It's called a 100P. Twin engine very advanced appearing. Designed in 1939 but not built. A team has now built a running copy but not flown it yet. If you like air craft check it out.
http://www.theverge.com/2015/8/8/9118119/bugatti-100p-reve-blue-kickstarter-first-flight
Octane magazine had a pretty article about that plane a year or so ago, they have a copy of the article on the group's website. http://bugatti100p.com/
Gorgeous. I'm not sure I would want those prop shafts so close to my...er shaft though. I guess it's no worse than the P-39.
The counter rotating props could make me dizzy.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/525000827/reve-bleu-bugattis-blue-dream-will-finally-fly/posts/1314961
Built for only $62k? Impressive!
Anyone know if the two props are driven completely independently?
Gorgeous plane. I hope he fixed the issues with V-tails
In reply to GameboyRMH:
They are driven independently, by two Hayabusa engines no less!
http://aviationbuzzword.com/the-hayabusa-powered-bugatti-100p-replica-is-ready-to-take-flight/
The aircraft was built, but never flown.
Flight Service wrote: Gorgeous plane. I hope he fixed the issues with V-tails
I think the issue with the Bonanza V-tails was an issue with corrosion in a magnesium part they used to attach the tail, not the basic design.
The main issue with V-tails is they are a wee bit unstable directionaly. Not in a dangerous way, just irritating. My sister has a V-tail Bonanza (up engined!) and I have flown it briefly. An interesting plane to say the least. The tail just likes to casually wander around a bit, kind of a weird feeling, sort of wagging around for no particular reason. The way to stop it apparently is to cross control it a bit (opposite rudder to aileron), but it comes back.
Also, with a Bonanza, the v-tail only added a few knots of top speed (not sure the actual number), so eventually, it was not worth it.
The 100p still has a full rudder too, it's just upside-down. The benefit is that just pressing the rudder pedals will cause the plane to roll into the turn slightly instead of rolling the wrong way as usual.
I was just reading the Bugatti Wikipedia page last night and came across this plane. I had no idea about it before yesterday. Absolutely gorgeous, I'm glad its finally going to fly.
In reply to aircooled:
From what I read (I am not a pilot just a mechanical engineer who read some articles on it FWTW) the V-tail issue was structural. They added a cone that limited the movement of the tail structure and that fixed the problem. The V-tail added a few knots and made the plane a joy to control otherwise. It was in production till 86 which is almost a 40 year run on the same basic design. The standard tail variants are still in production today.
I would rock the V-tail. I think it makes the plane very unique.
spitfirebill wrote: The aircraft was built, but never flown.
The Bugatti Racer. I see it every year. She lives in Oshkosh at Whitman Field. It's as every bit exotic and beautiful as you could imagine.
GameboyRMH wrote: Built for only $62k? Impressive
No, the article states it was nearly complete and $62k just happened to be enough to help finish it.
Looks awesome, but...
I've read some serious doubts about whether it has enough cooling.
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