Strange twin boom heavy fighter/bomber patent

[hesham]

Hi,

http://www.google.com/patents?id=twFyAAAAEBAJ&pg=PA2&dq=whitworth&source=gbs_selected_pages&cad=1#v=onepage&q=&f=false

 

[Tophe]

Thanks Hesham, I knew this patent but... reading it again showed I have been wrong thinking this was a canard tractor plane. Fig.3 is said to be a rear view, so this was a non-canard pusher plane.
Thanks again!

 

[Stargazer]

Thanks Hesham, I knew this patent but... reading it again showed I have been wrong thinking this was a canard tractor plane. Fig.3 is said to be a rear view, so this was a non-canard pusher plane.
Thanks again!

... which seems perfectly logical given the position and direction of the cannons!!!

 

[Tophe]

and the flaps as well, I was tired sorry...

 

[hole in the ground]

The ultimate evolution of the bell airacuda?

The cockpit looks a bit b-17 esk dont you think?

what are those things under the nacelles?

 

[Tophe]

what are those things under the nacelles?

Not winged things but turrets firing laterally: