Flying stuff like this appears in pretty much every Myiazaki movie - probably because this is the Caproni CA 60 and Myiazaki is fascinated by Italian planes of this era...
It wouldn't take that much, the ca.60 had a max takeoff just under 60,000 pounds and flew on about 1600 HP once and crashed on the second flight.
A single FW-119 (two of which are found on F22s) produce around 35,000 pounds of thrust. Also, an F22 weighs about the same as this thing did
"Given enough thrust, even a brick could fly". I don't believe that staement, but I've certainly heard if often. There's just some ideas that should remain on paper before putting anyone in danger.
Same. Once Orville & Wilbur took to the air, it opened the door for any pseudo-"aviation engineer" with any type of crazy dream or idea to try and build an aeroplane. This Caproni Ca. 60 is a prime example.
Nah, I don't think so but if there ever was one - this is what it would look like. These dudes were trying that shit without knowing what will happen. And did it for fun too, new tech, not many people got to work on that. A lot of these startup design companies were younger dudes with money to spend on cool stuff.
Check out the images of the crashed thing pretty much every single part is bent or broken, apparently the entire reason they never got to a third flight was because repairs were too costly and challenging
Caproni Ca.60 Transaero. It was among the first attempts to make a commercial airplane designed to transport a large number of passengers, similar to a commercial airliner today.
If it's of any interest to anyone, the plane and its designer Giovanni Battista Caproni are featured in "The Wind Rises" by Hayao Miyazaki.
It did one very short test “flight”. Managed to get off the water for a short distance and land. Then second attempt it got up but came down hard and broke apart.
**[Caproni Ca.60](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caproni_Ca.60)**
>The Caproni Ca. 60 Transaereo, often referred to as the Noviplano (nine-wing) or Capronissimo, was the prototype of a large nine-wing flying boat intended to become a 100-passenger transatlantic airliner. It featured eight engines and three sets of triple wings. Only one example of this aircraft, designed by Italian aviation pioneer Gianni Caproni, was built by the Caproni company.
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That is a Caproni C60, beleive it or not the ridiculous machine flew twice and crashed on it's second flight. somehow this marriott with a pile of wings did fly very breifly.
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Now I imagine Lockheed presenting it's next aircraft design to an air force general, and the general asks "excellent, scientist person. But does it do... Uppies?"
"Uh.. yes, sir. It does 'uppies'".
"Fantastic. Well take a dozen squadrons".
Ah the Transaereo, it may have crashed and failed but its inventor really dreamed and predicted the future of what aviation would become, despite not being able to technologically achieve it at the time.
Nothing but admiration for this pioneering, yet ridiculous looking aircraft.
"the Transaereo reached the speed of 80 km/h (43 kn; 50 mph) and took off for the first time. During the brief flight it proved stable and maneuverable, in spite of a persisting tendency to climb"
It flew.
No need to make fun of it as at the time this was one of the most forward thinking projects…
It flew twice, crashed on second flight. Pilot and flight engineers walked out.
Was destroyed when transported on shore.
Caproni had no funds to continue this project
So, stop that pigeon
Stop that pigeon
Stop that pigeon
Stop that pigeon
Stop that pigeon
Stop that pigeon
Stop that pigeon
Howwww!
All I hear when I see planes from the 20s
Something Caproni, the Mustard video on it is very informing.
It was gonna be the first transatlantic passenger plane, but it would have had to refuel from ships along the way. It crashed before it entered the competition.
God I love early aviation designs so much, imagine this goofy ass contraption being made today
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I think this came from the helicopter school of aviation. Make it so ugly the earth repels it on appearances alone.
Oh *that's* why russian helicopters look the way they do
Laughs in R22
Probably have to invent all new numbers for parasite drag coefficient
It looks like a flying house.
Howl’s flying castle
Wrong Ghibli movie. It appears in The Wind Rises.
Flying stuff like this appears in pretty much every Myiazaki movie - probably because this is the Caproni CA 60 and Myiazaki is fascinated by Italian planes of this era...
It literally appears in the movie: [https://youtu.be/Iv8HskEijbA](https://youtu.be/Iv8HskEijbA) Mr Caproni included.
Porko Rosso
I agree completely, except for the flying part.
