Lockspeiser LDA-01

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Welcome to this Tales From the Hut & Hangar Aviation Rarities episode, all about the Lockspeiser LDA-01 "Boxer 500" & developments.
A very promising utility aircraft designed & built by Test Pilot David Lockspeiser. Only one was built and that was destroyed in a fire, so ended its development.
The Story of the LDA-01 by David Lockspeiser. Recorded by the Royal Aeronautical Society.
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Listen to David Lockspeiser FRAeS addressed a meeting organised by the Royal Aeronautical Society’s Historical Group on 2nd February 2008.
www.aerosociety.com/news/audi...
Correction on stats: Wingspan was 26 ft.
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Recorded @ BTRADS Weston-super-Mare

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@imbok 27 күн бұрын

I've been an aviation enthusiast in the USA for years and I've never heard of the LDA-01 or it's designer. Thanks for sharing! This is a very interesting aircraft and shows the enormous optimism for aviation that existed at the time. For all of you RC scale model builders out there, I think this would be a great subject!

@talesfromthehutandhangar 27 күн бұрын

Glad you liked it-Thanks

@joesutherland225 25 күн бұрын

Do blueprints of this exist?

@higamerXD 18 күн бұрын

this seems like such a good idea that there is honnestly no way this guy wasnt sabotaged man super sad, this would have been a cool sight to see flying about

@jamesricker3997 17 күн бұрын

Unfortunately there was still a lot of DC3s around.

@higamerXD 17 күн бұрын

@jamesricker3997 to be fair he dis say his factory was burned down by arson that kinda seems to say alot

@nixxonnor 10 күн бұрын

It seems that a working model of this concept plane was indeed sabotaged by arson in 1987. But the purpose of the sabotage could have been the 10 "edgely opticas" that were destroyed in the fire as well. The idea of this type of plane is however free for anyone to explore. I guess there is a good reason or two for why this design was not pursued further.

@SimonAmazingClarke 27 күн бұрын

While not the prettiest aircraft around, it was certainly one of the most practical aircraft I've ever come across. Very well thought out.

@kiwisteve6598 19 күн бұрын

Loving the footage of the test pilot climbing in the cockpit wearing a white office shirt and tie.

@hoilst265 27 күн бұрын

I love how even in the thumbnail the pilot's looking at the camera going "Can you believe I'm flying this thing?"

@PhilipCockram 18 күн бұрын

When i started flying RC planes a few yrs ago I was mostly just interested in Warbirds , The Icons we all grew up with like the Corsair and Spitfire . But since then I've come to appreciate all aviation . This aircraft is amazing and I've never seen it before . Great job on the presentation .

@talesfromthehutandhangar 18 күн бұрын

Thank you 😊

@petesheppard1709 19 күн бұрын

Such potential. It's really sad that simple, innovative aircraft like this can't get attention or market support.

@Starbelt 15 күн бұрын

This looks like an airplane a child would design. As for 'not airplane' shaped airplanes go, this one is really cute. Reminds me of building a space ship from Lego.

@andrewmartin8739 26 күн бұрын

As usual a weird design but totally functional and should have been developed

@EricIrl 27 күн бұрын

Actually saw this aircraft in the flesh at the 1976 International Air Tattoo. I hadn't realised that Lockspeiser had worked with the Miles aircraft company. That would explain the configuration of the design, which has a resemblance to the World War 2 era Miles Libelula. Unfortunately, the LDA was never developed beyond this prototype.

@musoseven8218 27 күн бұрын

Genius! Thanks for sharing 👍😊💜 Such a shame that GB's aviation industry has been wilfully, treasonously, systematically destroyed.

@talesfromthehutandhangar 27 күн бұрын

Thanks. Yes such a shame

@clydebennish2106 24 күн бұрын

I remember seeing this as a kid... i imagined going camping in it... thanks for the vid... great planes never die as long as someone is there to remember them.

