J4CKO

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Saw a really wierd plane at Southampton airport the other day, I got a photo but the phone isnt playing with the PC, anyway, its small prop job, little bit bigger than a Cessna, 2 engines, pretty unremarkable but it had one engine on the tail, one on one wing and nothing on the other wing, lads at work reckon I have photoshopped it !

I know its real, wtf is it ?

FlightMan

As i work at a real airport, i'm not too hot on the old props. But that sounds crazy. Are you sure it didnt have one engine off for repairs?

J4CKO

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Looked like it was being prepped to fly !

ru'

Wasn't one of Burt Rutan's weird creations? (lower middle?)

mart360

Its been on discovery wings,

its a new type of layout reckoned to be more economical and efficient than the normal prop at the front, or prop on each wing design,

its an american guy, apparantly well renouned for his designs,

done one similar with one huge wing, and the fusualage offset on the maller wing if i recall

Mart

J4CKO

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Got the phone connected, photos a bit poo though.

NotoriousREV

It's a B-N Trislander and it should have had 3 engines. If it only has 2, one's fallen off somewhere

gljam

you can see the propellor of the third engine

J4CKO

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Well that clears that up then !

I was convinced (through my alcohol haze) that it was some new experimental thing. Whys a plane that size need 3 engines ?

ALi-B

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More engines the better

If I built a plane it'd have 6 huge Turbofans off a 777 bolted to a Jetstream airframe

NotoriousREV

They're only rated at 260hp each although there was apparently a rocket booster option I wish Subaru would offer that on the STi

J4CKO

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Now this is wierd and not a product of my imagination !

http://www.luft46.com/bv/bv237.html

J4CKO

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"If I built a plane it'd have 6 huge Turbofans off a 777 bolted to a Jetstream airframe."


Any good at photoshop ?

NotoriousREV

If you see one of them, call the ARP and sound the alarms!

ALi-B

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I'll smoke whatever the designer smoked...must be damn good stuff

NotoriousREV

If I built a plane it'd be a Turbofan with wings and something to hang on to

druddle

They use them for the flights between Southampton, Bournemouth, Guernsey, Jersey, Alderney, and places like that. Guernsey Airport has loads of them there.

Dave

Leslie

Ali-B,

Better pick a different airframe. The Jetstream was the least pleasant aeroplane I ever flew!

Les

ALi-B

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Ok, how about converting a Boeing B1-B for cilvilian use?

That bomb bay would make a nice bedroom for the mile high at mach 1 club
Would prefer a B1-A though - just for speed

ALi-B

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Sorry, I had to make do with A330 engines


And I agree Leslie, it probably will be a pig to fly ........

||VaNDaL||

having had an interest in planes for years i have got to the stage where i now have 2, i thought you may be interested in seeing mine..

J4CKO

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Ali B, thats cool, and you have way too much time on your hands !

ALi-B

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Yep, it's what I call a "slow" day at work. That is, if you could call messing with photoshop work