mutley 4,488 Posted June 23, 2011 Report Share Posted June 23, 2011 I have been flying the Wagner Twin Cub nicknamed "The Beast" today. In 1952, Mr. Harold Wagner, of the Wagner Aircraft Co., at Troh's Skyport, Portland, Oregon, wanted to develop a simple aircraft that would give the performance of a twin-engined aircraft at low cost. Among his experiments was the Wagner Twin Cub, which effectively was two PA-11 Cub Special's joined together. The resulting aircraft was so unconventional that Mr. Wagner called it "The Thing". It flew well, However, for a couple of years, despite the unsynchronized engines and overlapping prop arcs, although wing loading allowed only one of the two fuselages to carry any people or payload. Not finding any commercial success, the aircraft was eventually reverted back to two separate Pa-11s. Link to post Share on other sites
pacinka 0 Posted June 23, 2011 Report Share Posted June 23, 2011 I have to admit, I have not seen something like that before! Link to post Share on other sites
ddavid 149 Posted June 23, 2011 Report Share Posted June 23, 2011 How's about the North American F-82 Twin Mustang: More info here Still holds several world records after 60 years! Cheers - Dai. Link to post Share on other sites
mutley 4,488 Posted June 23, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 23, 2011 Nice link Dai, they had some strange ideas in those days! Link to post Share on other sites
allardjd 1,853 Posted June 24, 2011 Report Share Posted June 24, 2011 Here's another - the Heinkel HE-111z, two HE-111s stuck togehter at the wing tips with a fifth engine between. It's intended purpose was a glider tug, replacing the use of 3 separate Me-110s, which was a disaster waiting to happen. http://warbirdsresourcegroup.org/LRG/images/he111z-3.jpg Link to post Share on other sites
hurricanemk1c 195 Posted June 24, 2011 Report Share Posted June 24, 2011 What about the Me-109Z? Although, it does look like a Luft '46 design (it's in IL2 - 1946) http://www.luft46.com/mess/me109z.html Link to post Share on other sites
allardjd 1,853 Posted June 24, 2011 Report Share Posted June 24, 2011 Interesting, Kieran. I didn't know about that one. From the linked article it does not appear to have gotten beyond a single prototype - no production models were made. The Germans knew there way around an airplane and I have no doubt this would have been a viable aircraft, but not sure how practical it would have been as a heavy fighter. They already had the Me-110 and putting larger engines on that might have accomplished the same thing. Can anyone think of any other cases of two identical AC being melded into one? Looks like we have four, two of which (the Cub and the Me-109z) being singletons. I'd bet that there are others lurking out there in aviation history. John Link to post Share on other sites
allardjd 1,853 Posted June 24, 2011 Report Share Posted June 24, 2011 I found another - Blackburn TB (1915), an anti-zeppelin fighter that was a hybrid from two Blackburn BE.2c types. There's not much that hasn't been tried. http://www.aviastar.org/air/england/blackburn_tb.php John Link to post Share on other sites
hurricanemk1c 195 Posted June 24, 2011 Report Share Posted June 24, 2011 I seem to remember a flying boat twin, but may be completely and utterly wrong Link to post Share on other sites
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