craneplaneguy
10 kW
What a great name for a company involved in electric aircraft, "Eviation"! I saw this on one of the flying forums I'm on, and I at first had a hard time finding the means of propulsion as the picture was small. OK, pusher prop in the tail, nothing new there.....but two additional props out at the wingtips? That's never been done, mostly I believe because of an engine out causing huge yawing issues. In fact most twins have the pwoerplants as inboard as possible just for that reason. More thinking outside the traditional aviation box, thanks to the e evolution. I'd suspect the concept, the tip props, was NOT dreamed up by an old school aero guy, but maybe by a design team member taking a fresh look at things. The wing itself is smooth and uncluttered, clean as hell. https://www.eviation.co/
I've mentioned before here I think, that I happen to know a guy who is known as "Mr. Winglet" in the aviation world, his company has their winglets on all Boeing aircraft and many others. A big time aero genius heading a multi million dollar high tech company, he has a ranch in my state where he goes to unwind, with an airstrip and I fly in there in my lowly homebuilt from time to time. I want to mention this plane to him, and ask him how the props out at the tips would effect the span wise flow/wing tip vortices, and then stand back as his head explodes.
I've mentioned before here I think, that I happen to know a guy who is known as "Mr. Winglet" in the aviation world, his company has their winglets on all Boeing aircraft and many others. A big time aero genius heading a multi million dollar high tech company, he has a ranch in my state where he goes to unwind, with an airstrip and I fly in there in my lowly homebuilt from time to time. I want to mention this plane to him, and ask him how the props out at the tips would effect the span wise flow/wing tip vortices, and then stand back as his head explodes.