Bugatti 100P

Bugatti 100P

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
FDM
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Cockpit
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Hangar
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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

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.

Related content

• Table of models

External links

• Helijah's Hangar
• Bugatti Aircraft Association