More ugly airplanes

only the french could build something so ugly.

 

And let's not forget Jack Northrop's XP-56 "flying egg." Or, was it frying egg as it was really a bad flyer....

XP 56

 

It kind of looks like a Me-163 with landing gear in that picture, but I know the XP-56 was a much larger aircraft.

 

man thats whacked.

 

I say the original planes are beautifull.

 

pretty funky, but you have to be innovative...

 

You like innovation, try this on for size ! Think of all the fun you could have with a German fighter on your tail and you flying in this French beast.
http://ww2photo.mimerswell.com/air/fr/se/se100.htm

 

Excellent Thing!
Looks like an Me262 has mated with an Anson, and then the Baby got fat.
Cheers,
Adam

 

What the heck is that!

 

It's a flying Citron!

 

Nice touch T.A.

 

And, its even uglier and werider "cousin"

Arsenal-Delanne 10

By-the-by, the Sud Est 100 really was going to be built by Citroën in Paris! I didn't know that when I jokingly posted earlier. Truth is stranger than BS!

 

One good attribute of the plane is that it would be easy for the crew to bail out of. I know that is what I would do if I saw a German fighter on the way !

 

If this isn't ugly, then I don't know what is


I[FONT=新細明體]n 1942, USAAF requested for a new heavy armored ground attack airplane as planned to replace the Douglas A-20 Havoc. Beech Aircraft Corp had already started work on the design of the Model 28 “Destroyer" which the specification did met to the requirement. So a contract was awarded to Beech for two prototypes that designated XA-38 and re-named "Grizzly" with competition[FONT=新細明體] in Hughes XA-37 (later it changed to XF-11). For ground attack purpose, the aircraft wore a cannon and two guns in the nose, as well as with two remote-controlled turrets[/FONT]o[FONT=新細明體]n the fuselage. Two powerful Wright engines as [/FONT]served same in the B-29 bomber were chosen to drive this heavy machine. First flight was made in 1944. The aircraft proved satisfactory and better than expected. However, due to the lack of engines at war, B-29 had top priority to use the engines inventory. It led to the A-38 never served in quantity. After the second prototype tested in September 1945, the USAAF lost interest in the attack bomber. The XA-38 project was cancelled[/FONT].




Type: Ground attack bomber interceptor
Purpose: Designed for tactical military service as an attack bomber
Span: 67ft.4in.
Length: 51ft.9in.
Height: 15ft.6in.
Engine: 2x Wright GR-3350-43 radial engine
Max.speed: 376 mph
Crew: 2

Armament: 1x T15E1 75 mm cannon + 6x 0.50 Calbre (12.7 mm) machine guns​

 

Where's the bucket?


In 1943, the Douglas began a company funded study to a high speed bomber design which was not liked the traditional wing mounting engines. It was an unusual idea to install the two engines within the fuselage, driving a pair of propellers mounted at the tail. That can leaving the wing and fuselage clean and free of aerodynamics-reducing protrusions. Douglas submitted an unsolicited proposal to USAAF, and was awarded a contract for two prototypes. The first prototype first flew in May 1944. Performance was excellent as described in the original proposal. The second prototype joined the flight test program in August, 1944, and was destroyed in crash in December 1945. By the end of war and the jet-powered bomber soon be forthcoming, the Army Air Force had decided that the XB-42 would not be put into the production. The surviving XB-42 was continued for tests and modification until 1948.

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Armament:
Experimental light bomber​

To explore new design for high-speed bomber
70ft.6in.
53ft.8in.
18ft.10in.
2x Allison V-1710-125
410 mph

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4x 0.5 inch machine gun / 8000 pounds bomb load​

The thing even has two cockpits side by side !!!​

 

What is so ugly about the XA-38 ? Looks OK to me. It would help to paint the nose in black and yellow circles like a bee.

 

Da nose! Da nose! And people called the F-111 the Aarvark!

Speaking of knowses, what about the B-18 Bolo?