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Little known / experimental aircraft
- Thread starter Randy Daytona
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Sounds like what the Jawas do whenever they acquire new hardware.
Courtesy of 4 massive Pratt and Whitney R-4360 Wasp Majors, the Republic XF-12 was the fastest 4 engine piston airplane ever made. Designed as a high speed, high altitude recon aircraft, it’s competitor was the Hughes XF-11. Although both were overtaken by jet aircraft and not produced, it was certainly a beautiful machine.
en.m.wikipedia.org
Republic XF-12 Rainbow - Wikipedia
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A/C Wings Here
I get it, Rainbows bring sunshine. In the those days the sunshine was in the bellies of B-29s. Beware the rainbow
If the Flying Tigers can paint shark’s teeth, I reckon you can do this:
https://www.aerotime.aero/articles/27702-The-time-when-India-had-dancing-elephant-helicopters?v=amp
https://www.aerotime.aero/articles/27702-The-time-when-India-had-dancing-elephant-helicopters?v=amp
The ETF-51D, a navalized Mustang. Created under “Project Seahorse”, it was designed to escort B-29 bombers to Japan. Once the Marines captured Iwo Jima, regular P-51s had sufficient range and the project was cancelled. Tests were conducted- successfully- from the carrier Shangri-La.
en.m.wikipedia.org
North American P-51 Mustang variants - Wikipedia
Maybe it is time to see “what might have been” from Russia? I give you the SU-47.
Officially nicknamed Berkut (Russian for the “golden eagle”), the Su-47 was originally built as Russia's principal testbed for composite materials and sophisticated fly-by-wire control systems, as well as new airframe technologies. It featured thrust vectoring and was “interestingly” similar to Grumman’s X-29!
Officially nicknamed Berkut (Russian for the “golden eagle”), the Su-47 was originally built as Russia's principal testbed for composite materials and sophisticated fly-by-wire control systems, as well as new airframe technologies. It featured thrust vectoring and was “interestingly” similar to Grumman’s X-29!
Well at least the Russians spent a lot of money on a new air frame instead of bolting the wings on backwards on an F-5.
Startup company Joby had one of their experimental electric VTOL craft recently crash.
www.planeandpilotmag.com
Joby Aviation eVTOL Crashes
One of the Joby Aviation prototypes approved for flight testing under FAA Special Airworthiness Certification crashed in California.
www.planeandpilotmag.com
240 knots... and unoccupied, which suggests a higher-risk test. Envelope expansion gone wrong?
Joby appears to be one of the front-runners in the eVTOL space. They gave a solid brief on their product at SETP '21. Hopefully they'll recover, and continue with their program.
Joby appears to be one of the front-runners in the eVTOL space. They gave a solid brief on their product at SETP '21. Hopefully they'll recover, and continue with their program.
Once in competition for the army/navy attack helicopter business (1960’s) was the Piasecki 16H Pathfinder II and III. It could fly at forward speeds of up to 225 mph. It was highly maneuverable in forward speeds, flew sideways up to 35 mph, was flown backwards at 32 mph and numerous autorotative tests were made. The ringtail anti-torque system was as simple as it was advanced and offered good flight characteristics. In the end it lost out to the Cobra mostly because of initial production costs.
P.S. I should note that the company is worked to revive the idea using an H-60 married to a compound system like above to build the “Speedhawk.”
P.S. I should note that the company is worked to revive the idea using an H-60 married to a compound system like above to build the “Speedhawk.”