B-17/B-24 hybrid???

[racerguy00]

Never heard of this before.




View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BlJ4me-BTk

 

[GrauGeist]

That's a B-24J with an experimental graft for evaluation.

It was an attempt to see if they could improve on it's performance, much like grafting the tail of a B-23 Dragon onto it's airframe, replacing the existing twin-tail structure.

 

[seesul]

It seems like an answer for a neverending story 'what´s better, B-17 or B-24?'

 

[DBII]

I read about this in one of my books. The B-17 nose was added to give the crew more room. The plane was unstable in the air.

DBII

 

[r2800doublewasp]

I heard about this too.....

Here it is!

Unreal Aircraft - Hybrid Aircraft - Boeing B-17G / Consolidated B-24J