Engineering:Aerocon Dash 1.6 wingship
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The Aerocon Dash-1.6 wingship was a proposed American ground-effect vehicle intended to carry large cargos and thousands of passengers over long distances at near-aircraft speeds.
The vehicle was claimed to be able to carry a combination of 1,500 short tons (1,400 t; 3,000,000 lb; 1,400,000 kg) of cargo and 2,000 passengers a distance of 11,500 miles (18,500 km; 10,000 nmi) at speeds close to those of commercial airliners.[1]
The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) evaluated the Aerocon design, along with submissions from several other manufacturers, as part of a preliminary study of the concept during the 1990s to determine whether a billion-dollar program was viable, to develop a wingship for military uses.[2][3][4] By the end of 1994, the Department of Defense decided that the design was too high a risk and did not offer further funding.[5]
Specifications
Data from W. I.: Technology Roadmap, Appendix C - Structures, page C-4 – C-6
General characteristics
- Capacity: more than 3,000 passengers; 2,000 troops[6]
- Length: 566 ft 0 in (173 m)
- Wingspan: 340 ft 0 in (104 m)
- Height: 112 ft 0 in (34 m)
- Wing area: 38,720.0 sq ft (3,597.21 m2)
- Empty weight: 3,588,000 lb (1,627,000 kg)
- Max takeoff weight: 10,000,000 lb (4,500,000 kg)
- Example Cargo capacity. Data from[7]
- 32 helicopters
- 20 tanks
- 4 landing craft
- 300 105mm howitzers
- Powerplant: 20 × unknown type of jet engines, 90,000 lbf (400 kN) thrust each
Performance
- Cruise speed: 460 mph (741 km/h, 400 kn)
- Range: 12,000 mi (19,000 km, 10,000 nmi)
- Service ceiling: 15,000 ft (4,600 m)
- Lift-to-drag: 32.5
- Wing loading: 258 lb/sq ft (1,260 kg/m2)
See also
- Beriev Be-2500
- Boeing Pelican
- Caspian Sea Monster
- HCA-LB
- Lun-class ekranoplan
- Spasatel
References
Notes
- ↑ Frederick, Donald (September 19, 1993). "Giant Soviet airship could evolve into cruise ship or winged hospital: Aviation: The 540-ton Caspian Sea Monster would be reborn as a 5,000-ton 'wingship' if one American has his way. The original, built in '60s, crashed in '70s." (in English). Los Angeles Times. National Geographic: p. A11. ISSN 0458-3035. OCLC 474112039. http://articles.latimes.com/1993-09-19/news/mn-36948_1_caspian-sea-monster.
- ↑ "Wingtip Investigation Volume 3: Technical roadmap", Advanced Research Project Agency, September 30, 1994.
- ↑ W. I.: Final Report, Chapter 2 - Introduction, page 2-1 – 2-2
- ↑ Evers, Stacey (August 22, 1994). "U.S. wingship pursuit keyed to ARPA study". Aviation Week & Space Technology 141 (8): pp. 55–56. ISSN 0005-2175. OCLC 41598016. http://archive.aviationweek.com/issue/19940822/#!&pid=55.
- ↑ Lardner, Richard (December 22, 1994). "Smaller vehicles may be worth pursuing: DOD study: Technical, cost risks of large wingships outweigh advantages". Inside the Pentagon (Inside Washington Publishers) 10 (51): pp. 1, 8–9. ISSN 2164-814X. OCLC 13302463.
- ↑ Flynn, Barry (February 15, 1992). "Winged ship could airlift 2,000 troops". The Daily Press (Newport News, Virginia): p. A1. OCLC 37397036. https://www.dailypress.com/news/dp-xpm-19920215-1992-02-15-9202150070-story.html.
- ↑ Lardner, Richard (December 13, 1993). "Aircraft could carry 2,000 troops: Wingship touted as best way to get future army to far-off hot spots". Inside the Army 5 (50): 14–16. ISSN 2164-8182. OCLC 839737692.
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