@talesfromthehutandhangar 24 күн бұрын

Thanks 👍 Nice dream!

@donreed5029 28 күн бұрын

Way ahead of its time. Would have fun to build and fly.

@gort8203 28 күн бұрын

Ahead of its time? How do you know its time will ever come? It has not met any worldwide demand or we would see these things flying.

@richardvernon317 28 күн бұрын

Design was tested in the 1940's as the Miles M36 and M39. Didn't work that well so was dropped.

@jtjames79 27 күн бұрын

@@gort8203 We are talking about the design philosophy and modularity. That was the part that was ahead of its time. If they sold these as a kit, it would be at the top of my list. First thing I would do is convert it to electric. Might as well make it out of carbon fiber as well, It's just a box the layup is super easy. And the costs have come down so far carbon fiber is the new fiberglass. Have you seen that video of the robot dog taking a walk on top of a ball? I read the paper, the secret sauce is a really simple trick. And can be abstracted to just about anything. So fully autonomous autopilot would take a couple hundred bucks to train, either renting the CPUs or tasking a 3060 or better for a few weeks to generate the synthetic data. You don't even need a copy of X-Plane anymore to make your own software defined autopilot (like software defined radio, you can change the flight characteristics on the fly). Etc. Zipline's delivery drones share a very similar design and layout. So yes, ahead of its time. This was a plan for people who wanted to tinker. They should have sold it the size it was.

@gort8203 27 күн бұрын

@@jtjames79 Lots of words there to convince yourself of . . . something. But the design philosophy has not been put into use, which it would have if worthwhile, so it was not really ahead of its time.

@gort8203 27 күн бұрын

@@jtjames79 No we are not, you are talking about it, and you are just repeating yourself. Build anything you like, just don't say a "philosophy" that went nowhere is ahead of its time.

@Peasmouldia 26 күн бұрын

I'm wondering if there were problems with ineffective yaw control. All the films showed the aircraft in straight and level flight apart from take off and landings. A properly coordinated turn might be an issue with all that slab side and those tiny rudders. This was clearly an issue, as attested by all the variations of yaw control in the video. Ta.

@SamuraiSwimmer 27 күн бұрын

It seems suspect that 2 unique aircraft were destroyed by arson in one blow. Wonder who benefited.

@anonemoose7777 15 күн бұрын

Man Boeing has REALLY been busy… for longer than we knew. You think the current guy is like the son of the son of the first fellow?

@talesfromthehutandhangar 14 күн бұрын

Huh?

@worldtraveler930 2 күн бұрын

This statements validity would have bearing depending on If and how Quickly someone offered to buy up the patents!! 🤔

@maxasaurus3008 Күн бұрын

Cui bono indeed!

@wiseoldfool 25 күн бұрын

I'm really impressed by the thought that went into this design. Maybe someone can pick up from Mr Lockspeiser's excellent work. Definitely an airborne Land Rover.

@gort8203 28 күн бұрын

The music sounds like what they played during intermission at drive-in move theatres in the 60s. And this thing could have been in one of the pre-show cartoons for the kids.

@talesfromthehutandhangar 28 күн бұрын

It was music of its time. I nearly wiped the sound and l was going to narrate over it.

@gort8203 27 күн бұрын

@@talesfromthehutandhangar Yeah, I didn't think you chose that music. But it is an indication of how dated this aircraft concept is now.

@Robutube1 26 күн бұрын

This smacks of another lost opportunity and such a sad fate too. Thanks for sharing, I found this post about an aircraft previously unknown to me truly fascinating.

@talesfromthehutandhangar 26 күн бұрын

Thanks.

@_autoverse 26 күн бұрын

There’s something endearing about vehicles designed with utility and ease of use in mind. This aircraft certainly had potential, it’s a shame it never progressed past the prototype stage.

