http://www.lanasta.com/Shop/product/142/the-bugatti-100p-record-plane.html

Jim Rudholm

The drive shaft would have been a real problem as it was in the P39
originally until Alison and Bell worked out a solution.

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Another fatal flaw is the swept forward wing box spar.
This puts a torsional load on the spar carry through
that will cause the wing to flex in a vary unstable
manor. Particularly if the carry through is made from something
other than carbon fiber. A wood spar would be fatal as
wood has very low modulus of elasticity.

The tip of the wing will tend to increase in angle of attack
at high lift coefficients setting up a torsional flutter mode.

I also see no means of cooling the engine.

Paul Lamar

I was really taken with this aircraft the first time I saw it, but the shaft
drive and the box spar would both be problematical.  It would be possible to
build a replica that looks like it but is properly engineered, but it would
have to be simply for the hell of it as I doubt she'd be a comfortable
aircraft to fly, and carrying adequate fuel for anything other than speed
dashes would likely be another issue.  Regardless ... I still admire her
looks!


~ Nick
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