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@theinfernollama85647 ай бұрын
Are the Avro York, Koolhoven F.K.58 and the Bloch MB.162 on the list of aircraft you plan to cover?
@WolfeSaber99337 ай бұрын
Say, if you had the Stuka as an ugly for the German list, why didn't you have the Warthog on the American list? That one is known for not looking pretty.
@guhmachine7 ай бұрын
Unrelated, but I love your hair!
@KB10GL7 ай бұрын
@@WolfeSaber9933 Agreed, the Warthog may not be pretty, but if I was a grunt, trapped in an ambush with no way out, & a Warthog or two turned up overhead then I would regard it as the most beautiful thing on wings that ever flew.
@John.0z7 ай бұрын
Sorry Rex, but they don't compare to the many forms of hideousness that the French perpetrated upon the skies between the wars.... except maybe that Dornier Delphin? I have heard one comment on the French ... things... that they flew because the earth repelled them for their hideousness. You showed one photograph of the early Ju87, with "trousers", rather than just "spats" as wheel fairings. IMHO the trousers lifted the basic design to a higher plane of ugliness, and moved the vertical centre of pressure forward. So they were not only ugly, but a bad aerodynamic choice. Of course that was not the only aircraft of the period to opt for such a bad solution to drag reduction. Next you need to do the top 10 ugly Russian ones... just wow!
@antariuk7 ай бұрын
"Simply bullied the laws of physics and aerdynamics into complying" is my quote of the week now, thanks! :D
@duncanhamilton58417 ай бұрын
Similar to the F4 Phantom epitaph 'proof that you can make anything supersonic if you give it enough power'
@super8hell7 ай бұрын
F-117 called
@andrewgause69717 ай бұрын
Hahah. Same!
@Louthedrone7 ай бұрын
Y’all think that’s impressive? The f15 can fly with a single wing
@duncanhamilton58417 ай бұрын
@@Louthedrone which begs the question why it has two in the first place? 😀
@hlynkacg95297 ай бұрын
I feel like the Stuka falls into the same sort of category as the A-10 (which is appropriate seeing as they filled similar tactical roles) in that it is such a pure example of form following function that it wraps all the way around from looking ugly to looking cool again.
@ebnertra00047 ай бұрын
I have the same opinion of roadswitcher locomotives. Are they pretty? Not really. But they're so functional that they just become cool
@nicklovell58727 ай бұрын
Yup. Their beauty is functional rather than aesthetic. The A10 makes it very clear that it has a good end and a bad end and if the bad end is pointing at you, your day is going to proceed very badly...
@Floki2557 ай бұрын
Guess which german stuka ace was part of the concept development on the A-10.
@amberthecinderacee8367 ай бұрын
@@Floki255 that one
@gabrielneves66027 ай бұрын
@@amberthecinderacee836 Wich one?
@an0nym0usguy497 ай бұрын
Are we going to ignore the guy at 10:31 that used the gigant as a slide?
@Allan_aka_RocKITEman7 ай бұрын
I noticed that as well...😊
@elennapointer7017 ай бұрын
Might as well get some fun out of it before the RAF come calling.
@irritatorgoner10877 ай бұрын
Holy cow 😂😂
@sski7 ай бұрын
LoL! I saw that. What was his landing going to be like though? Bit of a long way down off that wing.
@MonkeyJedi997 ай бұрын
And sure, the Gigant was a lumbering tortoise with a face only a mother could love, but it had to have planted the ideas behind some of the world's current heavy lifters like the C5 Galaxy and the Antonov 124 and 225.
@elennapointer7017 ай бұрын
Aircraft number 9 on the list - the "smushed pigeon" - looks like the Spirit of St Louis if it got pregnant. As for the Heinkel 162, you omitted to mention the sheer horror of attempting to bale out of it. And as for your question, I'm going with the Ju-287, because the only word in my head when I saw it was "what?" (plus a couple of sweawords for effect). Edit: how dare you diss the majestic BV-141 ?!
@hadtopicausername7 ай бұрын
The He 162 actually had an early version of an ejection seat. But it was a demanding plane to fly, which was exactly the opposite of the design brief.
@flickingbollocks55427 ай бұрын
Exactly what I was thinking about the FW a-16
@elennapointer7017 ай бұрын
@@hadtopicausernameYou're right; I remember reading about that somewhere. The idea that barely-trained cadets would be able to operate an ejection seat, on top of all the other challenges that beast presented, is laughable.
@roykliffen96747 ай бұрын
The F-107 had the same inlet arrangement
@roadsweeper17 ай бұрын
Yeah, I got the Spirit of St Louis vibes too
@PaulMcElligott7 ай бұрын
He-162: “…had a tendency to disintegrate during flight.” Like many late war German weapons, the 162 was built by slave labor. These people discovered the interesting fact that the glue used to hold the wooden parts together tended to decompose if exposed to human urine. The inmates would relieve themselves on the planes when the guards weren’t looking. However, the glue the Germans had to use that late in the war was of such poor quality that even planes that hadn’t been peed on fell apart.
@jamesengland74617 ай бұрын
The height of industrial sabotage!
@mistformsquirrel7 ай бұрын
When pissing in the wind is, in fact, highly effective.
@MonkeyJedi997 ай бұрын
I was watching a tank restoration show, and they were restoring a German tank that had been abandoned due to drive failures during the war. When they took apart the hydraulics, the found cigarette filters in the hydraulic channels of the final drives. They posited much the same cause: unwilling or anti-war/anti-German workers finding ways to sabotage military production that would be hard to trace back to them.
@greghardy94767 ай бұрын
Famous last words, “Mein Gott, ich bin verloren!”
@AndrewGivens7 ай бұрын
So economically f___ed that even the *glue* was substandard? Good greif.
@davidmcintyre81457 ай бұрын
Set yourself a challenge Rex and give us the"Top 10 Ugliest Aircraft Blackburn Edition"
@elennapointer7017 ай бұрын
Do you want to give him an anyeurism?!
@Pojist7 ай бұрын
Well they did feature prominently in his British Edition. Perhaps if he did a series on the companies that produced the largest amount of ugly designs, Blackburn would be a top contender.
@Hardbass20217 ай бұрын
Oh boy, there's a lot of ugly aircraft from Blackburn.
@KB10GL7 ай бұрын
@@Hardbass2021 There were more than a few vomit inducing designs from the British generally, not just Blackburn.
@robertwilloughby80507 ай бұрын
Gloster gave us the Javelin....🤮
@CAP1984627 ай бұрын
Awww, I like the 162 Volksjäger. It might look like an oversized V-1, but the design just screams fast and dares you to fly it.
@stevetournay61037 ай бұрын
Yeah, I've always liked the 162 too. An unrestored example is on show in the Canada Aviation and Space Museum. Striking looking thing.
@xedea07 ай бұрын
I personally find it kinda cute :3
@AErch7 ай бұрын
@@xedea0 it's adorable
@BELCAN576 ай бұрын
This aircraft also suffered from the "bad glue" problem. Under stress the wing would simply separate from the fuselage.
@richardhallyburton6 ай бұрын
I love the HE-162! I think it looks ahead of its time. Given the fact that it was an emergency fighter designed at extremely short notice, I think it's remarkably good looking. It's also my favourite plane in IL-2 Sturmovik flight sim.
@strikeone78037 ай бұрын
Rex: _Calls the Stukas ugly_ *Jericho trumpet sounds intensify*
@inquisitorbenediktanders31427 ай бұрын
Ok, that isn't even a contest for the top spot! It's obviously the dornier Delphin, because the ju 287 at least tries to adhere to the general shape an aircraft *should* have, while the delphin never even considered that to begin with.
@foximacentauri78917 ай бұрын
I disagree. The Delfin has a distinct golden age of flight look with a bit of french beautiful ugliness. The 287 looks like someones first attempt at a plane in kerbal space program without knowing that there is an undo button.
@Altimoo7 ай бұрын
I'm conflicted on agreement as there's a solid argument for both. I personally feel a little disingenuous putting a very early design under the scrutiny of "ugliness," since at the time their grasp on technology was "throw it at the wall 'til it sticks," but I won't hesitate to say it definitely isn't pretty. I can't say the same for the Ju 287. Better understanding, but good lord is it not a looker.
@GalileoAV7 ай бұрын
Couldn't agree more. One has the charm of a little kid playing with airplane themed Legos, and the other is like what would happen if you gave a lobotomized naval engineer only a week to somehow get your boat collection into the middle of a lake in a landlocked nation.
@lancerxx687 ай бұрын
Also the 287 had advanced design with forward swept wings
@MadnerKami7 ай бұрын
Worse yet, the Dolphin reaches back into the questionable past and pulls forth two rather silly features. French tumblehome-design of the late 19th century and the Habsburg' chin...
@StephaneGallay7 ай бұрын
Great video, as always. One minor nitpick: it seems that the He 162 was called "Salamander"; "Volksjäger" was the name of the whole program of emergency fighters.
@anzaca17 ай бұрын
Yes, but the 162 was the only design that worked, hence why it acquired the name.
@paulabraham25507 ай бұрын
@@anzaca1 And one of the prettiest aircraft of its era. Admittedly a bit crap functionally, but it really does not belong in this list.
@MonkeyJedi997 ай бұрын
@@paulabraham2550 Let's just not talk too much about the bail-out prospects of a pilot with an engine intake right behind his head...
@ericpode60957 ай бұрын
@@MonkeyJedi99that's just an incentive to carry on fighting.......
@ewald31827 ай бұрын
@@ericpode6095 Pray to the glue gods the wings don't fall off.
@geoffreyboyling6157 ай бұрын
I saw a tale in an aviation magazine years ago that when the Gigant was stationed in Sicily to take supplies to The Afrika Korps, one hot & boring sunny afternoon a few Gigant crews were lazing around on the airfield, relaxing and drinking wine, as their next mission wasn't for a few days Thus fuelled and motivated by the wine, they seriously considered taking up a Gigant to see if they could loop it Fortunately they decided against it, probably because further consumption rendered them incapable
@peterhewson32167 ай бұрын
Thankfully, lol!
@alexandermonro67687 ай бұрын
"Hold my wine, and watch this!" seldom ends well...
@ronjon79427 ай бұрын
Huh, didn’t know redneck-ism spread to Germany; thought that was purely an American thing. Shoot, then maybe it spread to America!
@theteacher_83067 ай бұрын
He162 and Stuka in the ugly list? Just shameful.
@MaticTheProto7 ай бұрын
True
@lokicatgd82407 ай бұрын
he-162 has gotta be one of my favorite planes of all time. i dont get it either
@kylegermann59707 ай бұрын
The early Stukas were ugly. Trimming down the landing gear fairings helped a great deal, but it could still be considered ugly in the same way the A-10 Thunderbolt II "Warthog" is considered ugly. I do agree with you about the He-162, however. It's one of three planes I think are on this list undeservedly.
@arno-luyendijk47987 ай бұрын
This examination did in fact do wonders to extend my vocabulary to describe the insane... flying spare parts collection, flying clog, plane that got bumped in the nose.. priceless😂😂!!
@Danse_Macabre_1257 ай бұрын
@@arno-luyendijk4798 "weaponised footwear"
@enscroggs7 ай бұрын
7:00 The design goal of the BV-141 was to create a dedicated reconnaissance aircraft with greatly increased visibility for the observers and greatly reduced vibration for clear photography. By all accounts, this amazing asymmetrical ug-fest accomplished those goals admirably. In my opinion, its failure hinged on three points: (1) It was a Blohm & Voss design. As an old-time ship-building firm, B&V was well-known and trusted by the German navy, by the Reichsluftfahrtministerium not so much. B&V had some innovative designers on staff and submitted many radical aircraft proposals, the craziest being the P163, but it was their seaplanes that enjoyed the greatest success. Evidently, the RLM reasoned that a ship-building company was best suited to build flying ships. (2) It looked scary. (3) The most important flaw, the real reason it failed, B&V designed this airplane in strict adherence to the specifications that called for all-around visibility for the crew, low engine vibration for the cameras, and ONE ENGINE. Given the restrictions, Blohm & Voss created the perfect solution. However, Focke-Wulf won the competition by ignoring the specifications. Instead of a single-engine recce plane, FW delivered a twin-boom multi-engine design that looked much less scary. Walther also won the semi-auto infantry rifle competition against Mauser by ignoring the specifications.
@roypiltdown50837 ай бұрын
there's also the problem that it was designed to use the same engine as a fighter (i think the FW190 but might be wrong) and the brass couldnt justify diverting production of those engines away from fighter production when the other candidates used a different engine. also, where does he get off criticizing the designer of the wing? Richard Vogt was a PhD engineer: does youtube boy have that sheepskin?
@JanKustersSittard7 ай бұрын
Erich Bachem, designer of the Natter (a true mad scientist if ever you saw one) made good use of his plywood working skills after the war and denazification. He started a firm producing small plywood caravans. Look up Eriba Caravans (Eri ch Ba chem), the firm he founded is still going strong...
@minimalbstolerance81137 ай бұрын
Thanks, I love "What did wartime Axis companies do postwar" stories like this and I haven't heard this one before. I've always found it funny that Heinkel and Messerschmitt both built bubble cars in the 1950s and 60s!
@Alobo0757 ай бұрын
Both Blomm & Voss entries and the JU-87 Stuka don't seem ugly to me. While I would not call them beautiful, they have a certain charm to them. As for the Natter, it always reminds me of my first attempts at building aircraft with LEGO back in the days before they made swept wings and aircraft canopies. (Yes, I am old.)
@rudiblohm40505 ай бұрын
Korrekt ist Blohm&Voss
@paulpaulsen73092 ай бұрын
Oh, deinem Namen zufolge bist du verwandt,@@rudiblohm4050?
@berttrombetta49537 ай бұрын
The 287 was a flying test bed to test different wing and engine options. It was built with whatever they had lying around to reduce development time/cost. It was never intended to be a production aircraft
@fredkruse94447 ай бұрын
Yeah, I was wondering how they expected to produce a plane using some B24 parts.
@petergray27127 ай бұрын
Wrong. Junkers had two production models planned (Ju 287 A-1 and B-1). The main differences would have been a stronger wing, retractable landing gear, defensive armament (one turret with two MG 131 machine guns), and six engines fitted (one pair fitted under each wing). Because you know.... Hitler... and his obsession with jet bombers.
@romanvarcolac22387 ай бұрын
That was the V1 model. Later models looked much better, though obviously not built or also destroyed.
