# Aerocon Dash 1.6 wingship (concept)

> What are the dimensions of the Aerocon Dash 1.6 wingship?

- Category: Ground-effect craft › Concept wingships (unbuilt)
- Kind: Modern device
- Basis: Secondary source: Wikipedia (copy of the maker's figures; the maker publishes none directly)
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## Overall (mm)

| length | width | height |
|---|---|---|
| 172516.8 | 103632.0 | 34137.6 |

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

## 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.

## Sizes

| dimension | value |
|---|---|
| Length | 566 ft (172.52 m) |
| Wingspan | 340 ft (103.63 m) |
| Height | 112 ft (34.14 m) |
| Empty weight | 3,588,000 lb (1,627,000 kg) |
| Maximum take-off weight | 10,000,000 lb (4,500,000 kg) |
| Engines | 20 jet engines, 90,000 lbf (400 kN) each |
| Service ceiling | 15,000 ft (4,600 m) |
| Claimed load | 1,500 short tons cargo + 2,000 passengers |

## Where the files are

- Wikipedia: [Aerocon Dash 1.6 wingship](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerocon_Dash_1.6_wingship) — web — Publisher's page; dimensions are facts

## Free STEP/STL (1 parts, CC BY 4.0, Xem Studio)

Index: https://xemstudio.com/files/hardware/aerocon-dash-1-6-wingship/index.json

- aerocon-dash-1-6-wingship-envelope: [STEP](https://xemstudio.com/files/hardware/aerocon-dash-1-6-wingship/aerocon-dash-1-6-wingship-envelope.step) · [STL](https://xemstudio.com/files/hardware/aerocon-dash-1-6-wingship/aerocon-dash-1-6-wingship-envelope.stl) — Envelope 172516.8 × 103632 × 34137.6 mm (Concept: length × wingspan × height as published (ARPA Wingship Investigation data))

## Questions

**Was the Aerocon Dash 1.6 built?**

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

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