Post amazingly cool pictures of aircraft (Volume 3)

[xeny]

Ayahuasca said:

If the maths works for one design, why not for another? Seems a good idea.

I think it is as much manufacturer habit/branding as maths, especially for subsonic aircraft. Look at De Havilland fins for another manufacturer's consistent fin leading edge shape.

Edited by xeny on Saturday 24th December 14:08

[LP12]

xeny said:

Look at De Havilland fins for another manufacturer's consistent fin leading edge shape.

De Havilland consistently under-finned their designs. The last being the 'Jet Dragon' which Hawker Siddeley redesigned as the HS.125. In doing so they added extra fin area above the tailplanes.

[xeny]

Hawker added extra area under the fuselage on the Hurricane - the prototype with a retractable tailwheel and no ventral strake looks rather less hunchbacked than the final production variant.

I'm purely thinking about the outline of the fin leading edge though as a manufacturer/designer signature.

[MartG]

Breguet Atlantique 2

[Ayahuasca]

[Voldemort]

[7mike]

Voldemort said:

They have some interesting stuff to jump out of in East Europe, not done the Pink Skyvan yet but this was fun (when the two scruffy fellas with a handful of spanners finally got it working ) .

[Baron Greenback]

pubrunner said:

CanAm said:

Miles M39B

CanAm said:

Miles M.35 Libellula

Correct on both !

Just watched a youtube on both of these interesting history. https://youtu.be/vmQJd_yaJkI

[Tony1963]

Ok, it’s not an aircraft, but 29 Squadron still has a presence on the pathway outside their old hangar at Wattisham

[LotusOmega375D]

??? XXX = 30

[Tony1963]

LotusOmega375D said:

??? XXX = 30

Scroll down here: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._29_Squadron_RA...

[LotusOmega375D]

Ah OK. Not the brightest then!

[Tony1963]

LotusOmega375D said:

Ah OK. Not the brightest then!

Always a talking point

[Tony1963]

One of mine from Duxford in 2011

[Lost ranger]

Worlds smallest air ambulance?

[eharding]

Lost ranger said:

Worlds smallest air ambulance?

Looks like the only way to get a comfortable ride in a Cub, and also to get in and out of the thing whilst retaining any sense of dignity. Not sure you could solo it from there though.

[Voldemort]

[xeny]

Slightly nose up hover and taken from a helicopter?

[MartG]

Cropped version used as a book cover

[Lost ranger]