1997 Taiwan Chung Sang Institute Turboprop Aircraft Project

[hesham]

Hi,

the Chung Sang Institute designed a turboprop light aircraft project
of 1997,the second project will be powered by two 850 hp Williams-
Rolls FJ44 turbofans.

http://www.flightglobal.com/PDFArchive/View/1997/1997 - 2127.html?search=joint heavy lift aircraft

 

[ChuckAnderson]

Hi hesham!!

That's a VERY nice looking aircraft design you found!

Do you know of any 3-views on this aircraft?


Chuck

 

[hesham]

No my dear Chuck,

I just found it in Flightglobal.

 

[hesham]

Hi,

the Chung Sang Institute designed a turboprop light aircraft project
of 1997,the second project will be powered by two 850 hp Williams-
Rolls FJ44 turbofans.

http://www.flightglobal.com/PDFArchive/View/1997/1997 - 2127.html?search=joint heavy lift aircraft

The whole article.

 

[riggerrob]

Hi,

the Chung Sang Institute designed a turboprop light aircraft project
of 1997,the second project will be powered by two 850 hp Williams-
Rolls FJ44 turbofans.

http://www.flightglobal.com/PDFArchive/View/1997/1997 - 2127.html?search=joint heavy lift aircraft

Pretty, but that blended wing root would be expensive to build.

 

[Scott Kenny]

Pretty, but that blended wing root would be expensive to build.

Just do the parts as fiberglass layups, easy and consistent.

What would absolutely suck is making them in metal. I never did get the English Wheel practice I needed to make compound curves reliably or consistently.

 

[aim9xray]

Why hand craft metal? Tool & stamp the sheet stock.

 

[riggerrob]

Why hand craft metal? Tool & stamp the sheet stock.

Tooling alone would cost a few million dollars/yen/whatever the currency they use in Taiwan.

 

[Scott Kenny]

Why hand craft metal? Tool & stamp the sheet stock.

Stamping has a very high setup cost, then the panels themselves are pennies to make.

If they're not guaranteed to make a thousand plus planes, it's not worth the initial investment to make the tooling.