The Coolest 'Radical' Aircaft of World War II

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

I think that there would be problems of bailing out with the propellers installed that way

Would not be a problem at all, there are even plenty of planes today that use the push and pull prop system.

set the foundation for the 'flying wings' later the 'stealth wings' of 'today'

I find that odd since the Horton designs and other Northrop designs were more similar to todays flying wings and the Horton Ho-229 we more stealty than that thing.

 

[cheddar cheese]

I think that there would be problems of bailing out with the propellers installed that way

Would not be a problem at all, there are even plenty of planes today that use the push and pull prop system.

Yeah with the Do-335 the rear engine intended to blow off when ejecting...

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

The aircraft was quite revolutionary.

 

[Gnomey]

The aircraft was quite revolutionary.

Yes it was, I'm surprised that the design was copied more than it has been (puller/pusher props that is)

 

[cheddar cheese]

Well with jets there was really no need to do so.

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

Yes but for prop aircraft it has been coppied and very successfull if I might add.

 

[cheddar cheese]

How about a pusher/puller jet configuration...

 

[FLYBOYJ]

Yes but for prop aircraft it has been coppied and very successfull if I might add.

Yep!!

Unk.

How about a pusher/puller jet configuration...

How about 1/2 pusher puller jet?!?

Unk

 

[cheddar cheese]

Nah its not doing it for me

Did FR-1's see any service?

 

[Dogwalker]

How about a pusher/puller jet configuration...

The Aerfer Ariete (another Stefanutti's design) was a pusher/puller, with a front jet (1.633 kg Rolls-Royce Derwent 9), whit the intake in the nose and the exaust under the fuselage, and a rear jet (820 kg Rolls-Royce Soar RSr 2) whit a retractable intake behind the cockpit.

airpower.callihan.cc

www.planes-and-tanks.com

www.planes-and-tanks.com

DogW

 

[cheddar cheese]

Wow, good stuff!

 

[Gnomey]

Good info DogW!

 

[Twitch]

Here's another slant on "mixed" power

CAPRONI
About 1942 this company later began construction on a high-altitude fighter using prop and jet thrust. The Caproni CA 183bis had a DB 605 of 1,250 HP in the nose driving two three-blade contra-rotating props with a 700 HP Fiat A.30 radial behind the cockpit driving a Campini compressor expected to furnish a 60 MPH boost of jet thrust for an optimistic maximum speed of 460 MPH with a range of 1242 miles. One 20 mm was to be in the prop hub with four more in the wings. Weight was to be 16,538 lbs. with a 48-foot wingspan.

The CA 183 was not all that complicated though performance seems optimistic.

 

[FLYBOYJ]

I think they did carrier trials with the FR-1 but cancelled it in favor of the McDonnell Banshee...

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

How about a pusher/puller jet configuration...

Been done actually. There were actually several German Designs that incorporated a prop in the front and jet engine in the back.

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

i think he meant pusher and puller jets, i.e. a normal jet in the back and one pulling in the front

 

[Camarogenius]

Forgive my ignorance, but isn't a jet both a pusher and a puller as it is?

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

well it does pull air in but it doesn't really get any forward momentum from it, CC was messing round, just ignore him

 

[cheddar cheese]

Oh

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

Ah interesting concept but no!