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Re: Beechcraft Starship
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lugnet.town
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Sun, 25 Jul 2004 20:15:40 GMT
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In lugnet.town, Larry Pieniazek wrote:
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I liked the look of this ship. My few (minor nits really) comments are:
1. I think the wings may be too large for a “minifig compressed scale” ship
that’s in scale with airport set ships. Those all are 4 wide fuselages but
have pretty small wingspans even though they’re simulating (presumably) fairly
large capacity passenger ships. The wings are probably closer to scale, in
proportion to the fuselage than they are. (this really is a criticism of those
sets for not having bigger wingspans, if you see what I mean)
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I agree. Although I do like the overall delta-like shape that you see from
underneath, something very distinctive about the Starship. I have now
“installed” seats, and just like the SYSTEM planes, there ain’t a lot of room in
there!
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2. I’m not so keen on the canard shape you chose, did you evaluate other parts
for that application? I think the canards should taper in depth as they get
farther from the fuselage. It’s not a big taper so maybe just using tiles is
not a totally bad compromise.
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I thought about this before and after your comments. Yes, I am not altogether
happy about it either. But the Starship canard in real life has flaps, as far
as I can tell, so I thought it had to be a little thicker and I thought the
angle was about right. However, especially now you mention it, I think an
angled tile might fit better with the SYSTEM planes again.
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3. I might argue that the engine nacelles ought to be closer to the fuselage
proportionally... but that’s not a big deal either
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Thought about that too. Today I have messed around with the model some and of
course changed a little here and there. Your comments have been helpful,
thanks.
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Thanks for the extra links as well..Very interesting story.
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I think Scaled Composites and both Dick and Burt Rutan’s contribution to
aviation is very interesting and inspiring. The Starship story (
Beechcraft/Raytheon) is a little sad as I don’t think this aircraft will fly all
that much anymore.
Thanks again for your comments Larry.
Chris
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| (...) You're quite welcome. I hope you choose to post some post modification pics too... it will be interesting to see if all the changes actually helped or if some detracted... :-) (...) Raytheon seems to be actively trying to get the aircraft out (...) (20 years ago, 26-Jul-04, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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| (...) I liked the look of this ship. My few (minor nits really) comments are: 1. I think the wings may be too large for a "minifig compressed scale" ship that's in scale with airport set ships. Those all are 4 wide fuselages but have pretty small (...) (20 years ago, 25-Jul-04, to lugnet.town)
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