Subdeacon Joe Posted May 6, 2019 Share Posted May 6, 2019 Quote The Couzinet 10 was flown for the first time on 7 May 1928 by Maurice Drouhin. Further flights demonstrated well-coordinated controls and the ability to maintain altitude with the outer engine speeds reduced to 500 rpm and the central one at 1,500 rpm, compared with a maximum 1,900 rpm. The ability to fly safely on one central engine provided, Couzinet thought, safety if an outer engine failed. By July 1928 it had been converted into the Couzinet 11 with a central 450 kW (600 hp) Hispano 12Lb V12 engine. The Couzinet 11 is sometimes called the Couzinet 27, using the design study number as the type number, but the Couzinet 20 series were much smaller aircraft. The new engine installation raised the empty weight by 700 kg (1,500 lb) and slightly increased speed, ceiling and useful load. The Type 11 crashed at Orly on 8 August 1928 following intense aileron flutter at speed, killing both Drouhin and engineer André Lanet. A second airframe, intended to have three Hispano 12Lb engines, was barely started when it was destroyed with the first Couzinet 20 in the hangar fire at the workshops of the Société d'Aviation Letord at Meudon, France, on 17 February 1930. Another by the same designer: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062 Posted May 6, 2019 Share Posted May 6, 2019 I'm not so sure that it's good looking enough to be called "ugly" ………. ………… but I can't come up with a "worse" word for it …………. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyrel Cody Posted May 6, 2019 Share Posted May 6, 2019 2 minutes ago, Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062 said: I'm not so sure that it's good looking enough to be called "ugly" ………. ………… but I can't come up with a "worse" word for it …………. Hideous? Repulsive? Horrid? Revolting? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062 Posted May 6, 2019 Share Posted May 6, 2019 3 minutes ago, Tyrel Cody said: Hideous? Repulsive? Horrid? Revolting? nope, ……..…. not even close Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Four-Eyed Buck,SASS #14795 Posted May 6, 2019 Share Posted May 6, 2019 Somebody was smoking something nasty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixgun Sheridan Posted May 6, 2019 Share Posted May 6, 2019 I believe the designer said he modeled it after his dear wife. I also believe he was later found dead in his bathtub. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shotgun Clay Posted May 6, 2019 Share Posted May 6, 2019 As an "artwork" its nice, as a plane... no thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACKFOOT SASS #11947 Posted May 7, 2019 Share Posted May 7, 2019 Fugly! (Is that a word?) Blackfoot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Hangtree Posted May 7, 2019 Share Posted May 7, 2019 Somehow, the image of a monkey and a football come to play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St. Louis Suomi SASS #31905 Posted May 9, 2019 Share Posted May 9, 2019 Hillary in a dress is slightly more ugly. STL Suomi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted May 9, 2019 Share Posted May 9, 2019 Art Deco! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 Posted May 9, 2019 Share Posted May 9, 2019 42 minutes ago, Utah Bob #35998 said: Art Deco! The aeroplane or Hillary....? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas Lizard Posted May 10, 2019 Share Posted May 10, 2019 On 5/6/2019 at 2:03 PM, Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062 said: I'm not so sure that it's good looking enough to be called "ugly" ………. ………… but I can't come up with a "worse" word for it …………. No need to worry about your eyesight...Spot on... Texas Lizard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wapaloosie73 Posted May 10, 2019 Share Posted May 10, 2019 They ran out of money when they got to the vertical stabilizer and said “Meh....overrated”. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062 Posted May 22, 2019 Share Posted May 22, 2019 On 5/8/2019 at 1:09 AM, BLACKFOOT SASS #11947 said: Fugly! (Is that a word?) Blackfoot May not be a word ………. but there was a fishing trawler by that name. ……………..…. and it as well named 'cause it was …….. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perro Del Diablo Posted May 22, 2019 Share Posted May 22, 2019 On 5/9/2019 at 5:41 PM, Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 said: The aeroplane or Hillary....? No compitition Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perro Del Diablo Posted May 22, 2019 Share Posted May 22, 2019 On 5/6/2019 at 4:03 PM, Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062 said: I'm not so sure that it's good looking enough to be called "ugly" ………. ………… but I can't come up with a "worse" word for it …………. Take me at least 2 words but cant use them here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted May 22, 2019 Share Posted May 22, 2019 Hideous? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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