Ugliest Plane of WW2?

[Lightning Guy]

Around 47 feet.

 

[plan_D]

That Eagle isn't that ugly. Maybe the Stuka had the largest wing area of a single piston engined plane, it's wings were wide. I don't know, I'm just guessing.

 

[cheddar cheese]

i dont think that eagle was ugly either.

 

[Lightning Guy]

I don't know of a single engine aircraft with a larger wing area. The Stuka had 343 sq.ft. but the Hellcat was close at 334 sq. ft. For comparision, the P-47 had only 300sq. ft. and the P-38 was 327 sq. ft.

 

[cheddar cheese]

i was just about to suggest the welkin, but thats twin engined

 

[plan_D]

I think the Ju-87 might take it. The 109 had a wing area of 174 sq.ft. The Hurricane had 257sq.ft. So the Stuka has a quite large wing area. 9 ft larger than the Hellcat.

 

[cheddar cheese]

the IL-2 must have had a pretty big wing area?

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

i doubt it would be bigger than the stuka's.....................

 

[cheddar cheese]

its still a big plane though

 

[Lightning Guy]

Wing area of the Il-2 - 414.42 sq. ft. That makes its wing considerably larger than the Stuka's.

 

[cheddar cheese]

i thankyou 8)

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

well i suppose it needed a big area to hold all that armour.............

 

[cheddar cheese]

no it was originally about 100sq ft, THEN they put the armour on it

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

interestingly though, the stuka still had the bigger wingspan..............

 

[cheddar cheese]

i think it looked better too

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

close to call but i think you're right...............

 

[cheddar cheese]

yeah, of course im right, it looks more intimidating

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

i can't be bothered to go back and see what planes we'te talking about again??

 

[cheddar cheese]

the stuka and the IL-2 8)

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

why are we talking about those two in the ugly planes topic, neither were ugly................