Real world Kerbal aircraft

[The Optimist]

[The Optimist]

On 2/25/2016 at 10:05 AM, p1t1o said:

Fastest Piston-engined aircraft in the world @528mph, a heavily modified Grumman F8 Bearcat, Rare Bear

Fastest propeller plane in the world, XF-84H Thunderscreech. This aircraft is named in Guinness World Records, 1997, as the fastest in this category with a speed of 1,002 km/h (623 mph, Mach 0.83)..

 

 

[RizzoTheRat]

Which should also be a lead contender for most Kerbal named aircraft.

[JetJaguar]

I submit NASA's WB-57, a high-altitude research plane who's basic design is over 65 years old.  It looks hobbled together from parts found on the side of the road, and there seems to be some parts clipping involved:

 

 

[razark]

1 hour ago, JetJaguar said:

I submit NASA's WB-57, a high-altitude research plane who's basic design is over 65 years old.  It looks hobbled together from parts found on the side of the road, and there seems to be some parts clipping involved:

I see them flying out of Ellington once in a while.  The huge wingspan on those just looks so... not exactly wrong, but definitely not quite right in the air. 

I saw one climbing to altitude one day.  It took me a moment to realize what I was seeing.  Most of the time you'll see a contrail stretching across the sky in a pretty straight line.  This one was a racetrack shaped spiral going up, showing the flightpath as she climbed.

[RizzoTheRat]

That's an enormous wing compared to a standard Canberra

[KerikBalm]

On 3/10/2016 at 3:10 AM, The Optimist said:

Fastest propeller plane in the world, XF-84H Thunderscreech. This aircraft is named in Guinness World Records, 1997, as the fastest in this category with a speed of 1,002 km/h (623 mph, Mach 0.83)..

 

 

Piston engines and propellors are not the same thing. that F-84 was poered by a turboprop

[Tex Mechs Robot]

13 hours ago, JetJaguar said:

I submit NASA's WB-57, a high-altitude research plane who's basic design is over 65 years old.  It looks hobbled together from parts found on the side of the road, and there seems to be some parts clipping involved:

I was lucky enough to work in a 6 story building very near to Johnson Space Center for a couple of years. This past fall (2015), three of these flew in formation over most of Houston (including JSC) for the first time since the 70's. I went to the roof of my building and got this video with my phone as they flew by. Then engines on this thing sound like nothing else!

 

[razark]

2 minutes ago, Tex Mechs Robot said:

I was lucky enough to work in a 6 story building very near to Johnson Space Center for a couple of years. This past fall (2015), three of these flew in formation over most of Houston (including JSC) for the first time since the 70's. I went to the roof of my building and got this video with my phone as they flew by. Then engines on this thing sound like nothing else!

They told us this would be happening, but were somewhat vague about the time of the flyover.  Our office folks managed to see them taking off out of Ellington.  A while later, we heard them as they did their flyby, but didn't actually get to see it.

[The Optimist]

4 hours ago, KerikBalm said:

Piston engines and propellors are not the same thing. that F-84 was poered by a turboprop

I never said it was. Read what I wrote.

[KerikBalm]

1 hour ago, The Optimist said:

I never said it was. Read what I wrote.

Well, you quoted the guy talking about the fastest piston engined plane, and then posted a picture of a candidate for the fasted propellor powered plane... so... it wasn't clear what you meant.

Anyway:

"An oft-cited contender for the fastest propeller-driven aircraft is the XF-84H Thunderscreech. This aircraft is named in Guinness World Records, 1997, as the fastest in this category with a speed of 1,002 km/h (623 mph, Mach 0.83).^[5] While it may have been designed as the fastest propeller-driven aircraft, this goal was not realized due to its inherent instability.^[6] This record speed is also inconsistent with data from the National Museum of the United States Air Force, which gives a top speed of 837 km/h (520 mph, Mach 0.70),^[7] slower than the Tu-114."

The XFY-1 Pogo, already posted here, had a maximum design speed of 610, and had no problems with torque like that one did, as it used contra rotating propellors... and it was VTOL., although they only took it to 473 mph in testing. Given that it was actually stable at those speeds, if we're going to go by maximum potential speed, I think the pogo should take it.

[The Optimist]

27 minutes ago, KerikBalm said:

Well, you quoted the guy talking about the fastest piston engined plane, and then posted a picture of a candidate for the fasted propellor powered plane... so... it wasn't clear what you meant.

