Stipa-Caproni Flying Barrel (take-off footage only)

[NeosimianSapiens]

That is without a doubt one of the ugliest aeroplanes I've ever seen. I once saw one made in France that was slightly uglier, but I forget what it was called. Or perhaps my mind forced me to forget to spare my sanity.

Seriously, can anybody think of an aeroplane uglier than the Flying Barrel?

(I rarely ask for this, but: thumbs up if you think this is an interesting challenge.)

[dgkway]

I think it's diet spans from small birds to small plains to the occasional European swallow

[dgkway]

Ah, the barrel buster 2000. At the top of every pilots Christmas list......

[Jaket2000]

Would it be an autobot.... or decepticon?

[blumenstejn]

Dear Santa....

[MrCriticOfAll]

And in Summer you backed it up to your living room window and fired it up.

[ransferd]

it can eat other planes!!!

[N9155E]

early stages of stealth design.

[1InfinityFilms]

there is clearlly a water mark on top of the another one on this clip. it was taken from someone else and then re-edited

[weedeaterbike]

thats where my grandpas garbage can went lol

[lorioftheforest]

Wow that's kind of cool..Where are you finding these films? This is great stuff!!

[Hampshirian]

a barrel of LAUGHS

[Direwolf56]

With the tail aeilirons being right behing the barrel, it looks like it had some form of thrust vectoring. I dunno, just a thought.

[MrAndyBones]

Although it appeared to be a simple "fan", It was actually propelled by a stream of bird blood and shredded feathers.

[Danny77uk]

@MrAndyBones hahahaha!!!

[FrapsYou]

Do the "Barrel Roll"

[cybermarsactual]

a graceful flying machine to be sure

[dinoing07]

They don't make em like they use to.

[carcomp101]

Honestly, couldn't it have flown without wings? You can fold this design with a piece of paper and it will fly? Even orientation would be fine, it would just default to 'heavy part is down'

[paulug]

Inspiring. Thanks for sharing.

[mogeroithe]

No offense, but it looks like a turd with wings.

[mrbishi1000]

i don't like it. its gutless.

[Toobulations]

Awesome footage. It sure is awkward-looking, though. It's like watching a beetle insect taking flight; you know that they're made to fly, yet they seem to have to struggle to do it.

[clagwell]

Stop the pigeon...NOW!

[MrMoehomer1]

wow... so cool!!

[Highninja13]

Do a barrel role lol

[jatigre1]

The Flying Hollow.

[ems7218]

looks like a flying sewer pipe.

[4crevis]

That is so funny!

[jacktheripped]

do a barrel roll

[freakyflow]

Thank god there's no possable way for a bird to get caught in the engine !

[roxsed]

Bumblebee!

[carmium]

I always get a kick of Popular Mechanics and Popular Science with their confident monthly predictions of what some new invention would do for mankind! Did one in 100 actually go anywhere?

[WHYNOTMEB4U]

Looks like Lorena bobit's husbands dick right before she cut it off.

[lego0931]

It looks like a flying blender but still is pretty cool

[fuelbasti]

looks like roger rabbits aircraft...

[Roeinerd]

Would've made one helluva target for allied fighters... :)

[tyzz32]

It looks like the BEEZEE

[dex123james]

LOL fucking design many air will suck

[lusulpher]

Looks like the MIGs...nice.

[The1200sportster]

where is snoopy ?

[strameka]

AWESOME MAN...:)))))

[LTF85199]

cooooooooool

[PanzarMetal]

Catch that pigeon !

[BrokenAeroVT]

Hehe, looks like something from a Monty Python comedy--the flying guppy.

[naxiotaki]

but this is the idea for the turbine

[MadeInLat1]

It looks like my hairdryer with wings on it

[kdelaere]

Anything by Caproni evokes the miserable failures such as their flying houseboat.

[wolfstriked]

@kdelaere and what the fuck have you ever invented??asshole

[Secretxchanel]

@kdelaere The Caproni where the first long range bombers, study before you open your mouth.

[kdelaere]

@Secretxchanel "The Caproni where the first long range bombers" shut yours until you learn english, illiterate jackhole.

[kdelaere]

@Secretxchanel @Secretxchanel "The Caproni where the first long range bombers" shut yours until you learn how to talk, illiterate jackhole.

[Secretxchanel]

@kdelaere You are the illiterate and ignorant aresehole, the Caproni were the first to do long range bombing in ww1.

[rinavanity]

Say what you like, at least it goes to show the Italians have a sense of humour!

[SDent61]

pause at 1:08 it looks like a face lol thumbs up if you see it

[yourmomwasherelol]

nice mexican music

[RobNLynchburgVA]

@hrvatwrestle That's EXACTLY what came to mind when I saw this plane. It's a "bird blender."

[JimHadar1]

Goofiest looking thing I've seen in ages. Reminds me of a GeeBee that someone stripped the guts out of. Thanks for the vid!

[LizardPride]

It's like a flying basking shark

[zaromit]

HAHAHA MODERN MECHANİCS

[yaknbo]

From like 1910 to 1930 the Italians had a big impact on aviation. Pilots and designers.

[XEpikurX]

@yaknbo

You can say it's kind of turbo-fan prototype!

[XEpikurX]

@yaknbo

You can say it's kind of a turbo-fan prototype!

[Greenhornet270]

GREAT old post keep them coming my friend!!

[warp65]

Pretty neat, a reproduction was built and flown in Australia during the late nineties.

[madxico]

It looks as if the plane crashed onto an empty oil pipe and kept flying

[devxc]

wtf @allpainppd hahaha :P

[IceBox3]

say whatever you want, i think its plain fucking awesome :D

[gypsykingg]

gay

[matheusgu]

the flying beer barrels

[SirDeanosity]

Actually, modern jet engines and this airplane use a ducted fan driven by either a gas turbine or in the case of this odd ball a piston engine. So, perhaps a ducted turbo-prop is closer to what modern jet engines really are.

[zinger52]

After that came the hair dryer, fan forced oven electric fan heater and the fan amazing what comes from something no one ever wanted 

[2c1496]

Didn't think it could fly....

[louswire]

I hope the pilot made it home for supper...

[mjlazok]

ok. Now I've seen everything

[vv55sst]

@mjlazok - Oh you have NO IDEA.... :) Go look at some of the contraptions from the 1910' s and 1920's. This is positively sane compared to some of those....

[mufflejoy]

It seemed like a good idea at the time. Live, learn :-)

[MrDavkoz]

I guess the Italians thought that if it couldn't fly, they'd use it to slice tomatos

[binaway]

Somebody must have left a can of coke on the photo copy machine when duplicating some plans

[JackPLflashpoint]

0:52 i would call it something like thrust vectroing

[jeepers2655]

reminds me of a blow fish or puffer!........lol

[KingKrabb999]

I cannot take that plane seriously. It's cool, but it's just way too odd looking.

[TheGreenTrain]

Ah, ye old venturi, how I know thee well

[EmperorOfMars]

Birds better get out of meh way

[klazw]

almost a jet plane

[RichAStrong]

This led to the Caproni-Campini CC2 N1. Eventually, the concept was used in the StrongMobile Flying Car Project. As shown in the website fotos and video of the StrongMobile full-size mockup model, the duct concept was modified to be split vertically with exhausts on the sides of the aircraft to boost wing lift. This design eliminated the long body duct.

[Membrane556]

A very early attempt at a ducted fan it may not have worked well but it contributed to a greater understanding of the concept.

[jetaddicted]

a nice way to recycle your toilet paper rolls

[ebutemetube]

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[chanctonbury63]

What a ridiculous looking aeroplane.

[ASDnametaken]

@chanctonbury63 imo it looks badass

[kuluku]

Thank you for sharing!

[s650bandit]

Useless as the Hughes seaplane but very much cheaper!

