Focus on four engines ass! The unfortunate super unique machine "VC-10" Why is it in that shape? survive in the military

Four-engined "four-engined planes" are now becoming a minority. Basically, the engines of these aircraft are under the main wing, but the British "VC-10" dared to put all the engines in the rear of the fuselage. How did this happen?

"Four-engine aircraft" equipped with four engines, such as the Boeing 747 and Airbus A380, have become a minority due to the rise of two-engine twin-engine aircraft with good fuel efficiency. It can be said that the field of activity is now in the forefront.

Most of the four-engine aircraft have two engines on each side under the main wing. This became the standard in the 1950s and 1960s, when the "first generation" of jet airliners, such as the American Boeing 707 and Douglas DC-8, were the stars of medium-range international flights. However, in this era, there were also passenger planes that realized an engine arrangement that could be said to be unusual from the present age.