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Самолеты, которые умеют летать, несмотря на свой необычный вид. ФотоThe wonders of the engineers.

Many ordinary people flew on a passenger liner Tu-154, Boeing 747, seen pictures of the MiG. But imagine the most unusual of the existing aircraft can not everyone.

1. Stipa-Caproni

Самолеты, которые умеют летать, несмотря на свой необычный вид. Фото

Between the First and Second world wars, the engineers came up with more than a dozen original structures, which only remotely looked like planes. One of such developments, the Italian Stipa-Caproni. The car looks like it was painted for a cartoon, in fact its design makes use of many advanced technologies.

Самолеты, которые умеют летать, несмотря на свой необычный вид. Фото

The fuselage is a tube with a motor inside. The hull shape doesn’t look complex, but it is the result of intensive calculations Luigi Stipa. Surprisingly, the plane was well flown, the pilots noted the high stability and excellent handling.

The concept of Stipa was revolutionary, but its application has prevented a number of disadvantages. The car had very little space for passengers, cargo, weapons. Besides, the maximum speed that the testing showed the prototype – only 131 km/h.

2. M-15 Belphegor

Самолеты, которые умеют летать, несмотря на свой необычный вид. Фото

During the Second world war finally happened, the aging biplane layout combat aircraft, and right after it is gone and piston aircraft engines. But for peaceful purposes such machines were used for a long time. Several decades in the USSR for processing of fields used aircraft an-2, also known as “maize”. To replace it in Poland have developed a new aircraft WSK-Mielec M-15 Belphegor, the world’s only jet biplane.

The machine was slow and power hungry. But for the unusual appearance and noise of the work she was given a name-a nickname in honor of the demon BELPHEGOR.

3. UTAIS Ornithopter No. 1

Even the Wright brothers, the designers of the first aircraft in the world, I realized that the person is too difficult to repeat the flight of birds. But the idea of aircraft, flapping wings, was an obsessive fantasy of many engineers. From time to time appear bold development, one of which, UTAIS Ornithopter No.1 has been embodied, and even flew.

The ornithopter was designed at the University of Toronto and was first tested in 2006. The machine was incredibly easy, and to run the air used reactive accelerator.

During the first test Ornithopter No.1 flew for 14 seconds, covered a distance of about 300 meters, and then collapsed to the ground.

4. Rutan Boomerang

Самолеты, которые умеют летать, несмотря на свой необычный вид. Фото

American aircraft designer Burt Rutan is known for his innovative strange flying objects. The concept of plane Boomerang is simple: the maximum safety of the pilot.

Rutan had based twin-engine aircraft and began to change the design. He moved the cabin on one side, and shortened the wing. The result is a rather unusual design. From Bert Rutan someone even asked if he was under kafom, when designed Boomerang.

Asymmetric Boomerang design allows the machine is stable to fly even on one engine, in the case of a failure of any of the two.

5. Rotary Rocket Roton

Самолеты, которые умеют летать, несмотря на свой необычный вид. Фото

It’s not gravitsapa from the Soviet film “kin-DZA-DZA”, but a real helicopter. Specialists of the company Rotary Rocket Company invented a way to make spaceflight cheaper. It was proposed to replace the first stage of the rocket on a helicopter propulsion in its upper part.

Самолеты, которые умеют летать, несмотря на свой необычный вид. Фото

Roton looks like a six-story building, suspended under the spinning blades. 19-metre-tall machine is made three flights for 2 to 4 minutes, during which time marked by terrible handling. Perhaps after these tests and see news about another UFO.

6. Reid Flying Submarine RFS-1

Самолеты, которые умеют летать, несмотря на свой необычный вид. Фото

The idea of aircraft that can swim under water, appeared before the Second world war. But only in 1960-ies the American Donald Reid have created a working prototype, which wouldn’t James bond.

Model RFS-1 was not high-tech in its design used simple materials and mechanisms. And even more surprising that the car flew 25 meters, landed on the water and even dive into 3.5 meters.

Самолеты, которые умеют летать, несмотря на свой необычный вид. Фото

Before diving, the pilot relieves the propeller and motor seals the rubber. As the workplace is open, you need to wear scuba gear. Unfortunately and surprisingly, had no further use.

7. Ekranoplan “LUN”

Самолеты, которые умеют летать, несмотря на свой необычный вид. Фото

When the intelligence services of the United States of America received photos of this machine, called it the “Caspian sea monster”. The Soviet ekranoplan “LUN” – a hybrid of ship, aircraft and rocket launchers, which flies a few metres above the water at supersonic speed.

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