@seanmalloy72495 ай бұрын
And it mounted Jumo engines, not Junkers.
@minimalbstolerance81137 ай бұрын
Thank you! I am so glad to see someone on KZbin finally giving the Gigant the respect she deserves! I'm sick of always seeing her on "Worst Planes Ever" lists. Everyone always brings up the disastrous Afrika Korps supply mission as to why the Gigant was "bad" but that was due more to inadequate fighter escort and strategic blunders than any fault of the aircraft. The modern equivalent of that mission- sending an unescorted formation of C5 Galaxies on a supply run over enemy territory crawling with interceptor bases and SAM sites- would end up being just as much of a massacre, but no-one considers the C5 a "bad" heavylift transport. So it was nice to see someone pointing out how useful the Gigant was when the Luftwaffe had air superiority. That said, much as I have a soft spot for the Gigant, you're entirely justified putting that giant, bloated tadpole with wings on the ugly list.
@senioravocado18647 ай бұрын
The flying clog is honestly one of my favorite plane from Blomm and Voss and the central engine made it look so much better LONG LIVE UNORTHODOXY
@iguanabelga80287 ай бұрын
I agree💯%
@tauncfester30227 ай бұрын
I made one for flightgear, it's an interesting plane with some rather nice water handling and flight manners. Definitely don't judge a plane just because it looks like a clog. It was well liked by it's crews unlike the Heinkel He115. 0:14
@mikecase23727 ай бұрын
I think a strong contender for "Ugliest German Aircraft" is the Do-31, the VTOL cargo aircraft prototype, which somehow didn't make the list. From its lift nacelles, which look like someone had bolted an extra cabin on the end of each of its stubby wings, to the absurdly long nose spike, it looks more like a collection of random Lego parts than a functional aircraft.
@thekinginyellow17447 ай бұрын
👍👍👍
@tanyabodrova99477 ай бұрын
Please don't start putting music over everything.
@redbynight6 ай бұрын
Yeah not a fan either.
@rudiblohm40505 ай бұрын
Das heißt nicht Blomm sondern Blohm & Voss bitte an den Kommentator dies richti zu schreiben. Blohm immer mit h.
@drstevenrey7 ай бұрын
Dornier Delphin. Please note, that hangar in shot 2 still stands today, one kilometer from where I am now. As does the slipway and the mooring spot. That, sort of, makes this a Swiss aircraft and not a German aircraft. The hangar was later used to build the Do X (10). Today this place is called St Gallen Altenrhein Airport and is on the southern shores of Lake Constance (Bodensee). And yes, it is ugly as hell.
@merobo50667 ай бұрын
Considering that Dornier was based in Friedrichshafen it's not too surprising to see one of their planes just across the lake
@drstevenrey7 ай бұрын
@@merobo5066 You are right. But in Friedrichshafen they missed one little thing: Access to the lake. The Dornier factory and the airport are simply too far away from the lake. that was why they opened their factory in Altenrhein on the south shores. Here, the airport is right on the lake front. That is why about two thirds of Swiss military aviation history can be found on the lake bed. :)
@alanrogers70907 ай бұрын
Rex you left out the Focke-Wulf competitor to the Messerschmitt Bf-109, that parasol wing monstrosity. Forgot it's name.❤
@michaelneuwirth34146 ай бұрын
It is the Focke-Wulf Fw 159! The aircraft failed the competition because it was simply ... too ugly!
@rafchris7 ай бұрын
Is it just me or is the lip sync out of whack on the talking head parts? Not a biggy but thought I was having a stroke for a second there!
@onkelmicke96707 ай бұрын
Sound is incredibly buggy.
@Eidolon1andOnly7 ай бұрын
Sound and lip sync are fine, but they tend to be buggy with very recent uploads. Usually clear up after about 15-20 minutes after upload.
@weetyskemian447 ай бұрын
It was out of sync for me
@PJay-wy5fx7 ай бұрын
Yes it was out of sync for me as well. I'm fairly new to this channel and this is the first video I'm watching that has a talking head. As it indeed looks like a bad lip sync, I was wondering if somebody else was hired to provide a 'face' as some KZbinrs prefer not to appear in videos. As YT is starting to demonetize these channels, accusing them from uploading stolen content, I figured this was an attempt to avoid this.
@timweather38477 ай бұрын
Sounded fine and appeared synchronised to me.
@davidstrother4967 ай бұрын
I have to agree that the collection of odd bits and spare parts lying around the shop (Ju287) ranks as number one. I also loved the printed disclaimer you so briefly showed about the Ju87, I went back and paused the video so I could read it. It was a nice bit of humor. Cheers from Texas.
@mirthenary7 ай бұрын
Hey, i always liked the BV 141, BV 138 and He 162 because they were so odd and different, and always thought they looked cool
@stephenremington84487 ай бұрын
The Ju 87 looks like a fighter escort for a Bristol Brabazon bomber squadron (apart from the country situation). The Dornier flying boat with the cabin looks like a flying art deco building from the front.
