Today we are going to answer the question, ¿hay planes ugly or less beautiful? We have prepared an interesting list of planes not so graceful. Photos crésaid to their respective authors.
Not all planes They are attractive and not all airplanes like their design.ñor equally, so we have prepared an interesting list, how clear, to dependá of each one's personal taste.
Crécredits of the photos to their respective authors.
Post written by: Capturesán Rodolfo Estrella
FAA Commercial Pilot
Twitter: @rodo_estrella
The planes más ugly
¿Are there ugly planes or are they all beautiful?? The fansáaviation techniciansón surely sayán there is no avión ugly and that the ugly is one 🤣, but without a doubt there are some aircraft that are very particular and that not everyone may like.
Doctors don't discuss tastes and colors, they just dictateí a famous phrase, but without a doubt today we will know some airplanes that their designsñadores what they least thought about was the statesético. we start…
PZL M-15 Belphegor
Built in Poland, the Belphegor is único, has several récords: The único biplano Jet, the único avión fumigador jet, y el jet más slow story. Resulting little práCritic for your missionón due to its high operating costón, It remains in our memory as a designñor without grace.
Stipa-Caproni
Italian prototype designedñdesigned to test the efficiency of propulsionón in duct, with an hélice “tubed” what, although it had no appeal in the Italian military, had a very important influence on the designñthe later ones of reacci enginesón.
Transavia PL-12 Airtruk
another little oneñor and quite unusual avión fumigator designedñado in Australia, had many design problemsñO, what, although they were finally solved, they failed to make their designñor improve in theéethics.
McDonnell XF-85 Goblin
Diseñor experimental USAF fighter “Parásite” beíinto the long-range bombers and launchíwhen necessary to defend them from interceptors, returníto the mother bomber in a complicated recovery maneuverón with an extendable trapeze. Ideas they had in theñThe 50s who did not take into account the attractiveness.
Bloom & Voss BV 141
the BV 141 was designedñI love to be an avión rárequest for recognition, observedón and light bombing with excellent visibility due to its gócompletely glazed, Despite its marked asymmetryía, it was pretty stable. la Luftwaffe prefirió other models for propósite. Surely his appearance was influential so that they did not decide to él.
Caproni CA.60
Built as an attempt at avión transatlántico for 100 passengers in 1921, I can't stand itó más that a couple of test flights, It's rareísimo “noviplano” (from 9 alas) and terrifying looking, I can't stand aerodynamic loadsámicas of the flight destroyedégoing in his úlast test flight.
Blackburn Roc
Blackburn has never been characterizedó for making beautiful airplanes, but with the Roc it got out of hand to do it as quickly as possible.ás ugly possible, to intendón was to be a ship-borne fighter-bomber with a m turretóvile fashionable at the end of the déevery 30’s. Although he has only one victory in combat, his poor performanceñor relegate itó to rescue and patrol missions.
Convair XFY-1 Pogo
Diseñado during the déeach of the 50s to be a vertical takeoff and landing fighter from small boatsñas, never beá remembered for his attractiveness, Its development was not continued because vertical takeoffs and landings were a difficult task.íeasy and dangerous.
Vought V-173 Flying Pancake
Diseñated as a discoidal wing to counteract aerodynamic effectsáadverse swept-wing monkeys, the flying pancake was diffíeasy to pilot and when doneíOn test flights people reported it as a UFO sighting, undoubtedly a designño de “another world”.
North American F-107 Ultra Sabre
Diseñthat of a bomber táskeptic capable of achieving mach 2. I lost this modeló on competitiveón to enter service before the F-105 Thunderchief, surely its antiestétic air intake duct that caused fear to the pilots that due to problems they would have had to eject and be absorbed to their death inside the engine.
Nord 1500 Griffon
Diseño francéfighter-bomber s 1955 poseíto a new propulsionón dual turbojet-ramjet to reach speeds above Mach 3, although the avión promisesíto some charactersíamazing statics for the élittle, no se distinguífor the elegance that has characterized the aeronáFrench Utica.
