Poor man's F-82 Twin Mustang? ...

[Mark Allen M]

The Heinkel He 111 Z-1 was quite the strange idea.

[JohnH]

Crazy as I clicked this I immediately thought of Aerocoupe before looking and here it is.

[menards]

A lot of the Vans enthusiasts have dreamed of a twin RV-8 to replicate the look of a twin mustang. I dont think anyone is building one though.

Somebody did manage to "cobble" together a couple of Yak-55's though!

Definitely cool, but aesthetically looks funny with 4 mains that dont retract. Would probably require a complete redesign to have a standard conventional gear setup with only two mains.

[bdk]

Somebody did manage to "cobble" together a couple of Yak-55's though!

I see now it has a jet engine mounted between the fuselages!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvTI1diNGeM

I saw a video somewhere on Facebook that it has flown with the jet.

[Fouga23]

First flight with the jet:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIp3DEPmWCE
I would LOVE to get my hands on that one

[Michel Lemieux]

Now that is sick....tks for sharing....

[old iron]

First flight with the jet:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIp3DEPmWCE

It looks to me like the propellers are moving fairly slowly. Does this even need the piston engines to fly?

[Edward Sheetmetalhands]

"The Heinkel He 111 Z-1 was quite the strange idea."

You would have thought with all that work they would have also reversed the second nose bowl. Looks awkward. Why were those offset to begin with?

[DH82EH]

I'd say probably for better pilot visibility.

http://axis.classicwings.com/Luftwaffe/ ... ockpit.jpg

Making a custom "mirror image" nose, for the sake of symmetry, would kind of defeat the simplicity of making the most of what they already had.

Andy

[Randy Wilson]

I'm a bit surprised no one has mentioned the intended role for the HE 111Z Zwilling was as a glider tug for the very large Me 321 and Ju 322 gliders, the later not being a success. It would replace the three (3) Bf 110 fighters in a triple tow of one of the giant gliders or what was known as the Troika-schlepp arrangement, which had proved dangerous. If you have access to The Warplanes of the Third Reich by William Green, 1970, there are further details there, pages 303 - 306. Just FYI.

Randy

[rreis]

I like the twin Piper Cub...



see http://www.fiddlersgreen.net/models/aircraft/Piper-TwinCub.html

[hercules130]

The Zwilling brothers .

Were they twins?

[Stoney]

rich man's F-82

[DH82EH]

Nice one Stoney!

[airnutz]

rich man's F-82

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I imagine the roll rate is somewhat on the biblical scale...