"Cé hé sin" (michael-m-mouse)
01/23/2018 at 18:16 • Filed to: Arado Ar 231
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"Cé hé sin" (michael-m-mouse)
01/23/2018 at 18:16 • Filed to: Arado Ar 231 | 5
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Meet the Ar 231, which seemed like a good idea at the time. It was a tiny single seat folding floatplane intended to be carried on submarines. Subs are not noted for interior space so it was designed to fit into a tube 2m wide. Like this in fact.
Opened out it looked like this:
Its designers were not wedded to the idea of symmetry and so allowed themselves this odd looking wing which made folding easier.
In the event it turned out to be a flop.
winterlegacy, here 'till the end
> Cé hé sin
01/23/2018 at 18:49 |
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Great concept, but it kind of helps to follow some basic laws about planes...
Ash78, voting early and often
> Cé hé sin
01/23/2018 at 20:05 |
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The Japanese actually achieved functional versions of this just before we pressured the home islands and dropped the bombs. It was basically ready to go and fully tested. The big plan was to attack the Panama Canal with them.
A very good read:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/I-400-class_submarine
TheRealBicycleBuck
> Cé hé sin
01/23/2018 at 20:59 |
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Something like this would be great for a private pilot who would rather keep his plane in a trailer at home than pay hangar fees. I think that’s why people are so interested in the Icon A5