@_Ben4810 26 күн бұрын

There seems to be a story there of it's own that needs uncovering & retelling about the arson fire in 1987.....🤔

@talesfromthehutandhangar 26 күн бұрын

Some else can do that!

@CrusaderSports250 25 күн бұрын

@@talesfromthehutandhangarcan of worms!!.

@ThreenaddiesRexMegistus 27 күн бұрын

Have to wonder about the lack of uptake with this plane? It looks like a very practical bush plane and could almost be a home builder’s dream. Maybe the radical looks were a bit off putting? Very clever stuff! 👍🏻

@bubbapate5740 24 күн бұрын

That is what is now called a canard winged aircraft. Small wings up front, big wings in back. That type of wing configuration handles very well. They were all the rage back in the 70's and 80's. You do not see them much now days except for collectors buying them and making them air worthy again.

@toddfleury7324 25 күн бұрын

What a beautiful aeroplane!

@brushfuse 25 күн бұрын

Very modular. I love the development ethos and design philosophy. Even much larger aircraft would benefit from this simple commonality.

@christopherneufelt8971 25 күн бұрын

It contains a comfortable cockpit together with microwave oven, bathroom, garderobe, swimming pool, gardener, cook, dog, medical personel, toothbrush and even under popular demand two sparrow missiles, just in case.

@talesfromthehutandhangar 25 күн бұрын

🤣

@b.griffin317 12 күн бұрын

Sparrow missiles: don't leave home without them.

@christopherneufelt8971 12 күн бұрын

@@b.griffin317 Yep. 2 Sparrows a day, make the enemy to fly away.😁

@garybrindle6715 26 күн бұрын

I recall this from my regular magazine coverage but had missed the awful loss in the Old Sarum fire which also highlighted why the optica prospect were spoiled as well. Thanks for the video.

@talesfromthehutandhangar 26 күн бұрын

I'm glad you enjoyed it.

@nickthompson9697 27 күн бұрын

Decades later, I found a similar configuration allowed for minimal component stress and trim difficulties on heavy lift spaceplanes in Kerbal.

@ngauruhoezodiac3143 26 күн бұрын

Amazing that it can even fly. It looks as aerodynamic as a brick.

@damonmeyer1219 26 күн бұрын

92 Kt cruise, ouch.

@jonassundell9366 19 күн бұрын

Amazing❤! Greatings from Jonas Gothenburg Sweden. 😊

@mikepowell2776 28 күн бұрын

I remember seeing an Optica at Sarum and recall reading about the fire which destroyed not only two exceptional aircraft but, effectively, their manufacturers as well. I can’t recall if anyone was convicted for it. Anyone know?

@mikearmstrong8483 27 күн бұрын

I was aware of this obscure plane, but never thought I would see a video about it. Thanks Rex.

@talesfromthehutandhangar 26 күн бұрын

You are welcome

@flywiseman 27 күн бұрын

Cool looking plane, Seems like someone might take up the task of improving and producing it

@davidbrown8365 14 күн бұрын

Absolutely fascinating! Thanks for posting. I'll check out your other videos!

@talesfromthehutandhangar 14 күн бұрын

Thanks. Please do, l hope you enjoy them.

@Joewho99 28 күн бұрын

Excellent video thanks for uploading

@talesfromthehutandhangar 28 күн бұрын

Thanks!

@chrissmith7669 12 күн бұрын

When I was young I thought this the ultimate in cool designs

@robinhilliard 26 күн бұрын

Thanks for finding this, I’ve always been fascinated by a picture of this aircraft in Stinton’s Design of the Aeroplane.

@lawrencesciortino9721 13 күн бұрын

A very interesting design, thank you for a great "show and tell". I have subscribed hoping to see more of this caliber.

@talesfromthehutandhangar 13 күн бұрын

Thanks! Appreciated. Please do check out the oĺder stuff as well.

@tomthompson7400 24 күн бұрын

some really well thought out ideas .