Anyway:

"An oft-cited contender for the fastest propeller-driven aircraft is the XF-84H Thunderscreech. This aircraft is named in Guinness World Records, 1997, as the fastest in this category with a speed of 1,002 km/h (623 mph, Mach 0.83).^[5] While it may have been designed as the fastest propeller-driven aircraft, this goal was not realized due to its inherent instability.^[6] This record speed is also inconsistent with data from the National Museum of the United States Air Force, which gives a top speed of 837 km/h (520 mph, Mach 0.70),^[7] slower than the Tu-114."

The XFY-1 Pogo, already posted here, had a maximum design speed of 610, and had no problems with torque like that one did, as it used contra rotating propellors... and it was VTOL., although they only took it to 473 mph in testing. Given that it was actually stable at those speeds, if we're going to go by maximum potential speed, I think the pogo should take it.

The two were similar.

[evader]

I was going to post it as a fake plane until to my horror I found out it was real ... except for the naval guns (** update ** & apparently most of everything else, including its scale).  It's the K-7 heavy bomber flown in 1933.  Ever since I've seen the click bait article at the bottom of some site, it's been bothering me since I didn't know what it was.

Edited March 18, 2016 by evader

[Nibb31]

It is fake. The K-7 was much smaller than the photoshopped monstruosity that you posted.

[LN400]

41 minutes ago, Nibb31 said:

It is fake. The K-7 was much smaller than the photoshopped monstruosity that you posted.

Smaller for sure. Still a monstrosity though

(source: http://www.ctrl-c.liu.se/misc/ram/k-7.html )

[RizzoTheRat]

Made me think of the Antonov A40, only made one flight apparently

 

 

[LN400]

18 minutes ago, RizzoTheRat said:

*entire post*

Now THAT is a genuine Kerbal Disaster.

[Ogcorp Squirrel]

On 3/10/2016 at 0:25 PM, Tex Mechs Robot said:

I was lucky enough to work in a 6 story building very near to Johnson Space Center for a couple of years. This past fall (2015), three of these flew in formation over most of Houston (including JSC) for the first time since the 70's. I went to the roof of my building and got this video with my phone as they flew by. Then engines on this thing sound like nothing else!

 

1. Your very lucky

2. MY GAWD THOSES ENGINES SOUND LIKE PROPELLER SOUND AND JET IN SYNC

3. umm....... Oh yeah, Why did nasa hire Jebadiah Kerman to build this?

4. anyone here read a book from the maximum ride series?

[Ogcorp Squirrel]

On 3/1/2016 at 9:17 PM, adsii1970 said:

May I share this one...?

YAY A SUPER GUPPY!!!!

[TheKosanianMethod]

I nominate...

XF-82 (Two P-51s smushed together)

 

HZ-1 Aerocycle (People Killer)

 

XB-70 (Moar Boosters!)

 

Someone reply to me with pics, I have no idea how to post them.

[SSgt Baloo]

On 5/15/2016 at 5:57 PM, TheKosanianMethod said:

I nominate...

XF-82 (Two P-51s smushed together)

 

HZ-1 Aerocycle (People Killer)

 

XB-70 (Moar Boosters!)

 

Someone reply to me with pics, I have no idea how to post them.

The Twin Mustang was intended as a long-ranged escort for the B-29. With two pilots, one could take a nap while the other flew, ensuring that at least one of them would be alert when things got exciting. If I am not mistaken, one of these shot down the first jet to be brought down in the Korean conflict.

 

The HZ-1 was an attempt to give infantry the mobility of a helicopter in a small package. Since it had a habit of crashing its rotors into each other unexpectedly and then careening towards the ground in a ballistic arc, the military declined to develop it further. They saw no need for a plane that could shoot itself down.

The XB-70 was expected to fly so fast and high that it just could not be shot down. Then we figured out how good Sovier ground-to-air missiles were, and changed the doctrine to nap-of-the-earth penetration, below enemy radar. The XB-70 was the opposite of good at that task.

 

Edited May 23, 2016 by SSgt Baloo

[kerbiloid]

Not an aircraft, but true Kerbal. 1x3-symmetry lower cetral stage + 3x2 radial assemblies + refuelling tank .

http://www.russianspaceweb.com/ur700a.html