Challenge: name an airplane uglier than the Lloyd Luftkreuzer
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It seems Blackburn has a special claim on this thread.
I have a special sympathy reserved for Blackburn. They seemed to go kiting off for the "wrong" solution to a specification. Their products generated were less than stellar.
THAT pilot killer is the B20. Somehow the designers forgot that water at touchdown is as hard as concrete and it is not that compressible so when the float hit you had two outcomes==> CRUNCH or tail over nose followed by sinking. In the air that abomination suffered from aileron flutter and that defect is probably what caused the prototype to crash killing 3 of the 6 crew. Blackburn tried again with the B44.
Epic fail.
That disaster was based on the famous pilot killer, the Blackburn Firebrand. Captain Brown called it entirely unsuitable with poor roll and severe directional instability.
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not attractive at all
I’m with @BlackDragon98, I think the Do 335 is pretty good looking. Definite alt-hist future fighter territory in a lack of jet engine world I think.
The Do 635 might be a bit weird, though.
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It seems Blackburn has a special claim on this thread.
I think somehow the floats break up the mismatched contours of the Roc, improving the overall look.
Still, no svelte beauty there....That is the Blackburn B-20 built to specification R1/36. It was nick named the 'Nut cracker'. powered by twin RR Exe engines. The only proto-type crashed apparently due to aileron flutter.
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Ah' Nijad
How did they stop the jet engine sucking in water on landing?But he really liked this one
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Saunders-Roe SR.A/1
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But he really liked this one
Saunders-Roe SR.A/1
Now that looks cool
That one nearly killed 'Winkle' Brown when he struck flotsam on landing in the Solent and the aircraft flipped and sank.
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But he really liked this one
Saunders-Roe SR.A/1
What was it's intended role? I know there was this lingering fascination in both Britain and the US with these jet-powered seaplane fighters(???); but why? At the time of the design, both countries either had the use of land bases across most of the globe, or they had carriers to supply higher-performing aircraft.
It started mid war, with Japan's idea of fighter floatplanes caused by a lack of suficient carriers. Add the turbojet poping up mid project, delays of all king, and you get a project that last for far longer than it should...
I believe "Entirely Unsuitable" are literally the harshest words possible for use by any Englishman. I'm pretty sure it's exactly what a Britisher says when calling 911 while literally on fire.
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Banned in Britain almost immediately plans went on sale the Mignet Flying Flea.
I shouldn't mock homebuilts, as there are some truly ingenious designs and first-rate engineering that's gone into many. This one however, looks like it's the result of a trip to the lumber yard and fabric store, after too long at the pub.... Wile E. Coyote would be proud.
Yeah I was tempted to add in "Or local equivalent" bit. It's 311 over there right?