@brettimkopp75147 ай бұрын
*Angry Stuka fan rant in german*
@Ollisaa60957 ай бұрын
The he-162 is not an ugly plane. it is beautiful. same goes for the bv-138 and Ju-87 stuka.
@inkognito59457 ай бұрын
The Natter is a good reminder that the V in V-weapons didn't only stand for Vergeltung (Vengeance/Retribution), but also for Verzweiflung (Desperation).
@DrHackmoff7 ай бұрын
picking the Ju-87 over the Hs-129 "ente"-"duck" is an outrage and a half , but i love them both
@SephirothRyu7 ай бұрын
The Stuka looks much better from a distance. I think it just seems to have ALL the greebling up close. Kinda like a real life Y-wing.
@Marcos-ms1ij7 ай бұрын
Even if I'm a Stuka fan. I need to agree that it isn't the best looking dive bomber lol. That radiator makes a smile that haunts me every time I'm on War Thunders hangar lol
@Waskotorowy7 ай бұрын
Like fr man i feel like stuka is staring at me everitime i play
@MrPendraeg7 ай бұрын
The natter feels more like a rocket with lack of ambitions rather then a plane..
@aslamnurfikri76407 ай бұрын
Natter is human guided SAM
@nunyabidniz28687 ай бұрын
@@aslamnurfikri7640 Have to love the armament on the Natter: a nosecone full of unguided rockets to be fired in a single salvo: "Just get close enough, one of them's *got* to connect..."
@project-gladiator6 ай бұрын
Reminded me of the japanese designs for kamikaze rockets and such
@bigblue69177 ай бұрын
I have long thought that without its fixed undercarriage the Stuka did not look too bad. It's just that big clunky fixed undercarriage which spoils it. A difficult choice but I would have to go with the Ju-287. It definitely looks like a bad day at Ikea
@elennapointer7017 ай бұрын
Very early marks of the Ju-87 were horrendous to look at. They had a tiny twin tail and undercarriage spats that were basically huge square boxes. The plane we eventually got is pretty by comparison.
@bigblue69177 ай бұрын
@@elennapointer701 I'd forgotten about that. Thanks
@onkelmicke96707 ай бұрын
What about the Heinkel 111 Zwilling? The Stuka is still the most iconic aircraft ever. I wouldn't call it ugly, it looks just right.
@elennapointer7017 ай бұрын
He could have given us a two-fer with the Zwilling, since it was designed as the tug aircraft for the Me-321. I had a model of it as a kid. I thought it was quite beautiful.
@onkelmicke96707 ай бұрын
Yeah it's more weird than ugly actually.
@strykergryphus02077 ай бұрын
I actually quite like the look of the Stuka, those reverse gull wings got me acting unwise Though I do still prefer the cleaner look of the F4U without the landing gear awkwardly sticking out
@gandora07387 ай бұрын
I personally like the frame and wings of the Stuka, only, the landing gear is a bit of a punch in the eye and the canopy can be a bit meh. Personally, had it had a retractable landing gear it would have looked much better.
@Oscifer117 ай бұрын
It's not very aerodynamic, but I love the looks of the wheel skirts of 1930s aircraft.
@iberiksoderblom7 ай бұрын
The Dornier Delphin is a cute little propeller attached houseboat-shed, whereas the Junkers JU-287 gives some huge "Alien Insect" vibes...
@TheLateBird77 ай бұрын
Woot, the VFW Fokker 614 made it into the list! And as regards the first place - the little flying boat is actually quite pretty 🙂
@All2Meme7 ай бұрын
I wonder if Rex has seen the HA-420 HondaJet. It has a very similar engine setup to the VFW-Fokker 614.
@martijn95687 ай бұрын
@@All2MemeI'm willing to bet that Honda looked at the VFW- program, as anyone that does serious product research would😅
@Allan_aka_RocKITEman7 ай бұрын
I LOVE THE Bv-141! 🤭 I feel the same way about the Ju-87 Stuka. It is actually one of my favorite WWII German aircraft...👍
@littlefire477 ай бұрын
Surprised the do355 is not on here
@robertwilloughby80507 ай бұрын
The Pfeil? The one that Goering said a handful of Luftwaffe pilots "pee'd themselves with joy" on seeing it? It's a bit like saying the Sea Vixen was ugly just because it was quirky....😅
@AcroAirwolf7 ай бұрын
As always a nice video but most of the planes I don´t find ugly, especially not the He 162 or the Ju 87. The reason why the Natter has crashed was that the testpilot rejected to use the stabilisation system. He wanted to fly manually. So maybe he had a black out because of high g-loads, this was said in a documentary, further it was said that the canopy broke during the flight. I knew s.o. who flew the Gigant, but passed away years ago. He said that both pilots had to pull back the elevator with pressing their feet against the instrument panel to get the nose up for take off. The reaction of the aileron was poor and the inertia high, when it begun to swing from one side to the other during the aerotow, he said, when you are for example on the left side of the towplane, you have to give aileron left, because it will react when it´s again on the right side....
