MC-10 CriCri New Concept

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This is a very new concept design I propose for the MC-10 CriCri airplane. Here are the improvements I did. I first re-designed the fuselage to make it thinner and more aerodynamic, then I added two electric motors with contra-rotative props ! This idea has already been tested during the Paris Air Show "Le Bourget" and you can find more infos on the internet. The rest is unchanged and it looks very cool now ! Hope you like it and as always : don't hesitate to criticize or leave a comment, thanks =) The Colomban Cri-cri (English: the chirp-chirp sound made by a cricket) is the smallest twin-engined manned aircraft in the world, designed in the early 1970s by French aeronautical engineer Michel Colomban. The Cri-cri features a cantilever low-wing, a single-seat enclosed cockpit under a bubble canopy, fixed tricycle landing gear and twin engines mounted on pylons to the nose of the aircraft in tractor configuration. The aircraft is made from aluminum sheet glued to Klegecell foam. Its 4.9 m (16.1 ft) span wing employs a Wortmann 21.7% mod airfoil, has an area of 3.1 m2 (33 sq ft). The aircraft is also capable of aerobatics within the limitations of twin-engined aircraft. General characteristics Crew: 1 (Pilot) Length: 3.9 m (12 ft 10 in) Wingspan: 4.9 m (16 ft 1 in) Wing area: 3.1 m2 (33 sq ft) Airfoil: Wortmann 21.7 Empty weight: 78 kg (172 lb) Max takeoff weight: 170 kg (375 lb) Powerplant: 2 × JPX PUL 212 single-cylinder piston engines, 11 kW (15 hp) each Propellers: 2-bladed Performance Maximum speed: 220 km/h (137 mph; 119 kn) Cruise speed: 185 km/h; 115 mph (100 kn) Range: 463 km; 288 mi (250 nmi) Service ceiling: 3,700 m (12,139 ft) Rate of climb: 6.6 m/s (1,300 ft/min) Wing loading: 55 kg/m2 (11 lb/sq ft)