1956 Republic fighter by Alexander Kartveli

[overscan (PaulMM)]

Nice looking, not sure of designation or purpose. Possibly STOL?

http://www.google.com/patents/about?id=82FzAAAAEBAJ

 

[Stargazer]

Nice! But the tail unit seems ridiculously small to me... any experts on aeronautics around here who could tell us more on this?

 

[sferrin]

Most of the mass is up front and it has a long tail boom. The tail doesn't need to be huge.

 

[AeroFranz]

Nice looking, not sure of designation or purpose. Possibly STOL?

http://www.google.com/patents/about?id=82FzAAAAEBAJ

The exhaust right on the CG is a good indication of that. It looks like the intakes are split into two separate parts. I wonder why...

 

[Jemiba]

The profile of the fuselage looks similar to the Bertin 8 D.V.1 design
and at the extreme tail, puffer jets seem to be visible. Would they
be needed for STOL, or maybe its a VTOL/VSTOL design ?

 

[AeroFranz]

Call me crazy, but I think I see two nozzles stacked vertically per side on the patent side view. You can also see that the intake is split into two sections. At first i thought it was just a structural support, but now i think they might be there to separate the flow going to two different engines. I cannot provide an explanation... ???

 

[Stargazer]

Could it be something like the top nozzles remaining straight for horizontal flight, and the bottom nozzles rotating downwards for STOL capability?

 

[blackkite]

I love his work very much!