@babboon5764 27 күн бұрын

Never heard of it before, although I have a sneaking suspicion others came up with an essentially similar layout later. Brilliant concept this LDA - 01 Setting the cannard wing with a more acute angle of attack is a crafty safe stall feature which traces back to the Bristol Boxkite of 1910 onward fame.

@Acmecycle 27 күн бұрын

It was great to hear the inventor explain his aircraft. Thank you for making the video.

@talesfromthehutandhangar 26 күн бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@talesfromthehutandhangar 26 күн бұрын

David speaking here kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Z5iHiZh3zdG8fmQ.htmlsi=Fn7vkbuJTLx5DCdN

@randlerobbertson8792 22 күн бұрын

Very interesting indeed. Like others my first thought is. Tailstrike..apart from that, very novel.

@monostripezebras 27 күн бұрын

very cool episode again! thanks!

@talesfromthehutandhangar 27 күн бұрын

Thanks 👍 Appreciated!

@krissfemmpaws1029 27 күн бұрын

I first saw photos of the LDA-01 in the 1970s and it has intrigued me all these years. I think it would be interested to design a homebuilt airplane based on it.

@behrouzmovahed7525 27 күн бұрын

My favorite plane. Great design on great time👌👌👌

@AnMuiren 18 күн бұрын

Thanks. I always wondered what happened to that plane. Remember reading about it, saw it once as at a show, thought it brilliant, and would soon be seen in production, then nothing.

@goatflieg 27 күн бұрын

This is a great compilation of information on a fascinating aircraft that I was unfamiliar with until today. I agree with your assessment completely. This design had, and has, tremendous potential. Thanks for sharing!

@talesfromthehutandhangar 26 күн бұрын

I'm glad you enjoyed it. Thanks.

@NOSHER 19 күн бұрын

Very interesting idea

@PRH123 27 күн бұрын

Very well thought out as far as (light) cargo operations loading a pre-loaded "pannier" as he called it and a container above could reduce ground time up to maybe 30 minutes as opposed to bulk loading

@rickybo6862 23 күн бұрын

Great video, ty for uploading it

@talesfromthehutandhangar 23 күн бұрын

Thank you! Appreciated.

@bartlevenson7851 16 күн бұрын

this could be scaled up to any size for cargo planes, and probably passenger planes as well! The Canard design has both wings as lifting surfaces, increasing payload.

@user-jc9eo3vg1y 25 күн бұрын

Wow, how innovative! Truly sad of the destruction of prototypes. Thanks for sharing!

@talesfromthehutandhangar 25 күн бұрын

Thanks glad you liked it

@greggwilliamson 15 күн бұрын

This is a fantastic aircraft!! Hell, I wish it were sold as a kit. The "Optica" is another one that I cannot understand why it's not everywhere. Helicopter view with light airplane economy. Seems a "shoe-in" for border security & environmental monitoring.

@Flies2FLL 17 күн бұрын

That looks like a winner. Imagine that about 50 percent larger with a 650 hp PT-6 engine....

@leebooth9797 16 күн бұрын

awesome

@Allan_aka_RocKITEman 27 күн бұрын

Great video. Unique airplane.

@talesfromthehutandhangar 27 күн бұрын

Thanks! Appreciated.

@b.griffin317 12 күн бұрын

Very clever. I'd buy one if I had the money.

@yakacm 27 күн бұрын

1927 + 35 means you were born in 1962 and also your age is also 62? From your voice I would have thought you were much younger. Oh great video as well.

@talesfromthehutandhangar 27 күн бұрын

Now, that is a different type of comment. Yep with the knees of a 80 year old! Glad you enjoyed it!

@tedsmith6137 28 күн бұрын

Wingspan was 26 ft plus the fuselage width. Yes, I recognise that each panel (foreplane and mainplane) was 13 ft span, but that is not how wingspan is calculated. Do we assume that the change of name from Boxer 1000 to Boxer 500 reflects a reevaluation of its load carrying capacity? The initial description said the belly pannier had a load capacity of 1000kg, but it seems to have been discarded for the production proposal and the doors were the full height of the fuselage. Load seems to have dropped from 1000kg to a quoted figure of 272kg. That is a LONG way from the initial expectation.

