Ugly Planes

[Daniël]

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

[WTE_Galway]

Originally Posted by Daniël

That Kalinin K7 is crazy! 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.

[Daniël]

Originally Posted by WTE_Galway

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]

Originally Posted by Daniël

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 ...

[CWMV]

[JG52Krupi]

Originally Posted by CWMV

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

[moilami]

But hey, that P-51 is butt-ugly 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

[brando]

Originally Posted by WTE_Galway

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 ...

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