Moynet M-360 Jupiter
Posted by RLoret@reddit | WeirdWings | View on Reddit | 23 comments
Posted by RLoret@reddit | WeirdWings | View on Reddit | 23 comments
Melech333@reddit
I feel like Cessna's 337 is popular for being a push - pull twin engine. Why wasn't this Moynet more well known?
I know Cessna always had some issues with their design - especially with the rear engine's cooling - but the concept makes great sense to me, especially back then when engines were less powerful than today. You get the power and reliability of a twin, while keeping both engines on the centerline for thrust.
I like the looks of that M-360 though.
Maxrdt@reddit
Cessna Skymaster production: 2,993
Moynet M-360 production: 2
SuccessionWarFan@reddit
Well, that’s depressing.
Intrepid-Sorbet-4291@reddit
Not well known because it's a prototype https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moynet_Jupiter
Poker-Junk@reddit
Man, that’s a new one on me. Interesting!
Unusual-Pumpkin-7470@reddit
Of course it’s French
LeicaM6guy@reddit
“The French copy no one, and nobody copies the French.”
But honestly, it’s kind of beautiful. Weird, but beautiful.
seeAdog@reddit
Ground version of the aircraft is the Matra MS 640 racing car? I believe Moynet worked for Matra racing.
raven00x@reddit
French designs in a nutshell
Inevitable_Yak_3975@reddit
My favorite design trope OAT lmao
Fr0gFish@reddit
A: Nice design! How should we power it? Our engines are kind of weak and unreliable.
B: We can give it two engines.
A: Smart. Safety first. So it can fly with just one engine?
B: Definitely not.
Brialmont@reddit
Well, I suppose former Dornier employees who had worked on the Do-336 were happy to see this. I can kind of see the point of it, but I'm also not surprised it did not go into production. And you have to remember to be careful about walking around the back end of it, although maybe helicopters have made that habit common.
HughJorgens@reddit
Did someone say.... SASSY?
HughJorgens@reddit
A Cessna, A P-51 and a rear-engined van got drunk, and later....
OurManInDeptford@reddit
Am I wrong to love this?
HughJorgens@reddit
Go... with your heart.
HughJorgens@reddit
Did somebody say.... SASSY?
Rc72@reddit
Its designer was quite a colourful character, a WW2 fighter ace who flew with the Free French "Normandie-Niemen" squadron in the Eastern Front, became a test pilot and politician after the war and also ran a car racing team.
Audience-Electrical@reddit
Just read its whole wiki page and no mention of how well it flies -- only how it was made and how well it sold (or didn't)
WHAT IF IT WAS AWESOME?!
ReconArek@reddit
Its red painted Do-336
Aleksandar_Pa@reddit
That's just a Do 335 fith a civilian livery.
georgia777manifest@reddit
wait what’s wrong… oh… oh?
Diogenes256@reddit
I tried, but I don't see anything I don't like here.