Ugliest Plane of WW2?

• Mar 3, 2005

• #461

the lancaster kicks ass

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although the swordfish moreso.........

 

• Mar 3, 2005

• #462

cheddar cheese

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Definately...

The Ju-287 wasnt exactly pretty, but it was so weird looking it was cool! 8)

 

• Mar 4, 2005

• #463

delcyros

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Jeah, what a view! Ju-287 with forward swept wings, two of its engines under the wings and two of them so close to the cockpit! With the reliability of the Jumo´s in mind, the test pilots would surely have frightened, or not? A patchwork plane, really it was: Some nice little B-24 gears out in the wind, making a lot of noise! And it needs these ultra beautiful HWK rocket take-off-aid . A really scary plane it was!

 

• Mar 4, 2005

• #464

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Jul 15, 2004

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The Ju287 V1 looked horrible... the V2 didnt look half bad though...

 

• Mar 4, 2005

• #465

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Dont think i'd know the difference....any pics?

 

• Mar 4, 2005

• #466

delcyros

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Ju-287 V3 (the only picture I could get of) Don´t know if it works here...
And I do hve even a picture of an -under russian control- build Ju-ef128 (Ju-287 version with two british jet engines (original Jumo 028) -but it could also be RD designs, don´t quote me about that)

hope, it works. They do look quite pretty...

 

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• Mar 4, 2005

• #467

delcyros

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8)
And here it is: The most beautiful bird ever: The Ju-287 V1.

 

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• Mar 4, 2005

• #468

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Yikes!

 

• Mar 4, 2005

• #469

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Nicholson, PA

What the hell were they thinking when they designed that landing gear?!

 

• Mar 4, 2005

• #470

delcyros

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They probably wanted to design a rekord racing car? (And again! German designers were years ahaed of their time!)

 

• Mar 5, 2005

• #471

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Apart from the undercart, it looks okay. Did it actually fly?

 

• Mar 5, 2005

• #472

cheddar cheese

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Oh yes. Worrying thought

 

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• Mar 5, 2005

• #473

delcyros

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Yes, it did fly for some flights (24 recorded), mostly as a testbed
for the swept forward wing design. I do not have a verification if the
russians did continued flights or not. They have completed the V-3
and probably have flown that plane (as the later two engine variant, too.)
in june 1946. But what a scary plane....

 

• Mar 6, 2005

• #474

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I think I have a winner!

It's the Caproni Stipa, although a bit before WW2, it was designed as a concept plane for the tubular fuselage concept

 

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• Mar 6, 2005

• #475

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UUUGGGHHH! That definately tops anything in this thread and the Butt-ugly airplanes thread!

 

• Mar 6, 2005

• #476

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Al least we can prove to CC that not all Italian planes are good

 

• Mar 6, 2005

• #477

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Yikes! Thats one ugly little bugger! I dont actually think any of the planes in that thread are ugly as such. The Hellcat and Buffalo are pretty good looker I reckon! 8)

 

• Mar 6, 2005

• #478

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mosquitoman said:

I think I have a winner!

It's the Caproni Stipa, although a bit before WW2, it was designed as a concept plane for the tubular fuselage concept

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Yuck!

 

• Mar 6, 2005

• #479

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I'll agree with that

 

• Mar 6, 2005

• #480

delcyros

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Me too! Not imaginable what you can make fly with enough horsepower...