@talesfromthehutandhangar 28 күн бұрын

Yes, the span was an error on my part. The specs changed a lot during development. It looked different in almost every photo. I guess, just trying things out and showing options. l did wonder how they lifted the cargo pod up into the aircraft. Dropping cargo as he proposed would have been dodgy with the prop.

@CrusaderSports250 25 күн бұрын

@@talesfromthehutandhangarwhen trying to sell a design you attempt to cover as many bases as possible, and a few that are not!, then reality whittles down the options, hopefully before things have gone too far, and you arrive at something that is close to practical, it's how the process works, best not shout too loudly at the start and get hopes up, just loud enough to get started😊.

@pctrashtalk2069 17 күн бұрын

You could take the wings off and have a real flying car with the 4 wheel landing gear. Drive you cargo to it's destination. I like it.

@RXTRUX1 15 күн бұрын

Looks like something Rutan might have built. Surprising no one picked it up.

@vqey2 28 күн бұрын

A new one to me , sounds practical shame it never sold

@adr1uno638 27 күн бұрын

Rule N°1 : Don't tailstrike

@andrewtolley3706 28 күн бұрын

Lockspeiser was indeed way ahead of his time. A brilliant design born of a lot of experience. Tragic that the prototype was destroyed in such a way. Imagine what he could achieve given present-day design processes.

@richardvernon317 28 күн бұрын

Poppycock. plenty of aircraft built to this design before Lockspeiser built this thing. Miles M39 for example. All of them failed to enter service because they had no major advantage over conventional designs.

@neiloflongbeck5705 28 күн бұрын

He'd burn through his money even faster.

@CrusaderSports250 25 күн бұрын

@@richardvernon317the ability to load unload direct from a truck with a level platform is just one of the features that has yet to be delivered in light aviation as was the ease of the float conversion. Miles M39 fell foul of a procurement process structured for wartime production and a very conservative selection thinking. Had the LDA been made in the eastern bloc then we may have seen production due to its simple utility nature, similar to the Antonov Colt biplane, another big problem is the utility market is dominated by a small number of companies making sales penetration very difficult, a common problem for all small manufacturers, regardless of what they make, let alone someone right at the start of the process. The great shame is with the destruction of the prototype the aircrafts potential was never allowed to be reached, whatever that may have been.

@peterhille5221 13 күн бұрын

I remember seeing it on Tomorrows World

@garyhooper1820 28 күн бұрын

The modular concept makes it multi purpose at lower expense .

@neiloflongbeck5705 28 күн бұрын

But needing at least one support aircraft to bring in the spare pods to remote locations.

@MrRossi1805 25 күн бұрын

Great concept! I’m wondering why no one stepped in or restarted this 😮

@wiseoldfool 25 күн бұрын

There it was, hanging in the air in exactly the way a brick doesn't. Love the "pod". Was this the inspiration for Thunderbird 2?

@talesfromthehutandhangar 25 күн бұрын

F.A.B!

@CrusaderSports250 25 күн бұрын

Thunderbird Two came first, was an avid watcher of the Saturday documentary series 😊.

@wiseoldfool 25 күн бұрын

@@CrusaderSports250 Thunderbird 2 was the GOAT for me! Secretly I liked Gordon as much as Virgil, although I think I'm more like John. Anywho, I am a volunteer firefighter, so I participate in the International Rescue mission.