@ModelsbyMe7 ай бұрын
By the logic of Engines on top = ugly, was surprised not to see the Do18 or Do24 on this list Though personally I dont find either ugly
@foximacentauri78917 ай бұрын
Engines on top don’t have to be ugly, but it’s hard to do right.
@hadtopicausername7 ай бұрын
In my mind, the parts collection immediately disqualifies itself by being so unbelievably quirky and odd. It looks like something I would build out of Lego as a child, and to be honest, I'm half tempted to build something like that here and now as an adult, too.
@Pojist7 ай бұрын
I had the exact same thoughs while watching!
@SleepDeprived0027 ай бұрын
I’m so tired of dealing with Stukas in Warthunder that I genuinely laughed seeing the thumbnail.
@airpaprika7 ай бұрын
Man oh man... BW 141 is one of the coolest airplanes ever built. It is actually too cool to call it ugly. Ju-87 was a true war machine. Its frightening looks served it's purpose. VFW-614 is a cute airplane with a clever design feature. Same goes for He-162 Salamander.
@tommytwotacos81067 ай бұрын
I have always been so distracted by the asymmetrical cockpit, that I never noticed the horizontal stabilizer before.
@finnagin_the_ninja7 ай бұрын
The first variants had a full ‘normal’ horizontal stabiliser and they later went to the half version for a better view for the rear gunner. There is forage on KZbin of the earlier prototypes
@theinfernollama85647 ай бұрын
Rex casualy brightening my day again.
@orbiradio24657 ай бұрын
I am surprised, the Ju-52 didn't make it to the list. The central engine looks really wrong. The BV-132 looks good except for the gun turret at the nose.
@AlexeyPiet7 ай бұрын
What the hell? I really like the design of the Heinkel 162... Well, it kept breaking into pieces mid-flight because of low-quality glue, but i like the looks of (almost) all the german ww2 jets (and the StuKa)... Und ich mag die Flugzeuge nicht nur, weil ich selbst Deutscher bin! Anyways: Rex's Hangar became one of my favourite aircraft-themed channels... But dude, you got a weird taste when it comes to german aircraft...
@AlexeyPiet7 ай бұрын
And regarding the Junkers 287: yeah, the germans were really desperate and experimented with every wing shape imaginable, to get any kind of advantage out of their aircraft... But is it ugly? I don't think so... Not at all...
@Tom-Lahaye7 ай бұрын
The Ju-287 makes the top spot because of the weird clump feet hanging from its wings and fuselage. It's like a bee which collected pollen on its legs.
@PatchBits7 ай бұрын
Including the Ju87 is so brave and yet so true! Sometimes all you need is to look back and forget what an awesome craft it is to remember how beautifully hideous it is. Ugly planes rise up!
@JGCR597 ай бұрын
The Pilot of the only fatal launch of the Natter, Lothar Sieber, hat a connection to #5 as well, as he had flown one of the few Arado 232 in high risk rescue missions on the eastern front, picking up downed pilots and cut off troops from behind soviet lines in 1944 before becoming a test pilot.
@foxcraft32077 ай бұрын
How dare you calling stuka ugly
@Rusticcornhole6 ай бұрын
It is the most beautiful ugly thing if that makes you feel happy
@SuperMadman414 ай бұрын
Your sentence structure or lack thereof is ugly😊😊
@foxcraft32074 ай бұрын
@@SuperMadman41 You know why? Im german
@michaelneuwirth34146 ай бұрын
I missed the Arado Ar 198 in the list. Only 3 prototypes of this single-motor reconnaissance aircraft from 1938 were built. Some photographs can be found via google.
@lukespread7 ай бұрын
The first version of the Ju 87, the A model, was the ugliest of the line. The prototype was nightmarish. The final versions D and G were far more businesslike.
@WynnofThule6 ай бұрын
Putting the He-162 that close to the top is a crime.
@neiloflongbeck57057 ай бұрын
The He.162 was no uglier that the F-107.
@martijn95687 ай бұрын
There’s a reason why the F-107 didn’t see service😉
@neiloflongbeck57057 ай бұрын
@@martijn9568 yep, several in fact. Ugliness wasn't one of them.
@martijn95687 ай бұрын
@@neiloflongbeck5705That's what they want you to think😊
@aaaaaaaaaaaa8997 ай бұрын
The ju 87 IS magnificent
@HugoRune727 ай бұрын
Is number 2 more of maned cruise missile than a plane ?
@tz87857 ай бұрын
More a manned SAM, it was intended to defend specific places against bombers and had little range or flight time.
@MarcWeertsMusic7 ай бұрын
Tbh I kind of expected the me 163 to feature somewhere in there. 🙂 Great video, love the new format!
