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 Post subject: Re: Raptor Aircraft 5 Seat Pressurized 3,600 NM Range Die
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I wonder if the ducted fans have similar polars to the first airframe.


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I wonder if the ducted fans have similar polars to the first airframe.

The new one is bipolar


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Wait a minute!
Just to be clear, Monsieur Leduc was an absolutely brilliant engineer whose work helped push knowledge for both the French and the US air force.

Definitely in a class of his own.


Agreed! just had to make the reference. I saw the Leduc in person at the wonderful museum at Le Bourget.

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Yes, that museum is incredible. And so much not shown to the public.

I was surprised by the size of the 2 Leduc aircraft.
And you can see how they influenced Edgar Jacobs's Espadon (or in your language: "The Secret of the Swordfish").

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Let's get serious, this hybrid ducted fan thing is a pure boondoggle. Outfits with serious backing, like the UK and German governments, are working on it and have multi-million dollar budgets. None are flying.

On a more basic level, hybrid really doesn't make sense. Hybrid only works when the HP demand is fairly low most of the time and high HP is only needed occasionally and for short durations, like a car.

On an aircraft that needs something like 70% of the max HP all the time there is just not much savings to be had with a smaller motor and a battery for the high HP peaks. Add to that the losses that come from converting motion to electricity then back to motion, you are going to need as big an engine as you would need to simply drive the prop directly. You get a bunch of additional weight and complexity for no benefit.

The original Raptor claims were a farce on the face of it. Raptor NG is even worse.


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On an aircraft that needs something like 70% of the max HP all the time there is just not much savings to be had with a smaller motor and a battery for the high HP peaks. Add to that the losses that come from converting motion to electricity then back to motion, you are going to need as big an engine as you would need to simply drive the prop directly. You get a bunch of additional weight and complexity for no benefit.

The original Raptor claims were a farce on the face of it. Raptor NG is even worse.

But it sounds so futuristic!

On a positive not this eliminates Peter's poorly designed redrive. But I almost hate to see what kind of kludge he comes up for controlling the engine, motors, generators, and battery. For most folks, designing that would be at least 10 time more complex than a redrive.

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I thought the Raptor would never fly. I was wrong, strictly speaking. The NG will never fly.This time, I won't be wrong.


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I thought the Raptor would never fly. I was wrong, strictly speaking. The NG will never fly.This time, I won't be wrong.


Building something that will fly is relatively easy. Building something that is better than the existing models is incredibly difficult.
All it takes to build something that flies is time and money.
But to beat an RV or a Bonanza, that is a feat.

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On a positive not this eliminates Peter's poorly designed redrive. But I almost hate to see what kind of kludge he comes up for controlling the engine, motors, generators, and battery. For most folks, designing that would be at least 10 time more complex than a redrive.

If this aeronautical abomination makes it to “power on” stage, I clearly see Peter being able to add “experienced arc welder” to his resume’.


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Let's get serious, this hybrid ducted fan thing is a pure boondoggle. Outfits with serious backing, like the UK and German governments, are working on it and have multi-million dollar budgets. None are flying.

On a more basic level, hybrid really doesn't make sense. Hybrid only works when the HP demand is fairly low most of the time and high HP is only needed occasionally and for short durations, like a car.

On an aircraft that needs something like 70% of the max HP all the time there is just not much savings to be had with a smaller motor and a battery for the high HP peaks. Add to that the losses that come from converting motion to electricity then back to motion, you are going to need as big an engine as you would need to simply drive the prop directly. You get a bunch of additional weight and complexity for no benefit.

The original Raptor claims were a farce on the face of it. Raptor NG is even worse.


Maybe he is planning on using RATO for takeoff and climb???


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Shhhh Peter’s top secret genset. This is going to be epic!! 5000 nm range :coffee:

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Let's get serious, this hybrid ducted fan thing is a pure boondoggle. Outfits with serious backing, like the UK and German governments, are working on it and have multi-million dollar budgets. None are flying.

On a more basic level, hybrid really doesn't make sense. Hybrid only works when the HP demand is fairly low most of the time and high HP is only needed occasionally and for short durations, like a car.

The inability of government backed entities succeeding is not a reliable indicator. You could toss Boeing in as an example (choose aircraft, or spacecraft, the result is similar).

He doesn't need the HP in cruise, only for takeoff. My guess is that he's thinking of it like a Chevy Volt, where it uses the battery to get up and cruise, and then recharges the battery and runs ancillary systems off of the generator.

That's not to say that any of it will work, but I can kind of see his line of thought.

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where it uses the battery to get up and cruise,


So for most of the flight except for the power off glide to a cornfield?

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He doesn't need the HP in cruise, only for takeoff. My guess is that he's thinking of it like a Chevy Volt, where it uses the battery to get up and cruise, and then recharges the battery and runs ancillary systems off of the generator.

That's not to say that any of it will work, but I can kind of see his line of thought.

But like Jack pointed out, he DOES need most of the HP in cruise. A car with a 300 HP engine needs between 10 and 20 HP (3-6%) to cruise at highway speed, an airplane, especially one intended to go fast needs 60-80% of the HP used for sea level takeoff. The weight of the batteries will very likely eliminate any possible efficiency gain from a battery/ice hybrid approach. What a battery plus electric fans could do is provide a short duration burst of thrust during an "engine out" landing or EFOTO.

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