Are there any more aircraft which had 4 tail mounted engines?
Posted by TheUshankaBoi@reddit | aviation | View on Reddit | 44 comments
I only know of 3, the Lockheed Jetstar (pictured above), the Vickers VC-10, and the Ilyushin Il-62.
SidewaysGoose57@reddit
Iluyushin IL-62
PrismDoug@reddit
Didn’t the Gulfstream 4 have 4 tail mounted engines?
Bon-Bon-Boo@reddit
No
PrismDoug@reddit
Hrm, you’re right, and now I’m wondering what my dad’s friend/client had… I swear the pic I saw was quad tail, and could do NY(or somewhere close to Greenwich, CT, where he lived) to London,UK (where he owned a retail establishment).
wayofaway@reddit
If it was a bizjet with 4 tail mounted engines it was probably a Jetstar. That's pretty much the only one.
PrismDoug@reddit
Thanks!
I know he upgraded to either a BBJ or an Airbus at some point, so twin jet there (he’s the sole surviving brother of a rich family, and I believe the only one with a living heir).
cheetuzz@reddit
they could have added 2 more engines on the vertical stabilizer to make it 6!
SidewaysGoose57@reddit
Vickers VC10
Bortron86@reddit
Hawker Siddeley Trident 3B. It had a tiny extra engine mounted above the original central engine.
FMC_Speed@reddit
Ah the “take Off engine”
What a design disaster, British airways really shafted those designers
Late-Application-47@reddit
Was stacking jet engines atop each other a requirement for a certain era of British aerospace designs?
notrylan@reddit
Haha that's an RC aircraft
Late-Application-47@reddit
Yeah, I knew it wasn't authentic when I posted it, but it was the first rear-aspect image of the Lightening on Google Images, and I'm lazy.
Haldron-44@reddit
🤣Holy Shit! It really was a "well... fuck strap another smaller engine somewhere I guess 🤷♂️" design decision. I guess sometimes duct tape and more thrust is just the best you can do?
Direct_Big_5436@reddit
Like the guy with the long powerboat when asked why do you have 5 outboards on the back of that boat? To which he answered, we couldn’t fit 6 on it.
Tangential_Diversion@reddit
TIL the way I design aircraft in KSP isn't far off from some real life practices.
broberds@reddit
IIRC they could jettison the extra engine with separtrons after takeoff.
lurker-9000@reddit
Only if they got the staging right,,,
broberds@reddit
Better check yo stagin', 'fore you wreck yo stagin'.
KHWD_av8r@reddit
Needs moar boosters… and snacks.
PrismDoug@reddit
Some of the rockets I did in KSP really defy logic in them working. Granted, I used mods, but not the “disable ship shaking apart” stuff. (Like 4 main rockets, with trusses between them, but still a central nose cone, and each of the main rockets had 4 SRBs. I was seeing how large of a space station I could launch at once, yes, MechJeb was required, otherwise, good luck).
Boforizzle@reddit
My exact thoughts 😂😂
Ancient_Narwhal_9524@reddit
That engine is pretty interesting, it doesn’t really have an oil system and had a composite compressor case and blades.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolls-Royce_RB.162
Dexford211@reddit
Lunar_BriseSoleil@reddit
Not mounted to each other like OP’s photo though.
-burnr-@reddit
Vickers VC-10
Tyraid@reddit
The prettiest airliner full stop
Tyraid@reddit
The prettiest airliner full stop
Mad_kat4@reddit
always loved this view of the VC-10 takeoff
no_sight@reddit
This looks like something I would make in Kerbal Space Program while reveling in the absurdity of it.
ForsakenRacism@reddit
Russia
smietnik9@reddit
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilyushin_Il-62
IL-62. But it was the reson for a crash. Or actually two of them.
VoiceActorForHire@reddit
Family member died in one of those. I love Russian planes, but will forever despise the IL-62M
Capnmarvel76@reddit
If one of the engine's ever failed catastrophically (and they did), the debris would likely destroy at least one of the three other engines, and seriously damage or destroy the rudder and vertical stabilizer to boot. Cool design idea, not great in practice.
Nozomi_Shinkansen@reddit
In 1987 a Polish LOT IL62 had a catastrophic engine failure that led to the loss of the aircraft and all on board.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LOT_Polish_Airlines_Flight_5055
Thakkmatic@reddit
My pic from 2016 at the NMUSAF.
Drone314@reddit
I'll never forgive Jimmy for cutting off the best parts of Elvis's jet and leaving them on the tarmac.
MinerCreater_CZ@reddit
Funny that you know that one, people don't ussually know it exists.
kgb4187@reddit
I remember seeing some at a Florida airport in the late 80s
Live_Ad8778@reddit
From Hill AFB Museum?
egvp@reddit
NMUSAF, Wright-Patterson
Live_Ad8778@reddit
Was wonder cause they had one as well, and didn't even know it was a presidential aircraft until they took the paint off.
Should have doubled checked the pic cause I was forgot there wasn't another president next to it
A_Dirty_Hooker@reddit
The Russians had the Il-62 Classic
urEnzeder@reddit
Vickers VC-10: