Ugly Planes

[Tavingon]

Allow me to set the ball rolling...

The Amiot 143

http://www.aircraft-list.com/keywords/Amiot_143/Amiot_143_5.jpg

[Sven]

The Buchon

http://www.sligomfc.com/gallery/photos/18/preview/Me109%20Buchon.jpg

[Jaws2002]

This Lysander P12 butt-ugly.

http://static.rcgroups.net/forums/attachments/1/4/7/8/5/1/a3170075-212-lysander%20P12.jpg?d=1270710907

[KG26_Alpha]

Allow me to set the ball rolling...

The Amiot 143

http://www.aircraft-list.com/keywords/Amiot_143/Amiot_143_5.jpg

This Lysander P12 butt-ugly.

http://static.rcgroups.net/forums/attachments/1/4/7/8/5/1/a3170075-212-lysander%20P12.jpg?d=1270710907



You.........you........you.. cant be serious ......those are beautiful :grin:



The Buchon is remarkably ugly though compared to their earlier contemporaries.



This is just all wrong.......


http://i533.photobucket.com/albums/ee335/ryan1234_014/050324-F-1234P-027.jpg










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[JG52Uther]

http://www.israeli-weapons.com/weapons/aircraft/phalcon/phalcon_c1.jpg

[winny]

http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/287/migi320.jpg

[JG52Krupi]

Bennett Airtruck
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fe/ZK-BPVa.jpg

Farman F-4X
http://i752.photobucket.com/albums/xx168/jasper999/1152.jpg

Il-20
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9a/Ilyushin_Il-20_attack_aircraft_sideview.jpg

Shudder!!!

Have to say the Farman is the worst so far at least in the others you can see where your going ;)

[Tavingon]

http://www.wwiivehicles.com/unitedkingdom/aircraft/bomber/vickers-wellington-bomber/vickers-wellington-mk-vi-bomber-01.png

Pressurised wellington with chin pilot

[AndyJWest]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/de/Beardmore_Inflexible_Norwich.png

Beardmore Inflexible (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beardmore_Inflexible)

[bongodriver]

I thought that wellington looks pretty cool....

[ATAG_Doc]

http://www.israeli-weapons.com/weapons/aircraft/phalcon/phalcon_c1.jpg

I am interested in knowing what that massive nose is for. Probably has enough power to cook anything on the ground.

[swiss]

I am interested in knowing what that massive nose is for. Probably has enough power to cook anything on the ground.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EL/M-2075

[Tacoma74]

Delanne Duo-Mono
http://www.f-16.net/attachments/delanne.jpg

[ACE-OF-ACES]

http://www.israeli-weapons.com/weapons/aircraft/phalcon/phalcon_c1.jpg
wow.. at first glance I thought someone got a picture of me stepping out of a hot shower.. Than I put my glasses on and realsed it is just a picture of a plane with a big hangie down part

[AndyJWest]

...at first glance I thought someone got a picture of me stepping out of a hot shower.. Than I put my glasses on and realsed it is just a picture of a plane with a big hangie down part

Beer gut? I'd cut down a bit, if I was you... ;)

[robtek]

I was thinking saggy man-breasts with HUGE nipples! Cutting down on beer would help that too...

Waaay too much information here!!!!

Now i need some beer to get the picture out of my mind. :D

[swiss]

Waaay too much information here!!!!

Now i need some beer to get the picture out of my mind. :D


Got bad news for you, after the next one you'll need a schnaps. :grin:

http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/287/migi320.jpg

[swiss]

http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/8316/20081005103205bellx14co.jpg

[bongodriver]

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6045/5878173338_d556d368c0_b.jpg

pretty much anything built by Hurel Dubois is hideous

[5./JG27.Farber]

The Buchon

http://www.sligomfc.com/gallery/photos/18/preview/Me109%20Buchon.jpg

+1 I hate that plane. I did not enjoy Battle of Britain because all the time I was thinking thats a Buchon...

Its like the 109's slack jawed brother...

[Ze-Jamz]

Hurricane?

[JG52Krupi]

Hurricane?

