And there's me thinking that the Trident (weird but logical) offset nosewheel qualifies -not even close

I'm glad it wasn't only me getting ready to suggest that.

And there was the Vickers Windsor......

https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....57c2c9b063.jpg

Enough with the ugly aeroplanes already. My eyes are bleeding.

I always thought the Windsor was a dumb idea but it's only dawned on me, literally in the last few months, that with a geodetic wing it wasn't so dumb after all.

Here is one more:http://www.luftarchiv.de/index.htm?/piloten/ar232.htm

No piccy, but I seem to recall a Percival high wing s/e intended for freight and agricultural work ?

CJ, I think you are referring to the Percival Protector ?

Could be the Edgar Percival (as opposed to just Percival) Ep.9 which was an odd looking thing but with a relatively normal undercarriage, given its design.

Ah yes, the Prospector (remember seeing one at Oshkosh) - which reminds me of the Auster Shopping Trolley - the B.4:

https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....00b741b77.jpeg

Possibly off-topic (not really configuration), but I wonder if there were any issues with the Tridents off-centre nose wheel. I've never heard about there being any problems but it sure looked odd.

https://i.stack.imgur.com/XZEYN.jpg

The Il-62 tailwheel. Used on the ground to prevent tipping.

And my all time favorite the Sea Dart:

Yes, the offset weight of the wheels when stowed caused the aircraft to fly right wing low.

That's certainly odd but the picture I found was a bit less odd.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Percival-N747JC.JPG

Ah yes, N747JC was the EP9 I saw at KOSH! I remember another one at Biggin in the late 80s - involved in a nasty fatal crash shortly afterwards at Lydd - parachutists aboard as I recall.

Ah,so that explains why they frequently used to stray from centre line when going up and down UA37 ,and often needed a 'little help'

Is that why CAAC bought them?

Check out the B-36 version of that:

https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....0ef66cf52e.jpg

Did they develop that after the Boscombe Down out-landing? :}

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As far as I know it was tested on the prototype, so the answer is: probably not. It would certainly have been a better option on that particular occasion... :cool: