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There are a lot of insane aircraft designs that never saw the light of day, and many have asked how they compare to each other. So why not chuck them in to the mix and size them up together?
Welcome to a very special video, the 100th video on the channel.
Bell X-22 Its ability to fly, compact design and stable flight dubbed it the perfect blend of a helicopter and plane.
Submersable seaplane - 50.5 feet long, 15.39 meters it has the ability to sink below the waves and hunt its prey - submarines.
the XB 35 and YB 49 Originally a world war two bomber concept, this flying wing aircraft would do away with the flaws of modern planes
Yak 38 The yak 38 was a experimental russian vtol fighter jet design
Railplane While technically not a plane, it was an aircraft on tracks. Developed in Scotland
Cl-346 Shockingly, US engineers had an idea to make a vtol flighter as early back as the 1950s.
the Kingfish While many viewers might know of the SR-71 Blackbird - few know about its rival secret project, the Convair Kingfish
Avro arrow Perhaps the most controversial aircraft design, this was about to enter full production in canada
fairchild dornier From the creators of the A-10 warthog comes the Fairchild Dornier.
SR72 The current underdevelopment replacement for the SR-71
Baade In the 1950s, iron curtain east germany developed an aircraft concept that was superior to soviet designs
Vtol Jetliner, Hawkersidley HS.141 Speaking of before their time, we have the Hawkersiddiley HS141, vtol commercial plane.
Aroura Flying at mach 6 above the world with dount shaped rings, this spy plane uses a new type of engine that doesn't yet exist
Seamaster p6m Ah the sea master, a nuclear bomber that could land on any ocean, and the navy's answer to the B-52.
TR3b - ? The proposed flying dorito, or the TR-3b black manto, is a top secret project that apparently doesn't exist and has been flying using anti-gravity technology.
Convair ramjet What happens when you combine a missile and a submarine, you get the convair nuclear powered and nuclear delivering ramjet.
7J7 Prop fan using radical new engine technology, this boeing design would change the japanese market, and then the world
MC-21 The russian answer to the Boeing 737
Boeing 797 middle of the market jet The Boeing 797 was designed as a middle-of-the-market aircraft to take on airbus
VVP-6 - 49 m / 160 With six giant rotors, this russian helicopter would have become the biggest helicopter design ever designed.
Forgotten Japanese 787-3 and the Airbus A350-800
Boeing 2707 The Boeing version of the Concorde was giant, 277 passengers and could fly faster than the European equivalents.
Lockheed L-2000 The 2nd choice in the supersonic arms race was the lockheed L-2000, a supersonic jet that was cheaper to build but not as technologically superior.
Boeing Sonic cruiser Ushered in 2001, the Boeing sonic cruiser was a aircraft able to fly faster than convential aircraft of the time.
Nuclear 747 This project is one of the most scariest ever designs. A 747 that could carry not just one ICBM nuke inside of its fulsage, but six, and lauch them from the air.
747-500 prop fan Speaking of power, consider the 747-500 prop fan version
MD-12 Not to be caught out in the double decker phase, Mcdonnad douglas designed their own double deck a380
747X double decker Before the 747-8 was invented, Boeing wanted to bring to the market a double deck version
Hyper Cargo The future of large cargo transportation
Parwig The american ekranoplan was developed as part of a strategic nuclear weapon platform
Lockheed Super transport Before the A380, Lockheed came up with a large, fat design of a plane that would be perfect for long haul flights
Airbus A380neo, plus and strech Airbus wasn't quite done with the A380, and had several plans to build a cargo version
C-5 galaxy civil plane believe it or not, there was a plan to turn the c-5 galaxy into a passenger plane
Triple Deck Monster A huge triple deck monster plane, this concept was designed to see how many passengers we could fit onboard a conventional aircraft.
Nuclear tug Why not drag them instead with a nuclear powered tug-plane.
Star raker Part of a plan to build 80 solar powerplants in orbit, the star raker was a space plane that could do weekly trips into outerspace.
Tu-404 Not to be left out in the cold, Russia came up with its own super massive flying concept.
Boeing Pelican The Boeing pelican was a design built to solve the cargo problem, and allow armies to be transported across oceans
Boeing RC In the 70s when oil was cheap and in high demand, Boeing came up with a flying oil tanker to reach deep within alaska
Cl-1201 the biggest plane never built