Short P.D.49 VTOL fighter AI "art"

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Once again, a fascinating project. I am building a twin motor controlled micro model of this thing, 1:32 scale.

I managed to get Lovart (https://www.lovart.ai/home) to create some 3 views and images I share here. Note that the dimensioning is incorrect and need to be better estimated using engine width, cockpit width as guidleines.

As a desing, a small aircraft with a small and light wing should work well as a VTOL, but range of course will be a problem.
Possibly a homebuilt aircraft subject?
 

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Once again, a fascinating project. I am building a twin motor controlled micro model of this thing, 1:32 scale.

I managed to get Lovart (https://www.lovart.ai/home) to create some 3 views and images I share here. Note that the dimensioning is incorrect and need to be better estimated using engine width, cockpit width as guidleines.

As a desing, a small aircraft with a small and light wing should work well as a VTOL, but range of course will be a problem.
Possibly a homebuilt aircraft subject?
5 engines?!? maybe 6 if it's got a lift engine behind the cockpit?

No wonder that never went anywhere. I assume that wingtip and the lower centerline engines tip or have a 3 bearing nozzle for thrust vectoring.

Also, that CG seems a long way aft. Lots of engine weight versus total aircraft weight.
 
There are four engines. The design I worked from had wingtip swivelling engines.
The CG may have to be balanced with armaments or fuel further forwards. In any case my glider prototype should establish the CG.
 
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There will likely be a lot of effort in creating a flying object with this shape. Best of luck wih that.
Lovart seems to be capable of generating slick shapes. It may 1) be simply incapable of a proper reconstruction of the P.D.49, or 2) have been fed the wrong parameters in its generation brief.
If 2) is the problem, the shape produced here is not the interesting bit, but rather the parameters offered for its generation.
Many here are familiar with '42' as the Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything.
Questions, questions.

I am, in fact, eager to see this shape fly.
As well as this one:
View: https://youtu.be/MTnnXhcmSgY
 
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