Unclear motivations aircraft by CUTANGUS on DeviantArt (original) (raw)

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Deviation Actions

Published: May 4, 2015

Description

Still unclear motivations led to this aircraft design. The desire to create something radical, something archaic, something unorthodox. Here, an aircraft that can be used as a armed recon platform, or anything else. I want to put a motorjet behind, with an opposed piston, two-sroke Diesel engine driving an air compressor to supply air to an oversized combustion chamber. The compressor also supply pressure air to feed the Diesel engine (derived from the Junkers Jumo 205). The combustion chamber burn an ethanol mixture stored in an enormous central tank. Diesel oil or even kerosene is also stored to feed the six-cilynder vertical piston engine.
Wings are not large enough to allow for a high altitude recon flight.
No landing gear. No take-off trolley. Only a catapult to get enough speed to fly, and two liquid rockets in recoverable packs to initiate a steep ascend to cruise altitude.

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so this is basically a flying petrol tank... hm, a well aimed shot (or a lucky strike) and... BOOM! nice fireworks! :/