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The original Hughes H-1 survives and is on display at the [[National Air and Space Museum]].
The original Hughes H-1 survives and is on display at the [[National Air and Space Museum]].
== Real-life Specifications ==
General characteristics
Crew: 1
Length: 27 ft 0 in (8.23 m)
Wingspan: 31 ft 9 in (9.67 m)
Height: 8 ft (2.4 m)
Wing area: 138 ft² (12.8 m²)
Empty weight: 3,565 lb (1,620 kg)
Loaded weight: 5,492 lb (2,496 kg)
Powerplant: 1 × Pratt & Whitney R-1535[18] radial engine, 700 hp (521 kW)
Performance
Maximum speed: 352 mph (566 km/h)
Wing loading: 40 lb/ft² (195 kg/m²)
Power/mass: 0.13 hp/lb (210 W/kg)


== External links ==
== External links ==

Revision as of 09:56, 1 March 2014

Hughes H-1 Racer
H1-Racer.jpg
Type Piston racer
Author(s) Emmanuel Baranger
FDM YASim
Status Unknown
Download Download the Hughes H-1 Racer aircraft package for the current stable release (2020.3).

The H-1 Racer made by Hughes aircraft, was a record setting piston engine experimental aircraft.

The original racer set records in the 1930s with Howard Hughes at the controls at its first flight in 1935. A reproduction was completed in 2002, but crashed the next year (2003). The FlightGear H-1 is a 1937 version of the aircraft.

The original Hughes H-1 survives and is on display at the National Air and Space Museum.


Real-life Specifications

General characteristics

Crew: 1
Length: 27 ft 0 in (8.23 m)
Wingspan: 31 ft 9 in (9.67 m)
Height: 8 ft (2.4 m)
Wing area: 138 ft² (12.8 m²)
Empty weight: 3,565 lb (1,620 kg)
Loaded weight: 5,492 lb (2,496 kg)
Powerplant: 1 × Pratt & Whitney R-1535[18] radial engine, 700 hp (521 kW)

Performance

Maximum speed: 352 mph (566 km/h)
Wing loading: 40 lb/ft² (195 kg/m²)
Power/mass: 0.13 hp/lb (210 W/kg)


External links