Canberra. A beautiful plane, plenty of wing to allow good performance with the puny thrust of these engines. Put all the fuel you'll need to feed those engines in those big wings. Okay, not as sexy as a fighter, but it would be a thing to behold.
Some long-ago friends, all homebuilders or small aircraft restorers, and EAA members, were intimately involved in morphing the B-57 into one of the RB variants.Canberra. A beautiful plane, plenty of wing to allow good performance with the puny thrust of these engines. Put all the fuel you'll need to feed those engines in those big wings. Okay, not as sexy as a fighter, but it would be a thing to behold.
Yep, looks "almost" as good as an L-39.Sheer Beauty!
I guess the first order of business is to begin drawing up some plans.
Thanks for posting.
Yep, looks "almost" as good as an L-39.
... The bulbous canopy of the TA-4 is the main aesthetic detraction, but ultimately the primary reason it might scale down.
The picture shown looks like a pair of 6 year old kids stole their parents 1994 Chevy Impala and cant see over the steering wheel!
I visited the Navy’s aggressor squadron at NAS Key West 8 or 9 years ago. They were trying to buy F-5’s from foreign governments just to be able to keep a few flying.
BJC
I've drawn a side view of the TA-4J to 60% scale; lowered the canopy for more room for the pilot (also made it longer) and lowered the air intakes to allow for the lower canopy.
It could be done to this size, but the wingspan at 60% scale is 5m (16.4 ft), it would be far better at 6m (19.68 ft) and wouldn't spoil the look of the aircraft.
At this scale it would make a fantastic aircraft.
Use my drawing as a starting point and see what you guys can come up with.
Cheers
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What is the required fan rpm for a 100hp direct drive engine and what is the price for this fan unit?Another possibility is to use the VasyFan and direct drive it with a 100 hp engine. The main problems with ducted fans are designing one that actually works and then building it. Very few have ever succeeded in pulling that off.
LiOn,circa 5 kg/kWh...With a 60 kw motor a pure battery powered version would require ~500 lbs of batteries for an hour of flight.
-lookThe web site for the motor
I came across this jet trainer from 1956 that I have never noticed before; very interesting aircraft for a scaled down build.
It never made it into the US Airforce or Navy.
The Temco TT1 Pinto
-look
FREERCHOBBY ... up to 100 kW.
PS="AEROSYSTEMS" =600 mm diameter, 30 HP/7000 RPM= 70 kG thrust force !