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Can you give some examples? I'm curious as I also find the de Havilland Comet design to be quite remarkable for this compared to modern jetliners, and this is
by andrewla 8y ago
Can you give some examples? I'm curious as I also find the de Havilland Comet design to be quite remarkable for this compared to modern jetliners, and this is the first time I'm encountering the design.
EDIT: I found this wikipedia page [1] and clicked around, and the only jetliners I found without nacelles are the Tupolev ones -- the Tu-334, Tu-104, Tu-110, Tu-124 -- and the Tuplev supersonic Tu-144.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_jet_airliners https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_jet_airliners
- mannykannot 8y agoThe Avro Canada Jetliner is another example, though it never went into production, and if you are including the Tu-144 then the Concorde belongs as well, and the original 737 also had its engines mounted directly under the wing, without pylons. While it is not quite the same, I think all trijets except the DC10/MD80 had the third engine buried in the tail. There were many military designs, such as the British V-bombers, with engines mounted in or directly on the wing, without pylons.
- mcguire 8y agoInteresting point: the 737 was originally designed to take off from gravel runways.
- rsynnott 8y agoHrm, I thought the Sud Aviation Caravelle also lacked them, but I was wrong (though they're in an unusual place on it).