Whiffs found on Facebook

[perttime]

Not quite sure if this is a whif - or Humour.

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Finnish students at technical universities have a tradition of producing harmless pranks and other fun stuff for First of May. This one is from 1987. Looks as if it could be stolen from Aeroplane magazine.

According to othe text, they are offering it as a subject for a dissertation - but also accepting other proposals.

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10163040441806925&set=gm.35083036934673671&idorvanity=102304399840370

[zenrat]

Stolen from a toy car page on Nannybook - Cheech & Chong's car from Up in Smoke
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From what little I know about those two characters, isn't that kind of their normal condition?

Yes it was.

 

[tahsin]

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They are offering it as a subject for a dissertation - but also accepting other proposals.

Searched for 4×330hp Gypsy engined proposals, it is probably Miles M.60. Needs at least the double engine power for a Tempest equivalent in 1945-50. This forum would probably fix some Hornet nose on a Tempest fuselage to somehow drive 4 propellers in the wings from a single engine in the fuselage which also distrupts the bombbay .

[kerick]

Looks to me like something that you would get when the airport is really busy!

[The Rat]

From the page The Greatest Planes That Never Were (members only to keep out detractors), a lovely build by Marcin Nowak, who describes it as:

imagining if the Gloster Gladiator had a Polish Puławski-style wing.

Link to post: Gladiator

[Old Wombat]

That looks pretty neat. 

But I wonder what it would have done to the handling? 

[Dizzyfugu]

Neat, works surprisingly well!
Needs spats, though. 

[Charlie_c67]

Neat, works surprisingly well!
Needs spats, though. 

Brian? Is that you?

[Old Wombat]

Neat, works surprisingly well!
Needs spats, though. 

Brian? Is that you?

       Exactly who I thought of when I read that!     

[seadude]

I just saw this in my Facebook news feed about 10 minutes ago. I thought it was kind of funny. 
Such a concept would never work.

[PR19_Kit]

Boeing has history doing things like that, a bit anyway.

Google 'Hunchback of Mukilteo' for more info.



Sorry for the ancient lo-res pic, I should take another one.

[Charlie_c67]

Considering the engineering that went into Concorde's droop about so the pilot could see, I really wouldn't  wanna be sat on that while anyone tries to bring that down safely!

[The Rat]

Boeing has history doing things like that, a bit anyway.

Google 'Hunchback of Mukilteo' for more info.

If I recall correctly, there were plans to eventually extend the 747 hump all the way to the rear. If I'm wrong, it would still make a good whiff.