Jan Roskam's « Selene », « Ourania » and « Eris » designs

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In the second volume of his series on Airplane Design, Jan Roskam starts from a basic fuselage configurations and develops three distinct aircraft concepts from it:
  • A twin-engine propeller-driven airplane, the Selene, after the goddess of the moon in Greek mythology.
  • A jet transport, the Ourania, after the Greek muse of astronomy.
  • A fighter, the Eris, after the goddess of war in Greek mythology.
Here is the basic fuselage design that Roskam starts from:
 

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Here is the three-view arrangements of the Selene, the Ourania and the Eris:
 

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  • Ourania class 1 threeview.gif
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  • Eris Class 1 threeview.gif
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Here are the basic specifications of the Selene, Ourania and Eris as they compare to existing aircraft in their respective classes:
 

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  • Selene specs.gif
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Here are detailed diagrams of the Selene:
 

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  • Selene nose gear arrangement.gif
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  • Selene main gear arrangement (option 3).gif
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  • Selene main gear arrangement (option 2).gif
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  • Selene main gear arrangement (option 1).gif
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  • Selene preliminary engine installation.gif
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  • Selene empennage configuration.gif
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  • Selene general arrangement.gif
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Here are detailed diagrams of the Ourania:
 

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  • Ourania cabin cross section.gif
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  • Ourania preliminary engine installation.gif
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  • Ourania arrangement of passenger seating, etc.gif
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  • Ourania flight deck arrangement.gif
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  • Ourania empennage arrangement.gif
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  • Ourania general arrangement.gif
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Here are detailed diagrams of the Eris:
 

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  • Eris empennage configuration.gif
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  • Eris landing gear arrangement.gif
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Eris is called a fighter, but I'm guessing it's really more of a strike/close air suppport/COIN-type aircraft?

I wish I could find more diagrams of aircraft which had fuel tank placement illustrated...
 

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