[ebutemetube]

"Does my bomb look big in this?"

[BaronUberstein]

This was just a testbed for the ducted fan design. He intended them to be engines for larger flying-wing craft, but didn't get the funding from the Italian government.

The man really was ahead of his time, modern turbofan engines take MANY elements from his design.

[spiritofseventysix]

@BaronUberstein This was definitely Italian? I only ask because I am unfamiliar with this plane, never heard of it before. Do you happen to know of any websites to learn more about this particular aircraft?

[Pupixario]

Shame they didn't start making them , would ev been a nice big target for the alies in WW ;d

[Mathview]

Bomberguy, great stuff. I have a related question regarding sources of lift in flight. A single engine prop plane like a piper in straight level flight: In the rest frame of the aircraft we have gravity down and lift up. Airflow across the wings generates some lift. Are there other significant sources of lift? I have in mind the turbulent air flow from the prop, and its interaction with the body of the aircraft. How much lift can you get from this effect?

[amin1984]

Oh thank god that we live 21st centry.

[JMeyerProductions]

the builder should have been very proud by now because today's jet fighters are almost (ALMOST!) the same!

[chris1980x]

in 1870 that thing could have won the war :D:D:D

[yurasseck]

Piloto e engenheiro, dois loucos.

[trackspeed]

hahaha!!! if you pause at 1:30 you can see a diagram showing stairs and seating areas inside the barrel!!!

quite frankly... what drugs were they taking at the time?... and where can i find some? I think i'm going to go away and invent a car with arms and legs.

[GoDudi]

Why are old people so weird? @__@

[benitofinito]

Looks like something from "Catch the pigeon"

[StellarBlue1]

@TayouJin Your question "Could it do a barrel roll" is so lame and stupid, that it comes out very funny! can it do a barrel roll? ..that kills me...

[benitofinito]

@StellarBlue1 Humor FAIL

[StellarBlue1]

@benitofinito You mean I AM NOT. . . the funniest guy in the world? Oh dear, oh dear, I thought you were going to say I was gay...which I am. "Put some water on me, cause I am on Fire! I am ready for my closeup, Mr. DeMille. . ."

[buffitup1]

LOL. Dose this plane make look fat?

[pencon61]

like a ducted fan Gee Bee, about the wierdest plane I've seen

[jnizzle91188]

flying choed

[havaden96]

ITS THE MIG-0!!!!!!

[SteffanLlwyd]

Hey Man... I'm not flying that. It makes me look stooopid....

[Perktube1]

Do you have any videos on the RAF Ferry Command?

[uboot1967]

I could use it to store wine....

[N00B283]

it look lika a fat dog

[toxicblu]

if donky kong could fly a plane

[Buzzlybonk]

@toxicblu in that plaen you could have a toilett and flush it too nothing would happen but it would be great in a dogfight

[BumperBumper]

And there are two pilots for what reason?

[DDSeever]

@BumperBumper It allows one pilot to continue flying if the other is overcome with laughter.

[LEXMEN]

Hi, are you the one that have edited the Stipa-Caproni Flying Barrel video?

If yeas,im dying to have the music you put on it, it is a variation of carnival of venice, but i cant find it anywhere...

Can you help me?

Thanks.

[TheSteverino1]

BomberGuy..thanks for this. How did you get this footage?...I've never heard of this plane

[airsoftswatclub]

it kinda looks like a gee bee

[madzombie6]

lmao im guna build one

[lukeshytalker02]

haha its 'Dumbo'

[schicktd]

What ever happened to the Flying Barrel...?

[smegweevil]

It would do well in a combat role. The enemy pilots would not be able to shoot it because they would be laughing too hard. Amazing!

[twatoast]

What happens if a plane like that flys into a flock of birds?

[ferretzone182924]

@twatoast Then everyones fucked haha

[Samjapa]

It's looks like a cartoon plane.

