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Aerocon Dash 1.6 wingship (concept)

What are the dimensions of the Aerocon Dash 1.6 wingship? · Modern device · basis: Secondary source: Wikipedia (copy of the maker's figures; the maker publishes none directly)

Also called: aerocon dash 1.6, aerocon wingship dimensions, wingship investigation, dash 1.6 wingspan, largest wingship concept, aerocon wingship size, aerocon dash 1.6 length, aerocon wingship height

Exact dimensions. True size, with no printing tolerance added.

length
172516.8 mm
width
103632.0 mm
height
34137.6 mm

Notes

  • The Dash 1.6 was Aerocon's early-1990s proposal for a 5,000-tonne trans-ocean wingship; it was studied by ARPA but never built.
  • The file is a 172.52 × 103.63 × 34.14 m box (data from ARPA's Wingship Investigation Vol. 3 via Wikipedia).
  • Marked secondary.
  • True size, no printing tolerance added. Only published numbers are used; anything not published is said so.
  • Secondary source: the numbers come from a retailer or magazine copy of the maker's specification.

Aerocon Dash 1.6 wingship size chart

dimensionvalue
Length566 ft (172.52 m)
Wingspan340 ft (103.63 m)
Height112 ft (34.14 m)
Empty weight3,588,000 lb (1,627,000 kg)
Maximum take-off weight10,000,000 lb (4,500,000 kg)
Engines20 jet engines, 90,000 lbf (400 kN) each
Service ceiling15,000 ft (4,600 m)
Claimed load1,500 short tons cargo + 2,000 passengers

Where the files are

Other publishers' files are linked, not hosted. "verify" = check the license at the link before commercial use.

WikipediaAerocon Dash 1.6 wingshipwebPublisher's page; dimensions are facts

Free files

★ Free files 1 parts. Generated by Xem Studio from the standard; threads are plain cylinders at major diameter. CC BY 4.0. index.json

aerocon-dash-1-6-wingship-envelopeEnvelope 172516.8 × 103632 × 34137.6 mm (Concept: length × wingspan × height as published (ARPA Wingship Investigation data))STEP · STL
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Plain text: sheet.txt · JSON: /api/geometry?object=aerocon-dash-1-6-wingship

length
Schematic, not to scale.

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Questions

Was the Aerocon Dash 1.6 built?

No. It was a concept studied in ARPA's 1994 Wingship Investigation.