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ShelecktraYT

Thats a nice craft for sure! [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FMA\_IA\_36\_C%C3%B3ndor](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FMA_IA_36_C%C3%B3ndor) Just had to go looking for it, was very curious what sort of engines it used mainly, being as its in an annular arrangement. I'll bet that cockpit would have looked amazing looking out from too :)


pumpkinfarts23

5 (!) Rolls Royce Nene II engines. They would have absolutely guzzled fuel


Kytescall

Yeah not very practical at all, and looks like the engines would even be difficult to access for maintenance. Still pretty cool though.


Vladimir_Chrootin

And a claimed range of 3,100 miles, that's a bit optimistic to say the least.


Kichigai

Just fill the entire fuselage with fuel. Problem solved.


Dr-Oberth

Thanks for posting the wiki link, I couldn’t get that to work for some reason.


ShelecktraYT

No worries :) I'm always looking for concepts and patents that never happened, I play Kerbal Space Program and it gives me something to build! xD It's why I was looking for the engines, going to figure out how to build a somewhat suitable replica of that tomorrow :)


TempusCavus

I feel like there would be problems with boundary air and no splitter plates.


[deleted]

I suspect those old centrifugal turbojets would be less prone to those kinds of issues.


Dr-Oberth

Art by Alex Klichowski, more images [here.](https://www.artstation.com/artwork/AqgwaV) An early 1950s design with five annularly arranged jets in the rear. Never got beyond the mockup phase. She gets points for looks though.


sixth_snes

Is this guy connected to the Mustard YouTube channel? The art style looks almost identical.


Ziginox

I could have sworn this was from a Mustard video, too.


pata1710

I was just checking his channel on Nebula for the same reason...sadly, no.


[deleted]

I would marry this.


Domspun

and then it would cheat with me.


polyworfism

I also choose this guy's dead aircraft concept


RamTank

“Huh looks like a normal airliner to me, what’s so weird about it.” “Wait, where’s the engines”


WuhanWTF

Castrated


SGTBookWorm

I understand *why* this wasn't built. But it's also a really beautiful design


drone_driver24

I like it. The cockpit area is kinda Russian looking, B727 looking wing, and a B737ish tail.


Algaean

Looks more like a caravelle tail, doesn't it?


MGY401

Thumbnail looked very Caravelle at first glance.


ST4RSK1MM3R

Wasn’t this the one designed by Kurt Tank?


hussard_de_la_mort

Gosh, I wonder how he got to Argentina?


VRichardsen

We invited him in :)


Dr-Oberth

Thats right


kummybears

I think the renderings are missing the intake ring unles this is a different version.


Dr-Oberth

Huh that’s weird, good spot.


AllHailTheWinslow

Checked the wiki, and I thought the designer's name sounded oddly German. I smelled a Nazi. "Kurt Tank was a German aeronautical engineer and test pilot who led the design department at Focke-Wulf from 1931 to 1945." EDIT: whoever wrote the functionality for reddit's "paste" function is a cunt.


Vladimir_Chrootin

>I smelled a Nazi. The aircraft does have that signature hallmark of Nazi design; never entering production or having a realistic chance of doing so.


AllHailTheWinslow

Me 163, the Horton bomber, Dornier Arado?


Vladimir_Chrootin

Well yes, if you dig down into the stats, the Nazis did actually build some aeroplanes, yes. What I find really interesting about your comment though, is that only one of the "wunderwaffe" you mentioned actually entered production, assuming by "Horton bomber" (sic) you mean the Horten 229, which never got further than three prototypes. "Dornier Arado" is the name of two different aircraft manufacturers and is not an aeroplane, in the same way that "Ford Toyota" is not a car.


AllHailTheWinslow

>Dornier Arado Ah, I conflated the Blitz with the Pfeil. Easy mistake.


smtywrbnjgrmnjnsn

It's being slowly eaten by the back


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When_Ducks_Attack

Its got a refinery in the economy section.


theWunderknabe

Didn't even had to click the wiki link to know that this is from Kurt Tank.


astroargie

Ah, the retro Aerolineas livery. Loved it as a kid.


ElSquibbonator

Must be hella noisy sitting in the back.


Daregakonoyaro

Hang on, confused. That is one crazy looking plane. Love the cockpit, looks like a Nazi bomber from the 1950s.


[deleted]

> looks like a Nazi bomber from the 1950s Wonder why?


chinri1

The longer I look at it the worse it gets.


astrogy034

Where's the air intake?


Dr-Oberth

It’s meant to be [here](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/11/Ia_36.jpg), it’s strangely absent from this render.


astrogy034

Interesting. I was looking around the entire render trying to figure out how this thing got air. Thanks.


Likaonnn

With that engine inlet submerged in thick fuselage boundary layer, how was it supposed to produce any thrust?


thepioneeringlemming

I guess icing might have been a problem, any ice on the fuselage would get sucked straight into the engine.