-29er
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This thing
is a Britten-Norman Trislander. I was parusing the tubes and had to double-take when i saw not one, or two, but three engines on a little 18-seat commuter aircraft. It looks like the kind of plane a random FT pilot would build if given a good supply of A motors, some foam and told "we need a new Guinea Pig, and we need it in 30 minutes. go nuts". The design is very simple, with a box fuselage, hershey bar wings and tail (with a little flair on the wingtips), non-retractable landing gear with cowls on them, and a rudder that looks like it belongs on the seawind
Considering the number of people who put 3 engines on their FT legacy, this might just be up some people's alley. Out of this one aircraft you get:
-An FPV ship with a LOT of unobstructed cam options (in cockpit, over cockpit, on nose, rear of fuselage, in place of the no.2 engine, under the aircraft, etc)
-A scale aircraft thats easy to build, easy to make look realistic, is unique and turns a lot of heads
-A utilitarian craft that can be hand launched, runway takeoff, or potentially snow launched if the no.1 and no.3 engines use short enough props
-A canvas. With a design that would be easy to scale up for B/C engines, and a cavernous fuselage, you can mold this into whatever you feel like (except maybe a primary trainer).
-an any man's plane. You can start off with 2 engines and have a plane thats an intermediate trainer with a high-mounted camera station for watching playbacks of your flights and no torque issues Add the third engine and move the battery forward (you have plenty of room) to boost takeoff performance, payload for longer flights, top speed, or to tow stuff (gilders, banners,) or drop stuff.
-Combat Plane/dart board dart replacement, if you feel like making some modifications
Just a thought.
is a Britten-Norman Trislander. I was parusing the tubes and had to double-take when i saw not one, or two, but three engines on a little 18-seat commuter aircraft. It looks like the kind of plane a random FT pilot would build if given a good supply of A motors, some foam and told "we need a new Guinea Pig, and we need it in 30 minutes. go nuts". The design is very simple, with a box fuselage, hershey bar wings and tail (with a little flair on the wingtips), non-retractable landing gear with cowls on them, and a rudder that looks like it belongs on the seawind
Considering the number of people who put 3 engines on their FT legacy, this might just be up some people's alley. Out of this one aircraft you get:
-An FPV ship with a LOT of unobstructed cam options (in cockpit, over cockpit, on nose, rear of fuselage, in place of the no.2 engine, under the aircraft, etc)
-A scale aircraft thats easy to build, easy to make look realistic, is unique and turns a lot of heads
-A utilitarian craft that can be hand launched, runway takeoff, or potentially snow launched if the no.1 and no.3 engines use short enough props
-A canvas. With a design that would be easy to scale up for B/C engines, and a cavernous fuselage, you can mold this into whatever you feel like (except maybe a primary trainer).
-an any man's plane. You can start off with 2 engines and have a plane thats an intermediate trainer with a high-mounted camera station for watching playbacks of your flights and no torque issues Add the third engine and move the battery forward (you have plenty of room) to boost takeoff performance, payload for longer flights, top speed, or to tow stuff (gilders, banners,) or drop stuff.
-Combat Plane/dart board dart replacement, if you feel like making some modifications
Just a thought.
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