Light aircraft with twin vertical tails?

[cluttonfred]

I am exploring ideas for a homebuilt microlight and looking for inspiration. One design feature I am considering to help facilitate compact storage is using twin rudders on the ends of the horizontal tail. Off the top of my head, here are some examples, but I'd love to see a lot more, whether actual flying aircraft or unbuilt projects for light, single-engine aircraft of this configuration. Thanks!

Miles M.28 Mercury

General Aircraft GA-42 Cygnet II

Nord NC.856 (and related variants)


ERCO (and others) Ercoupe


EDIT - Fixed broken image links in old post.

 

[Silencer1]

Hi!


Reid and Sigrist R.S.1http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reid_and_Sigrist_R.S.1

 

[Jemiba]

Another example, flown in 1946, the French Air Sud Ouest (not to
be mistaken for SNCASO !) A.S.O. 1070 Griffon, for data have
a look here :http://www.aviafrance.com/aviafrance1.php?ID=5436&ID_CONSTRUCTEUR=12&ANNEE=0&ID_MISSION=0&MOTCLEF=

 

[cluttonfred]

Neat, but I did say "light, single-engine aircraft of this configuration," so the Reid and Sigrist R.S.1 doesn't quite fit. The A.S.O. 1070 Griffon does fit, thanks, though it is certainly homely in that Aviafrance photos. Keep 'em comin'!

 

[charley]

How about the SAIMAN L.B.2 designed by Francis Lombardi and powered by an ALFA ROMEO engine.

 

[malcolm]

Payen models - see http://www.secretprojects.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=11719.0

 

[Silencer1]

Hi!

Neat, but I did say "light, single-engine aircraft of this configuration," so the Reid and Sigrist R.S.1 doesn't quite fit. The A.S.O. 1070 Griffon does fit, thanks, though it is certainly homely in that Aviafrance photos. Keep 'em comin'!

Sorry, I'm read yours' message not so accurate. Of course the number of engines made RS-1 out of types, you're looking for .
Perhaps, its' elegant shape adds a bit of inspiration?


Good luck in the quest!

 

[cluttonfred]

Thanks, all, for the suggestions. If we start including pushers it will be a looong list, so let's stick to single, tractor-mounted piston engines with twin vertical tails on a conventional horizontal stabilizer, please. It's not that I don't like other types, it's just that in this case I am looking for inspiration for a design of that particular type. Thanks!

 

[richard]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrislea_Super_Ace


Boeing 451 YL-15 Scout


Hurel-Dubois HD-10 - F-WFAN - AirTeamImages.com


IST XL-14 Maya


File:Max Holste MH.52 F-BEAC St Cyr 05.57 edited-2.jpg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia




waco_aristocraft.jpg 864 × 864 pixels (Don't ask me about the number of fin & rudder !

 

[Stargazer]

Anderson-Greenwood AG-14. You don't have anything against twin-boom designs, do you?

 

[shedofdread]

Or there's the Ku4 Austria sailplane. Some say it's not the best looker but it sure was big!

 

[Bazinga]

Another example, flown in 1946, the French Air Sud Ouest (not to
be mistaken for SNCASO !) A.S.O. 1070 Griffon, for data have
a look here :http://www.aviafrance.com/aviafrance1.php?ID=5436&ID_CONSTRUCTEUR=12&ANNEE=0&ID_MISSION=0&MOTCLEF=

 

[Dynoman]

Cessna 337 Sky Master, Rutan VariViggen

 

[H_K]

Fouga had several V-tail designs... I wonder what pros & cons compared to vertical twin tails? (And of course the Beechcraft Bonanza!)

Fouga CM.8 glider
Fouga Magister etc.

The CM.8 had a powered jet glider prototype which was quite interesting:
https://minijets.org/en/100-150/turbomeca-pimene/fouga-cm8-r13-cyclone/

 

[publiusr]

That from the "Retro Transport" YouTube.
There was a thread on which YouTube channels to avoid...I can't locate it to check if this counted.

 

[TsrJoe]

Thread 'CW Swan' https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/cw-swan.1614/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Aircraft_Cygnet
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Aircraft_Owlet