DFW T.28 Flea
The Floh “For money” It was a curious designñthe beyondáwhat do you meaníto be one áGil Hunt in World War I, its poor frontal visibility and its narrowíOur fuselage and landing gear produced the aircraftón not be lost during its testing phase, without a doubt the Flea was true to its name.
Kalinin K-7
The gigantic birdóokético Kalinin K-7 was a monster of 7 engines with an immense oval wing of 454 square meter, teníto potential transport capacity 120 passengers or a similar amount of weight in bombs and machine guns. New for the élittle aerodynamic qualitiesáadverse effects led to the K-7 crashing into 1933 due to flaws in its structure. Safe liftó many looks, but few to admire its beauty.
Snecma C450 Coléoptère
The ”Beetle” francés, with a curious annular wing, it was a prototype of vertical takeoff and landing with aerodynamic qualities.ámicas úunique, The difficulties resulting from their attempts at vertical landings led to the destructionón of its first prototype and the cessation of financingón for the project and constructionón.
Fairey Rotodyne
An avi hybridón/autogiro, If you believeó to revolutionize the market for transportation between local airports. With a large load capacity, takeoff and landing like a helicalóptero and a speed similar to airplanes, I didn't manageó capture the interés of the operators, mainly because to make its main rotor rotate it mustíeven using micro rockets on the tips of the blades toéunacceptably noisy.
Edgley EA-7 Optica
Built as an alternative to a propelleróptero due to its low p speedérdida and its glass cabin made itías promising as a great avión for observationón and patrol, Its tubed engine and Alouette-like cabin earned it the nickname “insect eye”, were just built 22.
Hawk 358
Avión of sayingñor and constructionón 100% Colombian, although a model with characterívery pristicáethics for the operationón on unprepared tracks it looks as if it had been assembled from square box parts with árough angles throughout its fuselage. Despite his appearance, I fulfilledó are massesón to carry up 7 passengers operating near 17 añyou in Force AéColombian area.
Republic XF-84H Thunderscreech
It's rareíI am my grandfatherón tenía the cowón to investigate the possibility of applications of hélices at super speedsóunique, además of being a grandfatherón with little grace it has the distinctionón having been the avióloudest in history, could be heard at distances up to 40 kilómeters and its impactónico was capable of indisposing fíphysically to ground personnel, there being cases of people who suffered collapses and disabilities due to having been exposed to its noise..
Republic XF-91 Thunderceptor
The Thunderceptor was the first aircraftón American fighter capable of reaching Mach 1 in sustained flight in cruise, teníto jet engines and rocket assistance. Its distinctive wings were designedñadated for uniform stalling and avoiding crashesóless adverse and dangerous at high speeds, albeit a good idea, they gave the Thunderceptor a rather unpleasant appearance.
SOUTHEAST SNCASE SE. 100
¡Increíably, it's avión francéyes it was a fighter! Diseñado during theñBefore the Second World War it had a designñor very unconventional, On productsón in mass habíhas been authorized to be built by the fáCitro bricaën, at approxíFrance at the hands of the Nazis preventedó that goes into productionón.
LEDUC 022
Diseñado in France, Equipped with two different engines, a turbojet and a ramjet, it was createdó to satisfy a need for the weapon of waréFrench area for an interceptor that can take off from a short grass runway and make interceptions at very high speed. East éethically had the misfortune of competing to meet demand for this interceptor with the elegant and equally powerful Dassault Mirage III. The Leduc did not pass the prototype stage and its program was canceled.
Bleriot 125
A quite striking designño francés of the años 30, where the passenger cabin is dividedía in two gówing wings with capacity to 15 passengers each for a total of 30. Up characteríflight statistics were so bad that he could not obtain certificationón by the aeroáFrench utica and the project was canceled, no doubt apart from curious, its beauty leaves much to be desired.
And for you, ¿cuál is the grandfatherón más ugly of the whole story?
