Aerial Distributors Distributor Wing
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The Aerial Distributors Distributor Wing was a prototype agricultural aircraft of unorthodox design designed by Ken Razak and built in the United States in 1965. The aircraft was unusual in that it had a second engine mounted directly below its main powerplant, using this second motor to power a distribution system that used compressed air to carry dry chemicals from a hopper and blow them out of the trailing edges of its wings, over the flaps. Varying the power of this blower engine also provided lift control.
Development was terminated by economic conditions in the fertilizer market.
[edit] Specifications (DWA)
[edit] General characteristics
- Crew: one, pilot
- Capacity:
- Length: 28 ft 4 in (8.64 m)
- Wingspan: 43 ft 10 in (13.36 m)
- Height: ft in (2.54 m)
- Wing area: ft² ( m²)
- Empty: lb ( kg)
- Loaded: 5,200 lb (2,364 kg)
- Maximum takeoff: lb ( kg)
- Powerplant:
- 1x Lycoming IGO-540, 350 hp (261 kW) (for flight)
- 1x Lycoming O-235, 108 hp (81 kW) (for spraying)
[edit] Performance
- Maximum speed: 150 mph (240 km/h)
- Range: miles ( km)
- Service ceiling: ft ( m)
- Rate of climb: 350 ft/min (106 m/min)
- Wing loading: lb/ft² ( kg/m²)
- Power/Mass:
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