Short-Bristow Crusader wip by Smallworld

Rhino 3D • Aviation • posted on Mar 18, 2006

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I dont normally post wips' but I'm away for a couple of weeks so I thought I would post progress so far. This was a racer built in 1927 for Schnieder Trophy. Most entrants were highly streamlined with liquid cooled low drag engines. The thinking here was to use an air cooled radial with individual fairings over each cylinder to cut drag. The payback with the air cooled motor was much less weight and complexity giving a lighter plane with better power to weight ratio. Unfortunatly it didn't work as well as hoped. Tragically the ailerons were cross wired and the Crusader fatally crashed during a test flight.

Comments (10)

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steerpike

9:13AM | Sat, 18 March 2006

You're really capturing something of a lost era in aviation with this series. It's a reminder that aircraft don't have to be today's models in order to be well-designed and great-looking.

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