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[ Glen ] Aircraft have been around since the Wright brothers first flew at Kitty. Hawk and people have been designing new ones ever since. Some flight low. Some fly high.
And some don’t end up flying at all.. I’M Glen and today we’re bringing you 10 unusual aircraft that either made it or didn’t. ( upbeat music, ), [, Narrator, ] Number 10.
[ Glen ], Initially conceived in 1982 by Charles Ligeti of Australia. The joined wing all-composite ducted fan Ligeti Stratos was the first full-sized Stratus prototype built between 1984 and 1985, when Charles Ligeti made his first 45-minute test flight in April., The empty aircraft weighs 172 pounds, which is light enough to qualify as an ultralight in the United States.. The company was said to produce 20 aircraft in the spring of 1987, but during a short test flight of a highly-modified production version late in 1987, the airplane stalled during landing and Charles Ligeti was killed, causing the venture to end a few months. Later. ( upbeat music, ), [, Narrator, ], Number 9. [ Glen ] Rutan’s best-selling design.
The Long-EZ is a stretched-out version of the VariEze., The signature design element, the forward Airfoil helps efficiency and improves stall. Characteristics. Meant to be easy to build.
The Long-EZ was almost completely customizable and came with a Lycoming 135 horsepower engine. Because of different customizations. These have some advantages and have set records for distance and speed..
These have a wingspan of 26 feet, an empty weight of 710 pounds, a cruising speed of 144 miles per hour, a top speed of 185 miles per hour and a range of just over 2,000 miles.. Around 12,000 plans for the EZs sold and due to customizations cost and performance vary. ( upbeat music, ), [, Narrator, ] Number eight., [ Glen ], The ill-fated Pond Racer Rutan model 158, built by scaled composites and funded by Bob Pond. A wax magnate was just ahead of engine technology and ran on a pair of 300ZX VG30 engines that required preheating of coolants and all the oils..
The approach speed at landing was the same as an airliner at 140 knots and it didn’t have flaps to slow it. Making it extremely difficult to land. Designed to be the cleanest, prompt, driven plane in history. The choice of engine was the primary cause of its demise.. They never made more than 600 horsepower and it had undetermined oiling problems due to the constant RPM. It was running.
In 1993, it caught fire and threw a rod landing away from the airport and killing the pilot ending an excellent idea for an airplane with lousy, planning. ( upbeat music, ) [ Narrator ] Number 7. [ Glen ] Aron Flying Ship Ltd. specializes in Manufacturing and developing WIG aircraft. WIG craft fly utilizing the WIG effect, which is the aerodynamic change that happens when an object flies just above the surface of the water., The M80 can carry a pilot, copilot and a crew of six comes with a 750 horsepower. Turboprop engine has a cruising speed of about 100 miles per hour, a top speed of 125 miles per hour and a maximum weight of a little over 6,800 pounds. Landing and taking off can be done in up to six foot waves.. This has a top speed of 54 knots in ship mode, and this flies at an altitude of almost 500 feet.
( upbeat music, ), [ Narrator ] Number 6. [ Glen ], A composite construction microlight. The Snark is the creation of W. B.
Barber. Barber completed four different models before coming up with the fifth model: the HA3B. Constructed from Kevlar and carbon fiber. The propeller powered aircraft features elevated tandem, seating in front of a shoulder-mounted wing., The engine cruises at 128.
Miles per hour with the three-blade sport prop propeller and has a range of 650 miles, a top speed of 140 miles per hour, but it may go faster. (, upbeat, music, ), [, Narrator ], Number 5., Designed by Northrop Grumman. The Firebird an intelligence-gathering aircraft was one of the last aircraft designed by Burt Rutan. First flown in 2010, the Firebird has autonomous or optional piloted models.
Powered by a Lycoming TEO 540 flat six piston engine. This has a maximum takeoff weight of 5,000 pounds and is designed to fly up to 40 hours at a top speed of 230 miles per hour at an altitude of 30,000 feet and has hardpoints to carry weapons., Though. Currently, it’s unarmed. ( upbeat music, ), [, Narrator, ], Number 4.
[ Glen ], Intended for instructional and training flights. The Elitar Sigma Aircraft is designed to conform with the United States FAA regulations for light sport plane. The airplane is a high-wing monoplane with a front top-mounted power plant and conventional tail design.. The Sigma comes with a Rotax 912 ULS engine and has a wingspan of 32 feet a length of 20 feet and a maximum speed of 130 knots with a range of 404 miles.
( upbeat music, ), [, Narrator ], Number 3. [ Glen ], Trying to get Into the light airplane market in 1974, Burt Raynes produced the Rohr 2175.. Originally the 71 X, a low wing Delta made of stressed skin fiber, reinforced plastic construction and propelled by a Lycoming 150 horsepower engine that gave this a top speed of 175 miles per hour.. The landing gear is fixed and rigid..
The vertical tail is attached to the top of the propeller shroud and it is difficult to find a single, predictable feature in the aircraft. Due to financial trouble with other projects. This project ended with only one prototype.
Having spent time in the air. ( upbeat, music, ), [, Narrator, ] Number 2. [ Glen ], The Colomban Cri Cri prototype was flown for the first time by Robert Wasan in 1973., Designed for experimental aircraft builders.
This plane was built only according to the plans distributed by its designer. Made from aluminum sheet glued to Klegecell Foam. The aircraft is the smallest twin-engine plane in the world, has a 16 foot wingspan and weighs just 185 pounds. Equipped initially with two turbo jet piston engines of 15 horsepower each this cantilever low wing featured fixed tricycle, landing gear and a single seat, enclosed cockpit.
In 2010. The Green Cri Cri using two electric motors, each producing 25 horsepower and only 75 % of its power broke the speed record for electric aircraft by traveling at 162 miles per hour.. If it wasn’t for the stress on the airframe, according to the engineering firm, it could have gone at speeds of 220 miles per hour. ( upbeat music, ), [, Narrator, ] Number 1. [ Glen ], A collaboration between aircraft manufacturer Pipistrel, the University of Ulm, fuel-cell specialists, Hydrogenics and the German Aerospace Center Institute of engineering and Thermodynamics, the HY4 Aircraft took off on its first initial flight from Stuttgart Airport in Germany in 2016., The aircraft powered by a hybrid fuel cell and battery system is the world’s first four-seater passenger aircraft, powered solely by Electric propulsion and a hydrogen fuel cell system.
Flight with the HY4 is environmentally friendly. Silent is safer and has a better range than its predecessors.. With an estimated range of 1,500 kilometers, the plane runs on fuel cells that makes a supply of hydrogen and oxygen to trigger a controlled explosion, generating an electrical current to power. The motor and drive the propeller.. This episode of Minds, Eye Design, is brought to you by the Autolover A8..
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