World's 5 Asymmetrical Aircrafts
Ever Designed
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5.
Gotha G.VI
The Gotha G.VI was an experimental bomber aircraft designed and built in
Germany during
World War I.
It became what was probably the first asymmetrical aircraft to be ever built.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gotha_G.VI
4.
BV 141
The
Blohm & Voss BV 141 was a
World War II German tactical reconnaissance aircraft. It is notable for its uncommon structural asymmetry.
It carried 3 crew members; weighed 4,700 kg and could fly at speed of 438 km/h.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blohm_%26_Voss_BV_141
3.
Rutan Boomerang
The Rutan
Model 202
Boomerang is an aircraft designed and built by
Burt Rutan. The design was intended to be a multi-engine aircraft that in the event of failure of a single engine would not become dangerously difficult to control due to asymmetric thrust. The result is an asymmetrical aircraft with a very distinct appearance.
It can fly at a maximum speed of 530 km/h.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rutan_Boomerang
2. Rutan
Ares
The
ARES Scaled Model 151, was designed initially in response to a
U.S. Army request for a Low Cost
Battlefield Attack Aircraft. It is powered by a single
Pratt and Whitney Canada JT15D-5 turbofan engine and is armed with a
GAU-12/U 25mm gatling gun.
The turbofan and the inlet are 8° offset to the left. And the fuselage is offset to the right of the wing centerline. The reason is not stability. The gasses, produced by the firing
General Electric GAU-12/
U 25 mm cannon should not get into the engine.
http://www.air-and-space.com/Rutan
.htm
http://www.nestofdragons.net/weird-airplanes/asymmetrical-airplanes/
http://www.knifeedge.com/forums/downloads
.php?do=file&id;=14084
1.
Oblique wing
An oblique wing also called a slewed wing is a variable geometry wing concept. On an aircraft, the wing is designed to rotate on center pivot, so that one tip is swept forward while the opposite tip is swept afterwards. By changing its sweep angle in this way, drag can be reduced at high speed without sacrificing low speed performance. This is a variation on the classic swing-wing design, intended to simplify construction and retain the center of gravity as the sweep angle is changed.
The proposed aircraft would be a pure flying wing where the wing is swept with one side of the aircraft forward, and one backwards in an asymmetric fashion. This aircraft configuration is believed to give it a combination of high speed, long range and endurance.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oblique_wing
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asymmetrical_aircraft
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Category:Asymmetrical_aircraft
Image Credits :
"Bundesarchiv Bild 146-1980-117-01, Aufklärungsflugzeug Blohm - Voß BV 141" by Bundesarchiv, Bild 146-1980-117-01 / Stöcker /
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File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1980-117-01,_Aufkl%C3%A4rungsflugzeug_Blohm_-_Vo%C3%9F_BV_141
.jpg#/media/File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1980-117-01,_Aufkl%C3%A4rungsflugzeug_Blohm_-_Vo%C3%9F_BV_141.jpg
"Blohm und Foss VoB 141B" by Kaboldy - Own work. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Blohm_und_Foss_VoB_141B
.svg#/media/File:Blohm_und_Foss_VoB_141B.svg
"Bundesarchiv Bild 183-2005-0725-526, Aufklärungsflugzeug Blohm - Voß BV 141" by Bundesarchiv, Bild 183-2005-0725-526 / CC-BY-SA 3.0. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 de via Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-2005-0725-526,_Aufkl%C3%A4rungsflugzeug_Blohm_-_Vo%C3%9F_BV_141.jpg#/media/File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-2005-0725-526,_Aufkl%C3%A4rungsflugzeug_Blohm_-_Vo%C3%9F_BV_141.jpg
"Rutan Model 202 Boomerang" by Ken
Mist from
Brampton,
Canada - Burt Rutan "Boomerang" at
Oshkosh 2011Uploaded by benstown. Licensed under
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"RutanBoomerangEntry" by FlugKerl2 - Own work. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:RutanBoomerangEntry.jpg#/media/File:RutanBoomerangEntry.jpg
"
AD-1 ObliqueWing 60deg 19800701" by
NASA - http://www1.dfrc.nasa.gov/
Gallery/
Photo/AD-1/
HTML/ECN-15846
.html. Licensed under
Public Domain via Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:AD-1_ObliqueWing_60deg_19800701.jpg#/media/File:AD-1_ObliqueWing_60deg_19800701.jpg
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Supernatural Haunting by
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- published: 13 Dec 2015
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