@walterpleyer2617 ай бұрын
German are known more for overengineering than overdesigning
@urishima7 ай бұрын
Bv138 looks like a duck with a Mohawk. I love it.
@aslamnurfikri76407 ай бұрын
I'm surprised you managed to narrow it down to just 10
@jesperlykkeberg74387 ай бұрын
He actually failed to narrow it down to just 10
@KB10GL7 ай бұрын
Compared to the rest of the world [Brits, French, Russian & Yank] I thought he was clutching at straws to find designs that were actually 'ugly'
@Marcos-ms1ij7 ай бұрын
The Frankenstein with forward facing wings should be the top 1. That flying boat still somehow normal looking when compared to it lol
@jakobnuernberger947 ай бұрын
Nooo...not the Salamander, my beloved...the He-162 is not that ugly. I agree with most of your other propositions. The Bv-138 would definetly look better without that third engine and the Stuka would look more aerodynamic with retractable gear. To settle the point of the ugliest: that Heinkel thing is the weirder one, the Dornier looks like they just strapped an aircraft engine to a paddle Steamer and called it a day.
@44WarmocK777 ай бұрын
16:11 "It wasn't very pretty, was it?" - "Yes. Yes it was. Especially the prototypes with the more aerodynamic landing gear looked awesome!"
@stefanusloloanpieterhutaba27447 ай бұрын
I am very unhappy about the ju-87, however I respect the opinions of other people and atleast you agree that it is meant fungsionality than looks.
@roelantverhoeven3717 ай бұрын
seen in three quarter from the front, slightly from below the Stuka looked great imo! and the later variants were sleeker looking
@LastGoatKnight7 ай бұрын
The BV-141 has a charm to it, I don't know why it is on the list so high but that's a personal opinion, such as mine Ohh, the He 162 as well? It's a mini A-10 before the A-10
@silverwolf37457 ай бұрын
Top spot the Delphine, the BV 138 and 141 were interesting and good designs, the crew compartment on the BV 141 was very like the one on the Focke Wulf 189
@cyberfutur50007 ай бұрын
Here some comments from a random internet stranger. 1. Come on, with that stick on the nose it looks like some fallout style retro future machine :) 2. It's cute, I may have some pity, but I think it's adorable^^ Like if a pidgeon and a whale mingled. 3. Bloom and Voss is above criticism (for style), it's Germanys way to live out it's inner Frenchnes. 4. Yeah... But it's a big boy. But I can't argue. 5. Hmm, yes, kinda looks like it has a big tumour on it's back. A pilot eating one, at that :/ 6. Looks like the flying boat concept, but with a train. ouf... that's not good. 7. Go back to point 3. But For reals, I like that one, I think it's really cool. Come on, it's amazing! 8. Yeah the stuka is ugly, cool but ugly. Like an ugly, ugly dog. :/ 9. Does that even count as a plane? It's more like a manned cluster bomb for AA purpose^^ 10. Wow I really expected the Do31, which would have been wrong^^ The Do Delphin is pretty ugly, but funny. The Ju is just a crime against eyes.
@Hesopod-w3b7 ай бұрын
The JU 87 looks perfect, because it looks rough. It looks durable. It looks (and sounds) intimidating. It’s not meant to look sexy, it’s meant to look venerable.
@jmcosmos7 ай бұрын
The Ju 287 takes the biscuit for most absurd WWII aircraft design. Dornier ain't EEEEEEEEEEEEEven in it.
@frosty36937 ай бұрын
The new Honda Jet, a personal/business aircraft, uses the engines above the wing location today.
@sergioleone35837 ай бұрын
I'm guessing the only controversial element of the Blohm & Voss entry at #8 is that it wasn't higher up on the ugly list.
@JGCR597 ай бұрын
The pic at 10:08 is interesting because 1. the aircraft firing at the Me 323 wasn't a fighter but a RAF Marauder bomber and 2. both pilots (the german one having ditched after the picture) met in the 1980s.
@orka53527 ай бұрын
Haven't watched in a while, I see you have a new office setup! Very nice, happy to see this channel grow.
@oddforoddssake37517 ай бұрын
Haven’t watched the full vid yet But I just *know* you’ve started a goddamn fight by putting the Stuka in the thumbnail, well done Rex 😂
@rrmorris677 ай бұрын
Man do I disagree about the JU 87. For the age in which it was developed I think it is amazing and interesting to look at. it was one of my favorite models to build as a kid. I thought for sure you'd put the Dornier DO 335 on here. I thought that plane was cool, too
@ImRadarr7 ай бұрын
exactly. i’ve never once thought it’s ugly. it’s definitely not elegant but it has an industrial look that i just love
@huwzebediahthomas91937 ай бұрын
Dornier Delphin looks like a Scottish Clyde Puffer with nailed on wings and an engine slapped on the cabin's roof.
