Jusdging by the placement of that engine, that's a hovercraft right?

It's a cross between a helicopter and a plane. (kinda like the orcas from C&C) except it's theme is set in th early 20th centry.

Oh yeah! There's a plane in real life like that except it uses propellers instead of jets....

<hopes it will be a bi- or tri- wing VTIL!>

You might want to meet  dingopatagonico...

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Kev
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Aye, it's going for a more 'uncoventional' design.

veryfine desingt x3

you seem to made a lot of work on that one

I'm impressed by the level of detail you've put into this so far. The structural accuracy is amazing!

I noticed there is a horizontal shaft in the wing.The engine rotates to give forward motion, does it not? And if it does, would it make a full 90 degree rotation with the intake pointed towards the front of the wing?

Also, the wider part of the wing (the forwardmost part) will be attached to the aircraft? Without some greater structural support, I'm not sure if the wing would support the weight and power of the engine.

Beautiful work so far.

Aye, the engine is capable of rotating on an axis to allow for both vertical and aerodynamic flight,

YOu're right about the wing's frailty though, The wing structure will be reinforced later on.

Good.

What I was getting at about the engine placement though, is the thrust direction. If the engine were to make a 90 degree rotation, then the exhaust would be over the wing itself, judging by the design. However, if the engine only rotated 70-80 degrees then that problem would be avoided, but afair amount of the aircraft's forward motion would impacted by the change in the thrust vector's direction. Basically, the aircract would then have to tilt forward like a helicopter, rather than achieving straight, forward motion like a plane.

This may be the idea, anyway, but I'm unclear as to how the aircraft would be biased - more towards a helicopter style of flight or an airplane.