Your joking right the Hurricane is a great looking bird :shock: :???:

http://www.wallpaperpimper.com/wallpaper/Military/Fighter_Jet/Hawker-Hurricane-1-1024x768.jpg

A mixture of Biplane engineering i.e. wooden construction and the conventional (well 1930-40) ;).

[RedToo]

Agreed, the Hurricane is beautiful:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v369/RedToo/hurri11024.jpg

RedToo.

[ElAurens]

http://img841.imageshack.us/img841/7820/fleetshadower.jpg

The Airspeed Fleet Shadower.

[JG52Krupi]

http://img841.imageshack.us/img841/7820/fleetshadower.jpg

The Airspeed Fleet Shadower.

I think you just won ElAurens EEWWW! Did they plan on making a heli and then change it in to a fixed wing !!!

[JG52Krupi]

How an EARTH is the F104 ugly!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[KG26_Alpha]

Looks like a Dolphin !!!!

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a59/kg26Sharkiee/C-46.jpg

[JG52Uther]

http://www.pixpow.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Ugly-Plane-06.jpg
:)

[bongodriver]

how about this little beauty

http://img51.imageshack.us/img51/7470/mvcarrier2.jpg

[Tavingon]

B34 Dominator

http://www.aviastar.org/pictures/usa/cons_dominator-s.gif

[AndyJWest]

The Airspeed Fleet Shadower

I assume the manufacturer's name was ironic?

[Ze-Jamz]

Hmm I though this was an open discussion/debate. I.e each to their own and all that...

On that note...to me the Hurricane is a fat stumpy lil shite hawk

I thank yoi

[Ze-Jamz]

Looks like a Dolphin !!!!

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a59/kg26Sharkiee/C-46.jpg

Lol, agreed

[Ze-Jamz]

Agreed, the Hurricane is beautiful:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v369/RedToo/hurri11024.jpg

RedToo.

See to me that picture just backs up how I feel about it...

IMO of course

[JG52Krupi]

Hmm I though this was an open discussion/debate. I.e each to their own and all that...

On that note...to me the Hurricane is a fat stumpy lil shite hawk

I thank yoi


Of course your entitled to your opinion, I was surprised that's all there are far worse aircraft out there!

[Ze-Jamz]

Sure is and too many to mention...I'm just keeping it CoD themed :)

[retrojet]

Sorry guys... But anything that can fly is poetry in motion in my book... Even my witch of a wife! :grin:
It's incredible to think what it takes to be a test pilot! Some designs are just unbelievable! :shock:

[Tavingon]

http://www.fiddlersgreen.net/aircraft/Air-Truk/IMAGES/Airtruk-taking-off.jpg

[AndyJWest]

http://www.fiddlersgreen.net/aircraft/Air-Truk/IMAGES/Airtruk-taking-off.jpg

Arggggh, my eyes!.....

[MD_Titus]

good over the nose visibility...

and a seeming disregard for aerodynamics.

[Herbs107]

2 x very ugly planes:

[Herbs107]

One more:

[Kodoss]

I don't find the Caproni Stipa so ugly.
Flying barrels , yeah...:rolleyes:

[swiss]

http://www.enginehistory.org/Museums/Chrysler/XP-47H.jpg

[Tavingon]

http://riseofflight.com/i/plane/Sopwith_Dolphin/right.png

[Kupsised]

http://riseofflight.com/i/plane/Sopwith_Dolphin/right.png

Ugly or not, that is easily my best plane in RoF, and it doesn't matter how ugly it is from the outside, it's a nice view from the inside with the ground scattered with D.VII's :P

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5183/5869366552_dd04d127cf.jpg

A great way to make an ugly plane out of a beautiful one, as has already been shown here in some cases, is to stick radar in the nose, or to make it two seater. I could post many two-seaters here (Sea Fury, Spitfire and Hunter to name but a few) that are still quite pretty, but no where near as pretty as their single seater originals.

[Osprey]

Very funny thread! And really puts my aircraft recon to shame because so many of these I'd never heard of! BUT, I do carry an ace card, Gents, I give you.....

......The Fairey Gannet
http://www.warbirdalley.com/images/Fairey-Gannet-AS4.jpg

[bongodriver]

Very funny thread! And really puts my aircraft recon to shame because so many of these I'd never heard of! BUT, I do carry an ace card, Gents, I give you.....