@olkarls5494 27 күн бұрын

A fantastic design! It could have been developed into a 10-20 seater aircraft - with ONE 1000 hp gas turbine engine - taking a similar role to the Cessna Caravan and de Havilland Twin Otter. Also as a version that could take euro pallets (or small containers with a similar "footprint"). With even more practical solutions, and with even safer flight characteristics than the Caravan and Twin Otter (which are themselves quite practical and safe). I have long been a fan of aircraft with canard design, and for tens of years thought that they would be the design of the future. But it looks like the future is coming very slowly… Is it just old traditions - within the big aircraft manufacturers - that lead to most newly developed aircraft still having "classic" (non-canard) designs?

@talesfromthehutandhangar 27 күн бұрын

Yes it could possibly but defeats the object. lt was not the same the rest & simple to operated low cost & repairable in the field.

@ammerudgrenda 25 күн бұрын

Looks like there is lots opportunities for reducing both induced drag and interference drag. Would have been a cool project to work on.

@joesutherland225 25 күн бұрын

Very cool .bert rutan owes him a bow id say

@ottonormalverbrauch3794 24 күн бұрын

Burt Rutan seems to have noted this 'canard' setup.

@strayling1 28 күн бұрын

Love that '60s bingo hall music. Edit: I remember that fire being in the news - did they ever get to the bottom of it?

@talesfromthehutandhangar 28 күн бұрын

Better than a porno ?

@strayling1 27 күн бұрын

@@talesfromthehutandhangar "Confessions of a Plane Spotter"

@talesfromthehutandhangar 27 күн бұрын

🤣

@moaslimes3674 13 күн бұрын

I wonder if plans can be found? Would Make an interesting rc plane to build

@michaelogden5958 28 күн бұрын

Well. THAT'S a little different!

@rossnolan7283 27 күн бұрын

Clearly "inspired" by the Miles libellula (also his training with them as mentioned in the video) seemed to be underpoweted but worthy of more development . Was he related to Ben lockspeiser ( involved in the Whittle jet devt.? )

@wojectwenty 26 күн бұрын

Looks like a rutan canard design , but years ahead of rutan . It would have been a great aircraft

@cliveshakespeare9184 27 күн бұрын

What an amazing aircraft! Great video also. My problem is that I don't understand all the funny imperial units, would suggest more modern metrics for today's viewers. Thanks for the video.

@talesfromthehutandhangar 27 күн бұрын

I'm glad you liked it. Thanks. Aircraft was made in imperial, so read as that. I simply can't be arsed reading both out as errors crop up in conversion. But in future l will just put on the screen. 😅

@ptonpc 27 күн бұрын

That looks ingenious. Pity it was never brought into production.

@zoltankaparthy9095 25 күн бұрын

Homlier than homemade soap, but this thing was brilliant.

@Bruvva_Wu 14 күн бұрын

Wonder how good it's landing skills at STOL. Gravel runways would be a concern with that rearward prop spinning in the rocks chucked up by the nose wheel(s)

@talesfromthehutandhangar 14 күн бұрын

Prop spin no difference just the other way. Maybe a gravel type kit. Spats on the wheels etc.

@myperspective5091 26 күн бұрын

Its not the worst aircraft. It seems like it flies a little nose up. The nose didn’t seem to bob up and down like a lot of other canard aircraft do. It definitely has some aviator Burt Rutan vibes to it.

@repeatdefender6032 19 күн бұрын

What an interesting little guy that plane is. I'm curious, if the wing design was so efficient and safe, why aren't more planes designed that way? It's so odd to see it appear to fly backwards.

@stevenborham1584 27 күн бұрын

The only reference for a canard type that had any success was the Rutan long EZ. They were criticized for long and shallow TO performance, and their spindly nose gear wheel. Though the Rutan design was meant to be a little speed ship, I would imagine a heavy lifting canard design would have suffered similar issues. Not likely to be STOL capable with such a feature being an important advantage in all of the LDA-01's competitors. BTW loved the video, very thoroughly depicted, and a design yet again unbeknownst to many viewers.

