Bugatti 100P

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Bugatti 100P
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Type Racing aircraft, Historical aircraft
Configuration Low wing aircraft
Propulsion Piston aircraft, Single-engine aircraft
Manufacturer Bugatti
Author(s)
  • Emmanuel Baranger (3D, FDM)
  • Pierre Geoffroy (FDM, Systems)
FDM YASim
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Status Beta
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Development
 Hangar Helijah hangar
 Website The website for the Bugatti 100P developments.
 Repository The development repository of the Bugatti 100P.
Download Download the Bugatti 100P aircraft package for the current stable release (2020.3).
License GPLv2+

Tragically the Bugatti 100P airplane never flew, the Germans invaded Paris before it was 100% ready. The airplane surprisingly survived the war, and still exists. The airplane is now in the EAA museum in Oshkosh, USA. Both engines exist, and were built into Bugatti race-cars.

wing flaps in high speed configuration
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1600 by 1200 wallpaper with the Bugatti (from here)

Some of the airplane´s characteristics:

  • Extremely streamlined design, made possible by placing the two engines behind the cockpit.
  • Forward swept wings
  • A sandwich-construction in wood, where balsa wood between two layers of hard wood makes a very light, very strong and stiff construction.
  • Propulsion by two counter-rotating propellers, driven from the two engines by axles under the pilot´s elbow.
  • The airplane was equipped with ground adjustable propellers. Propellers with in-flight adjustable pitch were being developed
  • The engines were special developments of racecar engines, 8 cylinder 4.9 litre with compressor and many magnesium parts, approx. 450hp.
  • Automatic wing-flaps, that changed the wingprofile for extra lift or less drag. Adjustment automatic according to airspeed, throttle etc.
  • This system was also capable of acting as an airbrake, or be used during dives. The same system also automatically lowered and raised the retractable landing gear.
  • Special cooling system with radiators in the fuselage, air entering at the leading edge of the stabilisers. The air flowed through the fuselage to the front, exiting at the trailing edge of the wing.
  • "Y" tail.


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External links

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