Eshelman Flying Flounder - photo and video

[Altair]

Eshelman Flying Flounder.



0:36 video:

Previously:

SNCASE SE. 100 fighter - photo
He 111Z Zwilling - photos
Kyushu J7W1 Shinden - photos

[IntheGroove]

Too bad the cameraman ran out of film. I would love to see the "Landing"...

[ranald]

They'd called it flapper, flapper, faster than .....................
Actually I'd like to own the camera & trypod.
Cheers

[old kodger]

I wonder if that angle of attack was just clime rate or does it assume that attitude all the time

[marksbug]

kinda looks like it keeps that attitude... probably needed a rear flounder too for lift in the rear. Ill bet modern computer design could really make it work awesome. those flippers arnt quite right, they were thinking, but quite not in the right direction. it is kinda neet and wood make for a nice plane to have in your garage...when done right, it dosent seem to have much lift or a real wing to it the way it's made, more like power and plowing through the air thus the angle/attatude in flight. wing probably has little real lift to it. wouldn't be a lot to make it right... or at least better.
it might even fly better upside down....

[Canobi]

Here's a couple more wing-less planes

and also what could potentially be the precursor to what we know today as drones:

[Nick79]

Hard to believe this could remain stable in flight

[old kodger]

probably like catamarans, just as stable upside down as right way up

[tonyfoale]

Today it would be called a drone or high altitude hovercraft.

[Duke_of_URL]

The ground effects on landing must have been atrocious and unpredictable. It might need some "openings" in the wings to "dirty" it up for approach. (Note: I'm not an aerodynamicist!)