plane standing in a hangar in battlefield 1942 secret weapon

[cheddar cheese]

NM 8)

 

[R Pope]

That's another Nazi cloud cuckoo that was designed so the designer wouldn't be sent to the Russian front! It never existed, other than a wind tunnel model.

 

[Archangel]

thats a good reason 4 desighning such an aircraft. but i think, if the engine for the lift would be powerfull enoug to lift the whole thing, it could fly. ok, 4 hovering it would need smal stabilizer props, but i think it could have worked.

 

[plan_D]

No it wouldn't The US was attempting designs like that throughout the 50s and into the 60s, it's a flop. The closest you can get is a Hovercraft. Helicopters are much more practical, and the new breed is in the Osprey.

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

i severly doubt it would have worked either............

 

[cheddar cheese]

The Germans might have made it work Blohm und Voss have proved that unconventional designs can be built to fly...

 

[R Pope]

The Canadian Avrocar, built with USAF funding, was similar to that design. The Avrocar was virtually uncontrollable in anything but a hover, and it couldn't get out of ground effect. An interesting flop, but necessary, if only to show where not to go.

 

[Archangel]

and thats why it needed smal stabilizer engines, similar as those in a harrier. without them, even a harier couldnt fly.

 

[plan_D]

The Harrier is a completely different concept. It uses jet thrust to lift itself off the ground, and keeps control because the thrusters a directly under the aircraft. Even then, it only has 90 seconds hover time.

 

[Archangel]

nope, ure wrong on that one....

the harier has litle thrusters on the tips of its wing to keep his ballance. otherwise, it couldnt hover

mind the litle black square u c on the tip of the wing. thats the exhaust of the thruster

 

[Nonskimmer]

Yes, but the balancing effect comes from the two sets of central rotating nozzles, which simultaneously provide thrust.
The wing-tip nozzles are for manoeuvring, primarily.

Nice pic, btw!