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  2. Free flight (model aircraft) - Wikipedia

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    F1B Model by Stepan Stepanchuk. Free flight is the segment of model aviation involving aircraft with no active external control after launch. Free flight is the original form of hobby aeromodeling, with the competitive objective being to build and launch a self controlling aircraft that will consistently achieve the longest flight duration over multiple competition rounds, within various class ...

  3. General Airborne Transport XCG-16 - Wikipedia

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    Bowlus-Criz MC-1 half-scale A flying 1:2 scale model of the MC-1/XCG-16. Successful flight trials proved the aerodynamic qualities of the MC-1. After completion of CG-16 related flying the 1:2 scale MC-1 was converted to a flying wing by Don Mitchell, one of Hawley Bowlus' friends and a colleague at Bowlus Sailplanes. [4] Airborne and General MC-1

  4. Model aircraft - Wikipedia

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    For example, 1:48 scale is 1/4" to 1-foot (or 1" to 4 feet) and 1:72 is 1" to 6 feet, while in metric scales such as 1:100th, 1 centimeter equals 1 meter. 1:72 scale was introduced with Skybirds wood and metal model aircraft kits in 1932 and were followed closely by Frog, which used the same scale from 1936 with their "Frog Penguin" brand. 1:72 ...

  5. List of tailless aircraft - Wikipedia

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    Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Research for Avro Vulcan thick delta wing, 1/3 scale of Vulcan. Avro CF-105 Arrow ... Supersonic flying boat. Convair F-102 ...

  6. List of flying wings - Wikipedia

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    Print/export Download as PDF ... 1: Scale model of proposed airliner ... Prototype: 1: Scaled down technology demonstrator Farrar V-1 Flying Wing: US: Glider ...

  7. Lockheed CL-1201 - Wikipedia

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    The CL-1201 design project studied a nuclear-powered aircraft of extreme size, with a wingspan of 1,120 feet (340 m). [4] Had it been built, it would have had the largest wingspan of any airplane to date, [5] and more than three times that of any aircraft of the 20th century.

  8. General Avia F.22 - Wikipedia

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    The General Avia F.22 Pinguino is an Italian two-seat aircraft by GeneralAvia. [1] The aircraft has two side-by-side seats in an enclosed canopy cockpit. It was the 22nd aircraft designed by Stelio Frati. The aircraft was manufactured in four configurations, as well as a prototype four-seater. The F.22 is used as a military trainer in several ...

  9. Flying wing - Wikipedia

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    A flying wing is a tailless fixed-wing aircraft that has no definite fuselage, with its crew, payload, fuel, and equipment housed inside the main wing structure. A flying wing may have various small protuberances such as pods, nacelles , blisters, booms, or vertical stabilizers .