Simviation Forum - What are these aircraft?

Jun 14^th, 2009 at 7:01pm

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I got this video from someone asking a question in the Aircraft Wanted section. A list of the aircraft is in the info section of the video. Who thought up these dern things? A couple of them look like something out of Star Wars . . .

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Reply #1 - Jun 14^th, 2009 at 7:06pm

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I only watched a few seconds as the music was driving me berserk. Roll Eyes

From what I can see they are all genuine aircraft, mostly unsuccessful prototypes. I could probably name most of them given time.

Edit. I see he provided a list.

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Reply #2 - Jun 14^th, 2009 at 7:23pm

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Hagar wrote on Jun 14^th, 2009 at 7:06pm:

I only watched a few seconds as the music was driving me berserk. Roll Eyes

Yeah, I just muted the crap.

One of the most interesting, I thought, was the Bumble Bee, third from the end of the video. It's wings are stubby enough for me to actually believe it couldn't fly!

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Reply #3 - Jun 14^th, 2009 at 7:34pm

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Travis wrote on Jun 14^th, 2009 at 7:23pm:

One of the most interesting, I thought, was the Bumble Bee, third from the end of the video. It's wings are stubby enough for me to actually believe it couldn't fly!

Oh, it flew alright. http://members.cox.net/robinstarr/

I see at least one of those pics is a fake.

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Reply #4 - Jun 14^th, 2009 at 9:59pm

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Which one? I'm betting the twin Piper Tripacer is fake. The props look too close together to work.

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Reply #5 - Jun 14^th, 2009 at 10:45pm

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Here are some of the missing references:

Lockheed XFV
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_XFV

Scaled Composites ATT
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scaled_Composites_ATTT

Myasishchev VM-T
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myasishchev_VM-T

Dornier Do 31
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dornier_Do_31

Yak-23 (A Czech one)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakovlev_Yak-23

Bellanca Aircruiser
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bellanca_Aircruiser

Beriev A-40
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beriev_Be-40

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Reply #6 - Jun 14^th, 2009 at 11:05pm

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Travis wrote on Jun 14^th, 2009 at 9:59pm:

Which one? I'm betting the twin Piper Tripacer is fake. The props look too close together to work.

I looked this one up:
http://www.twinnavion.com/oddballs.htm

It appears that somebody actually did this to a Tri-pacer. I think this guy, Harold Wagner, had some sort of obsession with making things into twins that shouldn't be. If you look at the bottom of the page, you can see a picture with the engines running. The prop clearance is next to nothing, but it is there.

Actually, I'm glad this came up. I remember seeing a picture of a twin V-Tail Bonanza a long time ago and not being able to find any information about it. Now I know more about that plane too!

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Reply #7 - Jun 15^th, 2009 at 10:26am

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Travis wrote on Jun 14^th, 2009 at 9:59pm:

Which one? I'm betting the twin Piper Tripacer is fake. The props look too close together to work.

The Tri-Pacer Twin is genuine. http://www.1000aircraftphotos.com/Contributions/HornDavid/8788.htm

The single-engined B-17 is the fake.

Here's the original aircraft.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pratt_&_Whitney_T34

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Reply #8 - Jun 16^th, 2009 at 11:58am

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A faux or two, interspersed with some rather novelty lookin' prototypes.

I liked the B-29 airliner at the end. Passengers could disembrk via a 'chute and the bomb bay. Cheesy

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Reply #9 - Jun 16^th, 2009 at 12:10pm

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U4EA wrote on Jun 16^th, 2009 at 11:58am:

I liked the B-29 airliner at the end. Passengers could disembrk via a 'chute and the bomb bay. Cheesy

It's actually a Convair R2Y "Liberator Liner", the airliner version of the B-24. A prototype was built but it didn't enter service. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consolidated_R2Y

The airliner based on the B-29 was the B377 Stratocruiser. This did enter service with Pan Am & BOAC. Some were later modified as Guppy transports.

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Reply #10 - Jun 16^th, 2009 at 2:13pm