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The Blohm & Voss BV P.111

41.5k MrVaultech  7.6 years ago

Now this is a strange concpet for a plane. A asymmetrical seaplane. Pretty crazy huh?
I'd just love to see one of these around here.
Now a pic and Luft'46 info

The Blohm & Voss P.211 was a back up design to the BV 138 sea plane, which was later built in fairly large numbers. Dr. Richard Vogt, who designed many asymmetric aircraft for Germany (including the BV 141, BV 237, BV P.194, BV P.204), also designed the P.111. Whereas the fuselage was basically similar to the later-built BV 138, a long boom with a conventional tail unit was placed on the port side of the wing. Three Jumo 208 engines, each developing 1500 horsepower, were all mounted on the wing leading edge. A pontoon was located just outboard of the port engine, beneath the wing. Since the BV 138 was awarded a contract by the RLM, the P.111's development was not continued.

(And a heads up on those peeps who are like "build it yourself, you'll get better!" I've tried asymmetrical planes before. They were terrible

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    41.5k MrVaultech

    Quite a beautiful design. Wish it only existed
    @ZephyrSystems

    7.6 years ago
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    41.5k MrVaultech

    Asymmetrical stuff is surprisingly difficult, and I work on actual flying wings.
    @FlyingThings

    7.6 years ago
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    47.8k FlyingThings

    Sorry, but i've tried this once and failed extremely hard. But i upvote the post for more attention.

    7.6 years ago