Marty_d

It would be worth getting one of those just to be able to say "I fly an F-15"

They're just unnatural.

Never seen a bird with a tail at the front.

Lucky the rego on the bottom one doesn't end in an H

Oooh, that's pretty.

I suspect the Jodel in the third pic is unrelated

Interesting MTOW, not even 500kg.

Great performance though.

Video of Stratolaunch carrying and dropping the TA 2 hypersonic test aircraft.

Worth a watch!

https://youtu.be/9xTvKx5uCKg?si=Vwxt_w2JfTLPdVhQ

I think the bottom picture may be an off-brand Lego version.

Are there any of these in Australia?  

There's some posts from Murray A who's building one in his garage in Canberra, but he hasn't been on here since 2020.

I think I'm in love.

Looks very short.  Wonder if it was twitchy in pitch.

Never seen a wing with so many fences on it before.

Not a fan of the look.

No, but a built-in headwind is never a good idea

3 hours ago, red750 said:

Yes, it does fly.

 

 

I didn't say it didn't fly, I said it was a horrible design made by the glazier's association...

Quelle horrible conception ! Fabriqué par l'association des vitriers.

Not a bad looking design for something that was on the drawing board close to 100 years ago.  Tailfeathers look very similar to DC3/C47.

Overall it looks like someone got a generic fighter, scaled it up a bit and filled the front fuselage with passengers.  If they'd put on a canopy for the pilot (and yes, cabin heat) it'd be a bit better.

Looks like it's about to give birth.

I feel a bit sorry for whichever passengers get the first seat, they're about half a metre away from the big radial.

Both the Harrier and F4 Phantom (and probably many others) have HS with so much anhedral that they're almost an inverted swallow tail.

Tail strike would be an issue, but with this particular aircraft the position of the prop itself is also a worry!

Vision was apparently not a requirement??

Silly buggers installed the nosegear backwards. 

Unless it's an optical illusion, there seems to be a small hinged door on the port side of the front cockpit visible in the yellow one.

So according to one of those pics, Qantas flew these?

The Curtiss looks good for married couples.   Passenger is too far away to be a backseat driver.