......The Fairey Gannet
http://www.warbirdalley.com/images/Fairey-Gannet-AS4.jpg

Sacrilege!!! that thing transcended ugly back into beautifull

[kestrel79]

http://www.enginehistory.org/Museums/Chrysler/XP-47H.jpg

What plane is this? Looks like an old P-47 with an inline engine and P-40 tail?

[ACE-OF-ACES]

What plane is this? Looks like an old P-47 with an inline engine and P-40 tail?
Its and XP-47H (http://www.vectorsite.net/avp47.html)
http://www.vectorsite.net/avp47_07.png

Which had a Chrysler XI-2220-11 water-cooled inline 16-cylinder inverted vee engine

The follow up being the XP-72 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_XP-72) aka Super Thunderbolt
http://www.vectorsite.net/avp47_09.png

Which had a air cooled PW R-4360 that had 28 cylinders

http://1000aircraftphotos.com/Contributions/KleinBernhard/6041L-1.jpg
http://1000aircraftphotos.com/Contributions/KleinBernhard/6041L-2.jpg

[Alvaro Kretschmann]

http://www.matrixgames.com/forums/upfiles/22347/7B7A823DC7F94679B7068117280F571C.jpg

I wonder how this flying toaster pass the wind tunnel test.

[Alvaro Kretschmann]

http://www.matrixgames.com/forums/upfiles/14017/E175FAF0C4164D219FDF900F3B4DF654.jpg

http://www.matrixgames.com/forums/upfiles/10324/C8EE2C772AE547D7BAC974F838C08460.jpg

Some engineers must be ashamed for design flying things not planes..

[kestrel79]

Great read on that P47 website. It's my favorite airplane so that was pretty fun to see all the crazy late war variants.

[WTE_Galway]

The glorious Boulton Paul Overstrand (actually saw service with OTU in WWII) ....


http://www.worldaffairsboard.com/attachments/military-aviation/19008d1266786573-aviation-quiz-boulton_paul_overstrand.jpg


A Jumo/DB (not sure which) powered Spitfire ...

http://i43.tinypic.com/1g17gx.jpg

From the colonies ... the CAC Woomera ...

http://www.adf-gallery.com.au/gallery/albums/Woomera/GB_2A23_1001.jpg


Last but not least the Kalinin K7 (the real one, not the fake with the battleship turret).


http://www.internetmodeler.com/artman/uploads/1/Kalinin_ussr_kalinin-k7_1933.jpg

[Daniël]

That Kalinin K7 is crazy! :shock: How thick are those wings?

[Attila]

http://www.pixpow.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Ugly-Plane-06.jpg
:)

YEEEEES!:grin:

[Herbs107]

Some more ugly ones:

[Herbs107]

And a couple more:

[Artist]

This *is* an aircraft... (Source (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phillips_1904_Multi-Wing_Flying_machine))

[addman]

This *is* an aircraft... (Source (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phillips_1904_Multi-Wing_Flying_machine))

I guess simplicity wasn't priority when designing that abomination, does for a great laundry hanger though.

[WTE_Galway]

That Kalinin K7 is crazy! :shock: How thick are those wings?

2.3 meter (7 ft 7 in) at the thickest point. The plan was to place passenger seating within the wings.

The prototype flew 6 or 7 times before crashing. Their were later claims of sabotage but the more likely cause was structural failure due to an unresolved issue with harmonic vibration in the tail booms.

[planesy]

Like women, they all have their charm in a certain way. Some are just uglier than others!:-P

[bongodriver]

Like women, they all have their charm in a certain way. Some are just uglier than others!:-P

HAHA...yep and even the ugly ones are fun....just don't let your friends catch you.

[Daniël]

2.3 meter (7 ft 7 in) at the thickest point. The plan was to place passenger seating within the wings.

The prototype flew 6 or 7 times before crashing. Their were later claims of sabotage but the more likely cause was structural failure due to an unresolved issue with harmonic vibration in the tail booms.

Wouldn't it be too noisy for the passengers to sit inside the wings? Or did the designers want to stuff the wings with isolation material? ;)

[WTE_Galway]

Wouldn't it be too noisy for the passengers to sit inside the wings? Or did the designers want to stuff the wings with isolation material? ;)

In Mother Russia passengers tough.


