Unbelievable!
Imagine you don't need wings to fly. Just like Superman, all it takes for him is some stockings with the underwear
pulled over and a cape. Everyone else would need some sort of device known for the main element the wings, just
like a bird. A quad copter also falsely called drone and a gyrocopter don't have a typical wing. The rotor works very
much like a wing. And there is the flying wing itself.
Here is a vehicle that has no wings, not a rotor like a helicopter. It looks like some vessel from a scientifiction movie. It's
appearance may make you believe it is a sort of a spaceship, but not something that flies on a 50HP combustion engine!
Some Specifications from
https://wainfan.co/#facetmobile:
FMX-4 Facetmobile N117WD
Length: 19 ft. 6 in. (5943,6mm)
Span: 15 ft. (4572 mm)
Empty Weight: 370 lb. (167,83 Kg)
Fuel (normal): 10 gal. (45,46 l)
Fuel (with aux): 19 gal. (86,37 l)
Gross Weight (normal): 620 lb. (281,23 Kg)
Gross Weight (max): 740 lb. (335,66 Kg)
Structure: 6061-T6 Aluminum tube
Covering: 1.6 oz Stits fabric
Engine: Rotax 503DC
Performance
Maximum Speed: 110 mph. (177 km)
Cruise Speed: 90 mph. (144 km)
Stall: no stall; stable mush.
<= NOICE!
Min. Speed: Less than 30 mph. (48 km)
Rate of Climb: 750 ft/min. (228,6 m/min.)
You can find the plans for the FMX-4 in several magazines like:
Model Builder October '96 (Rubber Kit Model Plans) <=
Kitplanes Magazine February '95 (Full size Facetmobile)
Air Progress January '95 (Full size Facetmobile)
Sport Aviation October '94 (Full size Facetmobile)
Attached model is made according to the plan from Barnaby and Lynne Wainfan & Rick Dean.
Basic line drawing from Barnaby Wainfan. Drawing by Byron Calomiris 7/95. Re-inked and rearranged
by Ken Johnson 2/25/96.
Made this model on the fly, lifting body is made out of faces. To reduce file size features have
been removed. It is possible to resize the model via the link feature. Actual size is 650 x 500 mm.
Here is a link to a paper model, if you like to make it fly: https://currell.net/models/facet.htm