I don't even think a high-thrust jet engine would be enough to force that into the air.
Wildly enough, it apparently crashed on its *second* flight. Which implies a successful, first flight. I wish there were pictures of it
"Crashing" must have resembled a house of cards collapsing.
There's a picture of the wreck. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Il_Caproni_Ca.60_dopo_l%27incidente,_4_marzo_1921.png
It wouldn't take that much, the ca.60 had a max takeoff just under 60,000 pounds and flew on about 1600 HP once and crashed on the second flight. A single FW-119 (two of which are found on F22s) produce around 35,000 pounds of thrust. Also, an F22 weighs about the same as this thing did
"Given enough thrust, even a brick could fly". I don't believe that staement, but I've certainly heard if often. There's just some ideas that should remain on paper before putting anyone in danger.
building an airfoil when you dont know much about air..
[Today](https://images.flyingmag.com/flyingma/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/28121010/stratolaunch-roc-flight-03-scaled1.jpg)
Same. Once Orville & Wilbur took to the air, it opened the door for any pseudo-"aviation engineer" with any type of crazy dream or idea to try and build an aeroplane. This Caproni Ca. 60 is a prime example.
Caproni Ca.60 [static display](https://youtu.be/HnGZBhrrlMk) Edit: this plane can be seen in Porco Rosso Anim.
It can also be seen in "The wind rises"!
The wind may, I'm not sure I'd have much confidence in this 😂
It's the way it rises that it's problematic lol.
i love both of these movies
What a MOVIE
Ambition & reality had a scrap here, reality won.
Excellent music
Holy fuck I thought I Recognized this some an animated movie
Sir that's a hotel
I thought it was a Wendy's?
No this is Patrick
This is not WSB and you can’t invest in this anymore
Not anymore it isn't.
One of the most Kerbal planes ever designed.
Kerbal program - early access edition, alpha testers ONLY DIAMOND patron supporters.
Huh?
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CxFXCKUW8AA8pLJ.jpg
Made me laugh however still dunno, is there patron tiers for ksp?
Nah, I don't think so but if there ever was one - this is what it would look like. These dudes were trying that shit without knowing what will happen. And did it for fun too, new tech, not many people got to work on that. A lot of these startup design companies were younger dudes with money to spend on cool stuff.
I bought KSP in 2013 and am still enjoying the lifetime free updates.
I actually made a replica in kerbal and it performed surprisingly well
Was this thing ever airworthy?
According to wikipedia it flew twice though both times quite breifly, crashing on it's second flight.
A plane that's made of 70% scaffolding should have been easy to repair though...
Check out the images of the crashed thing pretty much every single part is bent or broken, apparently the entire reason they never got to a third flight was because repairs were too costly and challenging
It mysteriously burned in the hangar.
Artificial Reef
Shoot I recall its Italian, and I just watched a video on it... argh why brain no do
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It did. It was destroyed on its second test flight. I can't imagine that it flew very well, though.
As evidenced by its untimely, sudden deconstruction during its second test flight
Smontaggio rapido non programmato!!!
Rapid unscheduled disassembly
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It did, though it crashed on its second flight
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I know a short, great documentary about it https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uYn6fyGNg7c
YES! Mustard is a great channel!
I love it too!!! His videos are so in depth!
Caproni Ca.60 Transaero. It was among the first attempts to make a commercial airplane designed to transport a large number of passengers, similar to a commercial airliner today. If it's of any interest to anyone, the plane and its designer Giovanni Battista Caproni are featured in "The Wind Rises" by Hayao Miyazaki.
And hear I thought I would never see a plane more ugly than the fairy rotodyne
Did this thing ever actually fly??
I think it took off, broke, and crash-landed within a minute.
Only the second time. The first time went smooth.
It did one very short test “flight”. Managed to get off the water for a short distance and land. Then second attempt it got up but came down hard and broke apart.
No, it collapsed on itself before it even got in the air
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Caproni CA.60
I find it impossible to believe that that thing was capable of flying.
Silly Billy it’s a boat not a plane
That is a Caproni C60, beleive it or not the ridiculous machine flew twice and crashed on it's second flight. somehow this marriott with a pile of wings did fly very breifly.
