Shipbucket

What kind of abomination is that?
Still a great drawing.

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Of course in my never-ending fascination with Luft '46 aircraft and unfeasible outlandish aircraft, I couldn't possibly leave out one of the contenders for worst VTOL aircraft designed:

Focke-Wulfe Triebflügel:


In German camouflage:


In Japanese camouflage:


Probably the strangest of the German VTOL projects, the Triebflügeljäger (literally meaning thrust-wing fighter) was powered by three ramjets on the ends of wing pylons, which would rotate around the body to provide lift similar to a helicopter. And of course, same as the Lerche there was no way for the pilot to actually see behind the aircraft when landing, which was never addressed in the design by the end of the war.

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DeviantArt

Man, that thing makes the Grumman Nutcracker seem safe and reasonable which is no mean feat.
https://books.google.dk/books?id=GQEAAA ... &q&f=false

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Worklist

Source Materiel is always welcome.

Man! You are one step ahead of me! Very well done! Which Luft46 aircraft are you planning to do?

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Worklist:
- Victorian Navy - LINK
- ROC/Taiwan - 中華民國空軍 / 陸軍航特部 / 海軍航空兵 - LINK
- RHKAAF / HKGFS - 皇家香港輔助空軍 / 政府飛行服務隊
- Gunbucket - LINK

天滅中共全黨死清光!

Great additions!

Only the He 274/277 and Me 264 right now, though I guess they wouldn't be Luft 46 since they were all actually built and tested.

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DeviantArt

Very nice additions, especially the Convair.

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Hood's Worklist
English Electric Canberra FD
Interwar RN Capital Ships
Super-Darings
Never-Were British Aircraft

I can't remember if the French operated the 274 after the war or not. Did they operate them or not?

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報園-872 (方義鑑銃)
Patriotic Presentation Number 872, Q-102 (A6M3-32 captured in Buna, New Guinea)

Yes, the two He 274 prototypes were repaired and used by the French until 1953 for tests involving parasite aircraft and high-altitude research.

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DeviantArt

Another Soviet oddity, the Korchagin SVVP-70



This design for a jet floatplane was notable for its ability to operate as a VTOL combat jet with additional lift engines, so that on rough water it could operate from shipboard helipads - and on the fact that the retractable floats were inflatable. Unfortunately never constructed.