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Major General
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although the swordfish moreso.........
Ugliest Plane of WW2?
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cheddar cheese
Major General
Definately...
The Ju-287 wasnt exactly pretty, but it was so weird looking it was cool! 8)
The Ju-287 wasnt exactly pretty, but it was so weird looking it was cool! 8)
delcyros
Tech Sergeant
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!
JCS
Senior Airman
The Ju287 V1 looked horrible... the V2 didnt look half bad though...
cheddar cheese
Major General
Dont think i'd know the difference....any pics?
delcyros
Tech Sergeant
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...
delcyros
Tech Sergeant
8)
And here it is: The most beautiful bird ever: The Ju-287 V1.
And here it is: The most beautiful bird ever: The Ju-287 V1.
Nonskimmer
Captain
JCS
Senior Airman
What the hell were they thinking when they designed that landing gear?!
delcyros
Tech Sergeant
They probably wanted to design a rekord racing car? (And again! German designers were years ahaed of their time!)
mosquitoman
Master Sergeant
Apart from the undercart, it looks okay. Did it actually fly?
cheddar cheese
Major General
Oh yes. Worrying thought
delcyros
Tech Sergeant
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....
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....
mosquitoman
Master Sergeant
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
It's the Caproni Stipa, although a bit before WW2, it was designed as a concept plane for the tubular fuselage concept
JCS
Senior Airman
UUUGGGHHH! That definately tops anything in this thread and the Butt-ugly airplanes thread!
mosquitoman
Master Sergeant
Al least we can prove to CC that not all Italian planes are good
BombTaxi
Tech Sergeant
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)
Nonskimmer
Captain
Yuck!mosquitoman said:
mosquitoman
Master Sergeant
I'll agree with that
delcyros
Tech Sergeant
Me too! Not imaginable what you can make fly with enough horsepower...
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