[basimpsn]

Well give him " The First Jet idea"

[jetaddicted]

try to find info on the "coleoptère",a french designed,vertical take off,jet engined.

took off vertically a few times,did one conversion i believe,and crashed at least once.

[Mitsdat]

big ass toilet roll with wings

[Radio986f]

Mussolini's secret weapon!

[joshwashposh]

Someone once asked if a barrel could fly. They built this, then never spoke of it again.

[KernelThread]

A flying trash can? wtf

[Quokka57]

Oh look! A *real* ducted-fan. That actually flies. In 1931. Imagine that. Nowadays, they're called 'Turbo-Fans' - just the powerplant has changed. Same principle - different engine. And to think, just 4 of them can carry over 800 passengers these days. The more things change, the more they stay the same...

Q:)

[chueffer]

After spending so much time and money on the crazy barrel, they thought it would be too much extra work to provide some rollover protection for the pilot.

[TheMWGriffin]

That's the most ridiculous plane I've ever seen. Lol

[ushouldntjudgeme]

Looks like a kid designed it! and only a kid could make it fly!

"We are the music makers, and we are the dreamers of dreams"-.Willy Wonka

[will891410]

OHH THIS PEACE OF MASTER FLY LIKE A FLY

[AwardUTube]

That's one of the cutest planes ever, and also one of the coolest.

[LostAviators]

great video!

[iugey]

wow! its like an airplane only ugly.

[allpainppd]

This aircraft is the answer to the question nobody asked

[routhoula]

@allpainppd can a sewer pipe fly? :D

[onceANexile]

@allpainppd - that s fucking funny!

[capnvideo2006]

they were never seen again :-)

[pfiberoptik]

Damn. I would not want to be the one to test fly that nigger for the first time.

[elcoyote54]

Wow!! Lvethe sound of that engine idling

[tony00165]

The ugliest aircraft ever but they were on the right track pushing tha air down a tube..not a big distance away from jet propulsion...they already had the compressor...the propeller...subsequent inventions benefitted from these weird gizmos...but god....what an ugly duckling!

[ryu8888]

LOL it looks like an obese geebee

[sdDCCXZCXCCX]

why?

[kinmanyuen]

very cute design, but technically it was a good design

[deaftodd]

Redo with a turbo fan instead

[badoinkbadoink]

Nice try, but the lack of stator blades along with the lame 2 bladed prop ensured that this would not quite work as planned....

[doctorwintercold]

It can carry a lot of beer!

[Z1Z2Z5Z4]

Funny-looking, yes, but a triumph of aeronautical engineering. The first aircraft that I know of to use a form of ducted fan technology.

[Lockbar]

If I was the pilot I would have been ashamed.

[jetaddicted]

@Lockbar suppose you were the designer...

[grupploso]

Cazzo io nn ci salivo su quel coso!

[EDquetrabalhamuito]

Bizarre Italian plane

[rbund]

Mass and weight made it totally impracticle. thus only this one.

Thrust, yes... vectoring, no.

[FetidToecheese]

very interesting

[DanielMadrigalC]

any of you have thought that this could be one of the first prototypes of trhust vectoring.

even if who designed this plane were not thinking about it.

I'm sure the elevator and rudder responded very well

[brownsrd16]

Not much room for luggage!

[turboshagna]

Absolutely amazing!

[cybercow222]

lol

[JWMoonlizard]

bomberguy, you should cite your sources. Your text is from a book.

[imallearsru]

At 1:10 that is one cool looking image, like something out of Japanese Anime, too far fetched to be real, but only just.

[lurkinsherman]

As innovation evolves, there is always the good, the bad, the ugly and the "WTF?"

[MrTriggr]

I'd say that the engineer who thought of this may have had just a little bit of a preoccupation with certain Italian foods......pasta wise..and thought to himself...heck, with a lot of Lira's from Il Duce and a few bits from the village priests Fiat I can make this stiff fly....

I think it would have been an amazing sight....

[snailsave11]

Now there is something you don't every day!!!