Tandem Wing for Known Aircraft

[hesham]

Hi,

from Ailes 7/1955,here is a strange idea for make some know aircraft to be have a tandem wing ?.

https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k3200909w/f10.item

 

[cluttonfred]

I don't believe that these are real projects, just a thought experiment on the pros and cons of tandem wings using real aircraft as examples, like saying "What if we made a tandem out of a Boeing 757?"

 

[hesham]

Of course my dear Cluttonfred,so I put it in this section.

 

[Mark Nankivil]

Good Day All -

Vought looked at a Tandem Wing design - here is a photo of it in the Vought/LTV Low Speed Wind Tunnel.

Enjoy the Day! Mark

 

[hesham]

Amazing my dear Mark.

 

[hesham]

From Ailes 12/1955,

here is a tandem wing idea for Breguet-901 glider.

Les Ailes : journal hebdomadaire de la locomotion aérienne / directeur, rédacteur en chef, Georges Houard | 1955-12-10 | Gallica

 

[Mark Nankivil]

From Ailes 12/1955,

here is a tandem wing idea for Breguet-901 glider.

Les Ailes : journal hebdomadaire de la locomotion aérienne / directeur, rédacteur en chef, Georges Houard | 1955-12-10 | Gallica

Shades of Rutan's Soltaire sailplane though the layout is not particularly well suited to the maneuvering needed to circle in thermals and such.

Enjoy the Day! Mark