More on the Celera 500.
It's been a few hours since I watched it so I won't quote numbers, but according to...
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https://www.flyingmag.com › technicalities-celera-500l-design
The Design of the Celera 500L - Flying
Its circular fuselage is about 78 inches in diameter and 35 feet long and has the profile of a laminar-flow airfoil section (something similar to a NACA 67-018). The aft-mounted engine drives a...
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...it's about the size of my home.
I think the bobtail appearance of the fuselage is due to the propeller which is smaller in diameter than the fuselage. To trust the laminar flow, I'd want an hydrophobi/oleophobic coating on it.
The German V12 is interesting, configured as two inline sixes on a common crankshaft.
Imagine if Otto and Jetopera had a baby prototype.