Caproni Ca.60 Transaereo - the "Noviplano'.
Posted by Flucloxacillin25pc@reddit | WeirdWings | View on Reddit | 56 comments
Posted by Flucloxacillin25pc@reddit | WeirdWings | View on Reddit | 56 comments
Classic-Annual5815@reddit
Do yall think with modern tech and modern materials we could remake it and it would work?
Viharabiliben@reddit
I have to ask. Why so many wings?
Foreign_Athlete_7693@reddit
In those days, a common line of thinking among aircraft designers was that more wings were better: hence this plane, and ones like the infamous 'Venetian blind' one and the '200 airfoils' one
spiritplumber@reddit
They were left over from making bombers in WW1. The plane was deisgned around them
Viharabiliben@reddit
Hey Tony, we gotta alla these extra wings, whata we do?
TigerIll6480@reddit
Why not?
Farfignugen42@reddit
This might have been the actual answer, too.
DrStalker@reddit
Because a single wing that was nine times longer didn't work out.
Kastenbrot@reddit
More wings = more lift.
TigerIll6480@reddit
More wings = more awesome
snakesign@reddit
She's built like a steakhouse, but she handles like a bistro.
1600cc@reddit
I'm going to fly her brains out.
GnarlyNarwhalNoms@reddit
Beat me to it š
One-Internal4240@reddit
1921 . . . woof. That's at least a decade too soon for a transatlantic airliner of that scale. Or of any scale, I guess.
The funny thing is that the wing count and engine count emerged from safety concerns. Irony so thick you could drown in it.
Flucloxacillin25pc@reddit (OP)
I wouldn't normally post it but it fits in my thread of interwar triplane monsters.
Sh00ter80@reddit
The hot air balloon of planes.
Flucloxacillin25pc@reddit (OP)
AN even better site for endless numbers of solar panels. Too early, alas.
spiritplumber@reddit
I'm from Verbania and a lot of bars in Stresa have pictures of this on the wall. Also Ferrarin's hydroplane.
Flucloxacillin25pc@reddit (OP)
Instead of letting it burn, Caproni should have salvaged it and turned it into a floating bar. These days, those wings could hold a large number of solar panels.
Dramatic_Mulberry274@reddit
Lots of work..
Abandondero@reddit
It wouldn't take off. On the other hand, it probably contained a very nice cafe.
Shaun_Jones@reddit
It did take off. Twice.
Abandondero@reddit
Oh. I've read up it on it now. It took off twice and landed once.
EmergencySushi@reddit
I can still see a bit with no wings on it. They need to try harder. /s
Flucloxacillin25pc@reddit (OP)
It seems to be a houseboat with nine wings. It did fly but 'how?' is a harder question to answer
thegentlenub@reddit
IT FLIES?
GnarlyNarwhalNoms@reddit
Apparently, it flew twice (and landed safely once).
EmergencySushi@reddit
I canāt wait to hear about the other timeā¦
Abandondero@reddit
There's someone flying a simulation of one in Flyout here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9cN1b5ssig
It flies quite well, providing that you start the simulation with the plane already in the air.
Otaraka@reddit
I think the ground got scared of it.
5043090@reddit
Neptune evicted it from the sea.
Cisorhands_@reddit
All these wings and no canard. That's infortunate.
7stroke@reddit
Perhaps there is a duck nearby on the lakeā¦
SnooHedgehogs8765@reddit
Airborne gin palace
erhue@reddit
ah, so close to actually working. Just one more wing and they would've made it.
flyingbarrel172@reddit
They forgot the wings.
Abandondero@reddit
There's someone flying a simulation of one in Flyout here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9cN1b5ssig
It flies quite well, providing that you start the simulation with the plane already in the air.
No_Development7388@reddit
It needs MOAR wing, bejesus!
Lord_Hardbody@reddit
As a kid I had an awesome book called āThe Worldās Worst Airplanesā and this guy was featured prominently. Come to think of it, plenty of planes featured on this sub first came to my attention in that bookā¦
TigerIll6480@reddit
I think I have that book.
DouchecraftCarrier@reddit
I still have mine! Is it the one that has the B-2 at the end and is basically like, "This plane was expensive as fuck and its so new we don't know if its any good yet so we put it in the book to be safe?"
I_am_BrokenCog@reddit
In Theory one doesn't need Aeronautical Engineering practice.
In Practice one does.
9999AWC@reddit
Fantastic video by Mustard on the Ca.60
pariah1984@reddit
Well, I think this one takes the cake for the weirdest plane Iāve ever seen on this sub that was actually built.
They actually builtā¦THAT.
NassauTropicBird@reddit
Interesting that one motor has a 4-bladed prop and the others have 2-bladed props.
Dapper_Algae505@reddit
The size and number of blades are usually decided by engine horsepower output. Sometimes ground clearance can be a factor, too.
NassauTropicBird@reddit
LOL I had to read this a couple times and look at some other pics to understand it because this wasn't aligning with what i see in OP's pics.
The aircraft was powered by eightĀ Liberty L-12Ā V12 enginesĀ built in the United States. Capable of producing 400Ā hpĀ (294Ā kW) each, they were the most powerful engines produced during the First World War.^([14])
They were arranged in two groups of four engines each: One group at the foremost wing set, and one at the aftmost wing set. Each group featured a central nacelle, containing two engines in aĀ push-pull configuration, all with four-bladeĀ propellers. To either side were single-engine nacelles, with two-blade propellers. In the forward engine group, these wereĀ pulling, while in the aft engine group, they wereĀ pushing.
NassauTropicBird@reddit
It's definitely ground clearance with this one.
Phalanx000@reddit
that one motor can have 2 extra blades, as a treat.
MadjLuftwaffe@reddit
Knew of its existence in the excellent studio Ghibli movie "the Wind Rises"
LittleHornetPhil@reddit
Yes! There is a scene with it.
LittleHornetPhil@reddit
I love the Capronissimo.
eagledog@reddit
The days when people were just throwing any idea at the wall to see what might work
ScissorNightRam@reddit
In the second photo, crop out the bottom half. Now crop out the right half.Ā And now you have something that kinda looks like a regular vintage biplaneĀ
SlickDillywick@reddit
Was this intentional? Or did 3 tri planes crash on a boat?
Flucloxacillin25pc@reddit (OP)
I wish the latter was true...