@rich77877 ай бұрын
The Stuka wasn’t pretty, but it wasn’t that ugly either. I think that rating was unfair. It was better looking than planes lower on your list, in my opinion
@messmeister927 ай бұрын
The BV 141 is my OCD’s worst nightmare and is therefore my #1 ugliest aircraft in all of WWII.
@Fluffinator1297 ай бұрын
The Delphin just looks like a steam boat with wings. The other one actually looks like a functional aircraft.
@AtomicBuffalo7 ай бұрын
I get why the B&V 141 is on the list -- we are hard-wired to feel revulsion at asymmetry -- and so I wouldn't argue it doesn't belong at all. It'll always trigger on a primal level that it's missing some parts. That being said, there is an elegance to its design, both in how well it works when you study it, and aesthetically in the form and proportions of the parts that *aren't* missing. It lacks the emaciation/bloating that several German twin-engine designs suffer.
@nathanielskinner68687 ай бұрын
I kind of actually like the 138, and 3D modeled a JU87 specifically because it looked cool. :D
@Sacto16547 ай бұрын
Interestingly, the Blohm und Voss BV 141 would have entered service except for one major issue: the supply of the BMW 801 radial engine. Focke-Wulf needed every BMW 801 engine they could get their hands on for the Fw 190 program, so the Luftwaffe went with the Focke-Wulf Fw 189, which was not much prettier than the BV 141 but used the much more available Argus As 410 V-12 engine.
@martijn95687 ай бұрын
The FW-189 is hella pretty. It's like a Fokker G.I and P-38, but as an recogn aircraft! Besides that, the window framing on the 'Uhu' looks much better than whatever Blohm und Voss came up with.
@Sacto16547 ай бұрын
@@martijn9568 Well, it could be argued the visibility was better, too. And it really annoyed the Soviet air forces because it was such a manueverable plane even at low altitude.
@rudiblohm40505 ай бұрын
Thats right and the Name ist right Thanks
@mirthenary7 ай бұрын
The passengers of the Fokker 164 also get a nice view of the engines
@hlynnkeith93347 ай бұрын
Delphin v 287? 287 is uglier. A four-engine jet with fixed landing gear? WE HAVE A WINNER!
@maxmustermann66127 ай бұрын
I have to massively disagree on a few cases here but as it is said, beauty is in the eye of the spectator :)
@reynard617 ай бұрын
Bachem Ba 349 Natter: "(...T)his glorified tube was supposed to be a last-ditch wonder-weapon for the Luftwaffe." Not quite. While the Luftwaffe expressed some interest in the aircraft, the project eventually came under SS control: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bachem_Ba_349_Natter (See: Modifications)
@martinmengh7 ай бұрын
i prefer the older style with no face showing. your voice is perfect signature
@oddforoddssake37517 ай бұрын
For the No. 1 spot, I feel like the Delphin is more a product of its time, a plane built when design language was much more uhhh esoteric than today. In that respect, it looks strange but oddly compelling, in a Jules Verne-esque kind of way. The Ju 287 is just an insult to proper proportion. None of it looks right, and the front profile looks like it was mutilated in Photoshop. Also, if it’s using He 177 parts in any way, it’s destined for tragedy. Perhaps it’s best it never flew. So yes, Ju 287 for first place, in my opinion.
@DukeChameleon7 ай бұрын
Delphin definitely deserves its status of one of the ugliest aircraft, but Junkers took my heart with that story. You're not only getting an ugly aircraft, but you also get a bizarre story of kitbashing for a bonus.
@TheHelado363 ай бұрын
The Stuka is all about function over form. Looks like a menacing insect that will make your picnic a nightmare !
@zitko197 ай бұрын
And the winner is .... delphinitely DELPHIN :D If you consider making the sequel what about Do 31? Or Extra EA 400 (especially when sitting on the tarmac)?
@MarktheRude7 ай бұрын
"Designed to have a powerful BMW engines, but" This video is basically 20 minute essay of BMW disappointing it's customers.
@roadsweeper17 ай бұрын
Gotta be the 287. The Delphin has the excuse of being an early bird to flight and didnt know better. Cant use that argument with the 287. It looks like the WW2 version of Scrapheap Challenge lol, right we need X amount more thrust, we need 4 engines instead of 2, where can we put the other 2. I actually quite like the BV 138. Always fancied building it as a R/C aircraft, but I'm not very good at scratch building, and I dont think anyone has made a kit of it. Its an interesting aircraft.
@greenseaships7 ай бұрын
It's one of my favorite transports of all time but I'm genuinely surprised to NOT find the Ju-52 on this list!! Especially when that decent (if unconventional) Fokker twin jet is on the list. Ya tellin' us that thing was uglier than Taunte Ju??
@falloutghoul16 ай бұрын
The VFW 614's engine layout also increased the risk of passengers going into the engine intakes in case of emergency evacuations.
@SJWarren-r4w7 ай бұрын
In my opinion, i like how the stuka looks, although i will admit that the fixed landing gear doesnt look good