I found this cool illustration:
And am curious if its a real design or not. I can’t recall ever seeing anything like it.
It is very similar to the Supermarine entrants to the Schneider Trophy seaplane races.
The Supermarine S.6 is a 1920s British single-engined single-seat racing seaplane built by Supermarine. The S.6 continued the line of Supermarine seaplane racers that were designed for Schneider Trophy contests of the late 1920 and 1930s.
Following the success of the Supermarine S.5 in the 1927 Schneider Trophy R.J. Mitchell designed a successor, the Supermarine S.6, to Specification 8/28. Refining the design of the earlier S.5, Mitchell now used all-metal construction. The new design used a ...
The Supermarine S.4 was a 1920s British single-engined monoplane built by Supermarine. Designed by a team led by the company's chief designer, R. J. Mitchell, it was built to race in the 1925 Schneider Trophy contest.
Mitchell's design was revolutionary. Aware of the need to reduce drag forces to increase speed, he produced a floatplane that was in marked contrast to the flying boats previously designed by Supermarine. Built of wood, and with an unbraced cantilever wing, it was powered by a ...
The Supermarine S.5 was a 1920s British single-engined single-seat racing seaplane built by Supermarine. Designed specifically for the Schneider Trophy competition, the S.5 was the progenitor of a line of racing aircraft that ultimately led to the Supermarine Spitfire.
The Supermarine S.5 was designed by Reginald Mitchell for the 1927 Schneider Trophy. Following the earlier loss of the S.4 before the 1925 Schneider Trophy event Mitchell designed a new monoplane racer. Unlike the S.4's all-wo...
The Supermarine S.6B is a British racing seaplane developed by R.J. Mitchell for the Supermarine company to take part in the Schneider Trophy competition of 1931. The S.6B marked the culmination of Mitchell's quest to "perfect the design of the racing seaplane" and represented the cutting edge of aerodynamic technology for the era.
The S.6B was last in a line of racing seaplanes to be developed by Supermarine, following the S.4, S.5 and the S.6. Despite these predecessors having previously ...
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April 5, 2013, 3:08am
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Looks more like another Schneider Trophy racer, the Dewoitine HD.412 .
Yeah, definitely inspired by the Schneider Trophy racers of the mid-'20s through '31, even if it’s not one specific design. They were the fastest airplanes, the fastest anythings, of their era. There’s a good list here (Never heard of the Piaggio P.7 before. Interesting idea; shame it didn’t get off the water.)
Looks like an inverted-V engine, which narrows the choices down quite a lot.
Very cool. That almost looks better than the illo.
Thanks for the links.