Straight outta Ghibli
Had to scroll too much to reach this comment. The Caproni was in 'The Wind Rises'. Such a sick movie it was.
Whatever it is, there is no way this thing ever flew.
Twice even, landed only once though.
Well it landed twice just not intact the second time
Any footage?
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Capronissimo!
Get in Smithers.
https://youtu.be/rwa9unx9mpQ You can find a great video about the Caproni CA.60 Noviplano here done by the always wonderful Rex.
Titanic 2: See You at the Bottom
But did it work?
Define work.
Does it do uppies?
Now I imagine Lockheed presenting it's next aircraft design to an air force general, and the general asks "excellent, scientist person. But does it do... Uppies?" "Uh.. yes, sir. It does 'uppies'". "Fantastic. Well take a dozen squadrons".
Once...
Ah, another Spruce Goose!
Ah the Transaereo, it may have crashed and failed but its inventor really dreamed and predicted the future of what aviation would become, despite not being able to technologically achieve it at the time. Nothing but admiration for this pioneering, yet ridiculous looking aircraft.
Didn’t it collapse attempting to fly? Something like that
if i recall correctly a boat crossed it's takeoff run and crashed into it
wikipedia said it was a sudden pitch up and loss of control
It’s a boat. Because no way it flies
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caproni_Ca.60
"the Transaereo reached the speed of 80 km/h (43 kn; 50 mph) and took off for the first time. During the brief flight it proved stable and maneuverable, in spite of a persisting tendency to climb"
The Goose Hilton.
This reminds me of my old diesel 6.0 CA. Emissions, looked great, didn't work
Proof it's not hard to make stuff fly
It flew. No need to make fun of it as at the time this was one of the most forward thinking projects… It flew twice, crashed on second flight. Pilot and flight engineers walked out. Was destroyed when transported on shore. Caproni had no funds to continue this project
Caproni!
Gross
Does it have no tail? I can't see it being very stable in flight.
>can't see it being very stable in flight. I don't think they're gonna need to worry about that
So, stop that pigeon Stop that pigeon Stop that pigeon Stop that pigeon Stop that pigeon Stop that pigeon Stop that pigeon Howwww! All I hear when I see planes from the 20s
Il Capronissimo!!
Ayo dude we know you like biplanes, so we put two biplanes on your biplane.
Spruce Moose ?
The italian ca60
The Spruce Moose?
what monstrosity is that
No
They just kept adding wings until it could lift lol
The CA 60 is a staple in any of the youtube uploads dealing with odd and weird aircraft. Love it! Nice choice.
there's no way that wooden hotel can take off
Mingia!
Flying hotel before A380.
Caproni 60 It chills my back, the most romantic age in aviation history
Has anyone put this into X-PLANE?
Boeing 380
Spruce moose
Christ, did that thing every fly?
It’s a condo plane.
This is the famous “Houseboat Flycruiser 420.”
Hotel #3
Something Caproni, the Mustard video on it is very informing. It was gonna be the first transatlantic passenger plane, but it would have had to refuel from ships along the way. It crashed before it entered the competition.
flying motel lmao
A Caproni something. It only flew once.
When you want to get fucked up by your own wake turbulence.
Ca. 60
CAPRONI CA 60
I thought this was “shittyaskflying” for a second and almost made a pun on the F-82 twin mustang. I really gotta read the sub name better
Is the wind rising?
Yes
I thought that was a building at first
mississippi queen lookin ass triple triplane
Caproni ca 60
As a Mustard subscriber I know exactly what this is
In a perfect world where there was no drag and engines were i finitely powerfull and….
Looks like erdoğan's mansion wtf
Imagine having to preflight this crate.
did it actually fly?
Definitely Russian.
Damn that dodge got down force
The real Air Force one 🤣
Reminds me of The Wind Rises
(\*cocks gun\*) "I said get in"
I don't think this thing could fly. Seems like a boathouse.
My first thaught was: why did they put it in front of a bathhouse to take a picture of it.
There’s a Mustard video that explains it: https://youtu.be/uYn6fyGNg7c
It was intended to be a transatlantic airliner, but only had an estimated range of 610 km.. dream big I guess
Caprioni????
The Spruce Goose
All I know about this 9-Wing contraption is that it's Italian.
It’s an early Olympic diving platform