@planesounds 27 күн бұрын

Steven, I guess it depends on the definition of success. The Beechcraft 2000 Starship was a measured success even though it didn't meet the performance promised. Loved by a limited few by apart from a couple, bought back by textron to avoid having to support them until the last one retired. Coming as a hybrid when is a canard not a canard is the Piaggio Avanti which seems to still be active. The Cozy looks like a clone of the Long Ez and VariEz but is more practical.

@talesfromthehutandhangar 27 күн бұрын

Glad you liked it

@stevenborham1584 27 күн бұрын

@@planesounds Yes. I saw a Starship demonstrator at Avalon airshow 1995. Forgot about the Piaggio Avanti. They have always built sweet looking aircraft. The Curtiss XP-55 was also a successful canard design by your more open definition, but Curtiss couldn't cure some unique and violent stall/spin characteristics that ultimately killed a well known aviator of the time.

@planesounds 27 күн бұрын

@@stevenborham1584 Whether I am recalling it accurately or not, Burt Rutan told that once the canard was "sorted out" it was a very benign handling plane. There were some challenging vices along the way that made that "sorting out" difficult. For example morning dew on the foreplane destroyed the lift on at least one occasion where the plane stayed firmly on the ground. I'm not sure if the cure was a change in airfoil, angle of incidence or wiping down with a cloth. There are a number of advanced combat aircraft now with canard winglets, but these, I believe are essentially for extreme maneuvers and not primary or even secondary lift. There is a Beech Starship at the Queensland Air Museum at Caloundra. Col Pay bought it for the engines and donated the rest of the aircraft to a local technical school and then to QAM. The Permit to Fly in Australia was limited to one ferry flight apparently. Check the Eagle Aircraft Eagle XT from Western Australia that was produced both in Australia and Malaysia.

@randyjennings3075 19 күн бұрын

Oh my god, a plane only it's mother could love. Reminds me of the saying, if a plane looks right. Well?????

@jasonz7788 27 күн бұрын

Cool bird

@Magnum.318 18 күн бұрын

This scheme was used not only by the Wright brothers))) The Soviet MiG-8 "Duck" began to be developed in February 1945, on August 13, 1945, it made its first flight.

@willcall9431 22 күн бұрын

Canard aircraft have been around for a long time. 😁

@jamesmorton7881 26 күн бұрын

The same as the Rutan Very EZ that was big news in the experimental aircraft movement.❤❤ Which one came first ?

@talesfromthehutandhangar 26 күн бұрын

This design was started about 1967

@TheodoreScopeline 12 күн бұрын

Yeah, great aircraft👍🏻 Totally identifiable British style windscreen 😂 Would've worked great in Rhodesia and South Africa back then👍🏻. That design was used by an American ultralight builder in the 70's and 80's. Very safe. It's the design I would like to fly!

@SM-wt8gd 16 күн бұрын

Thanks for the video! Just a small note: sometimes the sound of the aircraft was too loud, making it difficult to hear you

@talesfromthehutandhangar 14 күн бұрын

That was not me but the designer from an original film. Nothing l could do about that.

@KB10GL 27 күн бұрын

As ugly as a hat full of As*holes but incredibly practical in almost every respect. The canard wing design gives the pilot a view enjoyed mainly by helicopter pilots, & the basic box fuselage looks like it could be made or repaired by a country blacksmith. A very handy asset in far flung third world countries. I like the very basic, almost rudimentary design & construction a great deal. Its true beauty is not in its form, but its function, so in that regard it is truly beautiful indeed. Too bad that it never went into production.

@talesfromthehutandhangar 27 күн бұрын

Agreed & shame it never went on.

@robertkirby3158 24 күн бұрын

It should be remembered that the eventual limited number of Concordes meant that they could not be economically sold to the two airlines with an expectation of flying at a profit. A project that big gets tax payer attention. This is much smaller and so is the economic scale which makes it just as vulnerable to money however good it may or may not have turned out as a useful aircraft. It is a pity commercial experience did not get to decide its fate.