Molinet Superliner

[lilac palm]

Shrugbot Seaplane Suggestion #16

Giant Seaplane
A group of US engineers made the plans for this Giant Aircraft.

Purpose

• Charter
• Cargo

Stats

Powerplant: x12 propeller engines, 10000+ horsepower
Speed: 283 knots
Capacity: 1000+ Passengers
Wingspan: 600 ft.
Length: 328 ft.
Source: https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/us-proposal-from-the-30s-for-a-giant-transatlantic-flying-boat.17841/

denied suggestion speedrun p.2

[grand dove]

Don't you think this is a little bit too big?

[lilac palm]

uhh how big is stratolaunch again

ok what the fuck

nearly 2x stratolaunch wingspan

[grand dove]

Shorter than An-225 and a bit wider than Spruce Goose, I think.

[lilac palm]

Just to clarify, this isn’t a troll suggestion
I’d legitimately love to fly this

[torpid maple]

Holy fuck that's awesome.

182 meter wingspan.

Larger than the KX-03.

[lilac palm]

[torpid maple]

Looks beautiful too.

[lilac palm]

For real
Quite literally a flying ocean liner

[torpid maple]

American version of Adlershof R-Flugzeug.

[lilac palm]

Never heard of that one
Massive seaplane?

[torpid maple]

I'm actually surprised I didn't know of this one.

[torpid maple]

Not seaplane, but very early airliner with a 140 meter span.

[lilac palm]

ah gotcha

[torpid maple]

J-1000 is similar as well.

Should suggest the Adlershof though.

[lilac palm]

yeah I feel like this would be more feasible than a massive land-based airliner since obviously there’s a lot more space on water

at least in terms of being added

[grand dove]

It's wider than the Airliner No. 4, which it's rejected.

[torpid maple]

What is its span btw?

[lilac palm]

Isn’t that also a land based plane which wouldn’t fit on any ingame runways

[grand dove]

It has a wingspan of 161 m (528 feet).

[torpid maple]

It is not.

[grand dove]

No. 4 is an amphibian airliner.

[lilac palm]

Ah right it’s not

[torpid maple]

Someone should suggest the Breguet 1000

[lilac palm]

No.4 would also probably just face plant into the water since it has absolutely zero tail lmao

While this is large, it’s also conventional

[grand dove]

Looks like a comically large version of the Latécoère 631.

[torpid maple]

Till it does a K-7.

[lilac palm]

[torpid maple]

No it doesn't...

[lilac palm]

The thing with 120 engines right

[torpid maple]

Yea.

Also 192 meter wingspan.

[grand dove]

?

[lilac palm]

WHAR

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1161845227150127176/1208188804775813140/catstare1.gif

[torpid maple]

I meant the Breguet 1000 ton plane from 1942. Had a span of 192 meters and 120 engines.

[grand dove]

[lilac palm]

ABAOLUTELY suggesting this one once I gather more info

[grand dove]

Who was the person that designed that thing.

[torpid maple]

Yea we need it.

[torpid maple]

Someone like @lilac palm but with a land based transport obsession probably.

[lilac palm]

[plush badge]

i love this

[lilac palm]

real

[grand dove]

I can't find any mockup of it. 🤷‍♂️

[torpid maple]

I'm probably going to make one of these seaplane for myself.

[lilac palm]

I will do my magic later

[lilac palm]

[lilac palm]

I HAVE DEVELOPMENTS TO THIS THREAD

YOURE NOT GONNA BELIEVE THIS BUT A SCALE MODEL EXISTS

also - i had the name wrong

Molinet Superliner

the scale model appears to have been downsized to 500 passengers.

and in general, looks a bit smaller.
but the design is exactly the same

https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/molinet-huge-transatlantic-twin-hull-flying-boat-of-1940.22670/

[torpid maple]

Did someone build that, or did they actually use that for wind tunnel testing?

[lilac palm]

looks like a scale model

im not sure if they did any wind tunnel testing

[grand dove]

Denied, again.

[lilac palm]

Same post

I’ll have to wait a couple months before resubmitting 500 passenger variant.. given I find more specs

[grand dove]

A mod said that you need to stop suggesting paper projects tho.

[lilac palm]

Why is this denied if it had a scale model

[grand dove]

Too large, I think.

[lilac palm]

[ripe current]

Yeah, most likely too large

Plus this looks like a dieselpunk build, not a real vehicle