Ugliest Plane of WW2?

[mosquitoman]

More on the Stipa

From the familiar design halls of Italy's Caproni comes the naked horror of the Stipa, built in 1932 to test the thrust effect of a tubular fuselage. The 120 Hp. DH Gipsy III yielded a top speed of 81 Mph, and the lift effect of the tube made the landing speed 42 Mph

 

[Nonskimmer]

It looks like some sort of carnival ride.

 

[mosquitoman]

I was thinking a hollowed-out Wildcat myself

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

my god that's one of the weirdest planes i've ever seen!!

 

[JCS]

I wonder if they had the Stipa in mind when they were designing the Gee Bee R1/R2?

 

[mosquitoman]

Nah, the GeeBee was built before the Stipa

 

[JCS]

The R1 was built the same year the Stipa was.... Anyways I was just pointing out that they look alike...

 

[cheddar cheese]

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

Actually that looks pretty cool...

 

[JCS]

 

[mosquitoman]

I think it was designed as a cylinder with an engine sitting inside, the pilot sat on top. Not the most conventional of designs

 

[Nonskimmer]

I second that.

 

[mosquitoman]

Can anybody find something to beat the Stipa?

 

[cheddar cheese]

Take any French bomber

 

[mosquitoman]

It'll be a close run thing

 

[delcyros]

There are some very ugly planes in the late 20´s, but the Stipa can hold it´s own very well on this topic....

 

[cheddar cheese]

This is one ugly mofo...Tomashevich Pegas 04 (sorry for size)

 

[mosquitoman]

Darn it! I thought I'd found the winner/loser out of them all but you've blinded me with that monstrosity

 

[cheddar cheese]

Tsk Tsk!

 

[JCS]

That looks like one of those little $1.50 balsa gliders

 

[kiwimac]

Thread closed and a new non-poll thread begun.

Kiwimac