The quest for the worst combat aircraft in history... - Page 2

Garion · 09-25-10, 09:00 PM

The design flaw in the comet was the Square windows that caused stress fractures at the corners. This was fixed in later models by replacing them with round windows...

All we need is an Arched window and we would have an episode of Playaway.

Sorry UK joke

Edit: wrong tv program... sigh Its old age
Cheers

Garion

razark · 09-25-10, 09:01 PM

Antonov A-40?

Raptor1 · 09-25-10, 09:08 PM

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Antonov A-40?

Never made it into operational service...

Task Force · 09-25-10, 09:11 PM

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Originally Posted by razark

Antonov A-40?

Those russians and their crazy ideas...

JokerOfFate · 09-25-10, 09:15 PM

F7U Cutlass maybe?

Or even a TU-22

TLAM Strike · 09-25-10, 09:28 PM

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Originally Posted by JokerOfFate

F7U Cutlass maybe?

Already mentioned that one..

I nomnate the LWS-6_Żubr

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LWS-6_%C5%BBubr

If you raised the gear in flight they would collapse on landing so you had to fly with them extended at all times... and it carried a bomb load of a whopping 660 kgs... Polish aviation at its finest...

razark · 09-25-10, 09:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Raptor1

Never made it into operational service...

Yeah. Missed that requirement when reading the thread.

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Originally Posted by Task Force

Those russians and their crazy ideas...

I'm convinced this could have been a major success. Just imagine a battalion of these flying tanks at the Eastern Front.

The Germans would have been too busy laughing to notice the Red Army rolling over them.

frau kaleun · 09-25-10, 09:36 PM

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Those russians and their crazy ideas...

Okay admittedly I know next to nothing about military aircraft, in comparison with you guys... but that looks an awful lot like an airborne tank.

TLAM Strike · 09-25-10, 09:48 PM

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Originally Posted by frau kaleun

Okay admittedly I know next to nothing about military aircraft, in comparison with you guys... but that looks an awful lot like an airborne tank.

Gerald · 09-25-10, 09:53 PM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convair_XFY

razark · 09-25-10, 09:55 PM

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Originally Posted by frau kaleun

Okay admittedly I know next to nothing about military aircraft, in comparison with you guys... but that looks an awful lot like an airborne tank.

That's exactly what it is. It's a tank fitted with wings, to be used as a glider, towed aloft by another aircraft.

The idea was to get tanks to the battlefield to support airborne operations. Rather than load the tank into a glider, the tank IS the glider.

It didn't work as well as was hoped, and the idea was scrapped.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonov_A-40

frau kaleun · 09-25-10, 09:55 PM

"As God is my witness... I thought armor could fly."

Task Force · 09-25-10, 10:01 PM

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"As God is my witness... I thought armor could fly."

It appears the guys at Antonov did too.

Yaknow, I wounder what the first luftwaffe pilot to see one of those would have thought. "Holy ****, a flying tank!!!"

then he lands, and gots to explain that one.

Or the humble tank crew.
"Tank spotted, 11 oclock, high"
"Huh, Hans did you take your pillz today"
"No, really, a flying tank"
"looks like you wernt so crazy after all..."

Task Force · 09-25-10, 10:16 PM

Maby not the worst plane in history. but I sure wouldnt fly it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bachem_Ba_349

MXY 7 maby? IIRC they wernt too sucessful.

TLAM Strike · 09-25-10, 11:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Task Force

Maby not the worst plane in history. but I sure wouldnt fly it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bachem_Ba_349

MXY 7 maby? IIRC they wernt too sucessful.

The Okha? They worked quite well actually.

They sank or destroyed beyond repair 2 Destroyers and hit 6 other ships incl 1 BB in the space of about 3 months. Not bad for something in service for only around 6 months.

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09-25-10, 09:00 PM	#16
Garion Commander Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Scotland Posts: 452 Downloads: 34 Uploads: 0	The design flaw in the comet was the Square windows that caused stress fractures at the corners. This was fixed in later models by replacing them with round windows... All we need is an Arched window and we would have an episode of Playaway. Sorry UK joke Edit: wrong tv program... sigh Its old age Cheers Garion

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JokerOfFate Sonar Guy Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 387 Downloads: 7 Uploads: 0	F7U Cutlass maybe? Or even a TU-22

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frau kaleun Rear Admiral Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Skyri--oh who are we kidding, I'm probably at Lowe's. Again. Posts: 12,706 Downloads: 168 Uploads: 0	"As God is my witness... I thought armor could fly."