Meanwhile from Italy, the stylish nine wing Caproni 60, which actually did get airborne 4th march 1921, albeit not for very long ...

http://www.finn.it/regia/immagini/caproni/caproni_ca60_transaereo.jpg

[CWMV]

http://www.aviation-history.com/north-american/p51-11a.jpg
http://www.aeroflight.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/spitfire.jpg

[JG52Krupi]

http://www.aviation-history.com/north-american/p51-11a.jpg
http://www.aeroflight.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/spitfire.jpg

You had to do it didn't you...

http://images.cheezburger.com/completestore/2011/3/21/974fd778-fa7d-4026-ac26-79382b51bf1d.gif

;)

[moilami]

But hey, that P-51 is butt-ugly :shock: It is like a Danish story about a king who wore no clothes - something none dared to point out. Except one kid, who did not understood that it was not "proper" to point out xD

P-51 "butt-ugly" xD

[JG52Krupi]

But hey, that P-51 is butt-ugly :shock: It is like a Danish story about a king who wore no clothes - something none dared to point out. Except one kid, who did not understood that it was not "proper" to point out xD

P-51 "butt-ugly" xD

LOL :razz:

[ElAurens]

Someone let the trolls out, didn't they?

You must remember to keep the gate closed and locked when you leave the pasture.

Kids these days, honestly.

:-P

[brando]

In Mother Russia passengers tough.


Meanwhile from Italy, the stylish nine wing Caproni 60, which actually did get airborne 4th march 1921, albeit not for very long ...

http://www.finn.it/regia/immagini/caproni/caproni_ca60_transaereo.jpg

Otherwise known as a Neindecker I suppose? The windows look like they came in as a discount job from a local double-glazing firm......

[Hood]

But hey, that P-51 is butt-ugly :shock: It is like a Danish story about a king who wore no clothes - something none dared to point out. Except one kid, who did not understood that it was not "proper" to point out xD

P-51 "butt-ugly" xD

And this is true! Functional but hardly pretty.

[robtek]

From some angles the p-51 even looks sleek, from other angle like a pregnant guppy. :D

The spitfire than is nice, in a ladylike way, not as a fighting machine, imo.

[Nephris]

http://www.israeli-weapons.com/weapons/aircraft/phalcon/phalcon_c1.jpg

http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/287/migi320.jpg

Looks a kind of like

http://www.n24.de/media/_fotos/bildergalerien/2008_4/bedrohteaffenarten/nasenaffe_borneo.jpg

or
http://www.wissen.de/wde/generator/substanzen/bilder/Ressorts/Kinder/ravensburger/tiere/00b_bildergalerie_lebensraum_wasser/riesenhai__cetorhinus_maximus_hai_haie_100691053,p roperty=zoom.jpg

[Tavingon]

http://discaircraft.greyfalcon.us/picturesr/din4.jpg

Designed by a Winemaker.. someone should have told him dont get high on your own supply!

[BGs_Ricky]

http://www.avionslegendaires.net/Images/Gln401.jpg

http://www.aircraftcarrier.name/aircrafts/Loire-Nieuport-LN41-42-411/photo/ln411-4.jpg

Loire-Nieuport LN.401/411

The French really knew how to make horrible planes in the late '30s early '40s. When I think about the beautiful WWI Nieuports and SPADS :-x

[Tavingon]

Looks like a poor man's stuka!

[JG26_EZ]

Looks like a Dolphin !!!!

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a59/kg26Sharkiee/C-46.jpg

I'd have to say, more like an Orca. ;) Hell, just add some paint and a dorsal fin, and you'd never know the difference.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v315/JG26_EZ/OrcaTheKillerAirplane.gif

To get back on topic, I'd have to offer this "ugly aircraft".

Bachem Ba-349 Natter
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v315/JG26_EZ/UAC.jpg

[major_setback]

Too much lip.

http://www.timemoneyandblood.com/images/aircraftFrench/caudron.jpg

http://www.arrse.co.uk/attachment.php?attachmentid=61988&d=1327534081