dodgy-alan 1,587 Posted January 4, 2016 Report Share Posted January 4, 2016 That's the one John, over to you. https://img.planespotters.net/photo/411000/original/ur-exa-antonov-airlines-antonov-design-bureau-antonov-an-70_PlanespottersNet_411175.jpg Link to post Share on other sites
J G 927 Posted January 4, 2016 Report Share Posted January 4, 2016 Have a go at this one..... Link to post Share on other sites
Quickmarch 488 Posted January 4, 2016 Report Share Posted January 4, 2016 Based on the Gendarme's hat, I'd say it's French. This isn't Bleriot's channel crosser, is it? Link to post Share on other sites
dodgy-alan 1,587 Posted January 4, 2016 Report Share Posted January 4, 2016 I know exactly what it is , but it's not French Link to post Share on other sites
J G 927 Posted January 6, 2016 Report Share Posted January 6, 2016 Brian is correct - its not French. Link to post Share on other sites
dodgy-alan 1,587 Posted January 6, 2016 Report Share Posted January 6, 2016 Brian? Link to post Share on other sites
J G 927 Posted January 6, 2016 Report Share Posted January 6, 2016 Alan!! Mind if we call you Bruce....or possibly Brian? 1 Link to post Share on other sites
dodgy-alan 1,587 Posted January 6, 2016 Report Share Posted January 6, 2016 LOL, I doin't mind what I'm called...........so long as it's not late for dinner! Link to post Share on other sites
J G 927 Posted January 7, 2016 Report Share Posted January 7, 2016 Good shout Brian, Bruce, Alan. I had this in mind: And now for something completely different: The guess the aircraft quiz: Any takers? 1 Link to post Share on other sites
dodgy-alan 1,587 Posted January 15, 2016 Report Share Posted January 15, 2016 No-one got this old eindecker yet? Link to post Share on other sites
J G 927 Posted January 15, 2016 Report Share Posted January 15, 2016 Clue time? Link to post Share on other sites
brett 2,314 Posted January 15, 2016 Report Share Posted January 15, 2016 Seems like the guys that know it would rather not have to find and post a new one. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
J G 927 Posted January 15, 2016 Report Share Posted January 15, 2016 Kill it Alan! Link to post Share on other sites
dodgy-alan 1,587 Posted January 16, 2016 Report Share Posted January 16, 2016 Ok well if you insist, i'll shoot the canary, it's the Ziegler Pfeil-Eindecker, A German aircraft first flown in 1913. Link to post Share on other sites
Quickmarch 488 Posted January 16, 2016 Report Share Posted January 16, 2016 Trouble is - it's getting to be almost impossible to find something these guys can't ID. It's gotten way beyond my pay grade already. Link to post Share on other sites
dodgy-alan 1,587 Posted January 16, 2016 Report Share Posted January 16, 2016 OK Guys, I'll let you have a go with this one, It's one of my own models, but was a very real aircraft. Link to post Share on other sites
dodgy-alan 1,587 Posted January 18, 2016 Report Share Posted January 18, 2016 No guesses yet? Link to post Share on other sites
dodgy-alan 1,587 Posted January 24, 2016 Report Share Posted January 24, 2016 I guess you're not all russian into this one then... Link to post Share on other sites
Tony Kemp 18 Posted January 27, 2016 Report Share Posted January 27, 2016 Beats me but I know its a brilliant Model, how long you had this Alan ? Tony. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
dodgy-alan 1,587 Posted February 7, 2016 Report Share Posted February 7, 2016 Beats me but I know its a brilliant Model, how long you had this Alan ? Tony. I built this one a few years ago, this aircraft was the first in a long line of excellent and very distinctive aircraft. Though the companies most well known ones were biplanes. Link to post Share on other sites
dodgy-alan 1,587 Posted February 16, 2016 Report Share Posted February 16, 2016 I guess this thread has died a death then. Oh well.............walks off mumbling to himself!!!! Link to post Share on other sites
dodgy-alan 1,587 Posted March 27, 2016 Report Share Posted March 27, 2016 Well in case anyone is interested the last aircraft was the Polikarpov I-1. http://www.ratomodeling.com/finished/il400/72051.jpg Link to post Share on other sites
sixa 1 Posted May 15, 2017 Report Share Posted May 15, 2017 Hey guys, I cant recognize this plane, what do you think? http://wallpaperspack.info/wp-content/uploads/Vintage-landscape-wallpaper-a9b4cde7c39ff20caa93375735fe6b47.jpg Link to post Share on other sites
brett 2,314 Posted May 16, 2017 Report Share Posted May 16, 2017 Hi and welcome to the forums here sixa. It's hard to tell from that angle but I don't know of any that would only have those wing struts (probably designed like that for easy model construction) and there are only a few that have an undercarriage without any other support showing so that would leave any identifying markings and or the specific shape of the fuselage from a side on shot. It might just be a facsimile of an aircraft designed for easy manufacture. That said, there are a couple of members here with amazing aircraft identifying skills so give it some time and see what comes up. Link to post Share on other sites
allardjd 1,853 Posted May 17, 2017 Report Share Posted May 17, 2017 Good info here from Wiki... Four-stroke radials have an odd number of cylinders per row, so that a consistent every-other-piston firing order can be maintained, providing smooth operation. For example, on a five-cylinder engine the firing order is 1, 3, 5, 2, 4 and back to cylinder 1. Moreover, this always leaves a one-piston gap between the piston on its combustion stroke and the piston on compression. The active stroke directly helps compress the next cylinder to fire, making the motion more uniform. If an even number of cylinders were used, an equally timed firing cycle would not be feasible.[1] The prototype radial Zoche aero-diesels (below) have an even number of cylinders, either four or eight; but this is not problematic, because they are two-stroke engines, with twice the number of power strokes as a four-stroke engine. This strongly implies that what's shown, with six cylinders, is some kind of 2-stroke engine, possibly even a "rotary engine" though from the cowl details and close fit to the fuselage it doesn't look like the latter. I kind of wonder if this isn't just a toy or a "notional model", not intended to be an accurate representation of anything in the real world. There appears to be a faired "headrest" behind the cockpit, which implies post WWI and as Brett notes, the lack of bracing struts or wires for the gear legs and between the wings further leads me to believe it's not a model of a real plane, just some toymaker's stab at the concept. Whatever you have there looks pretty old and might just be worth something. John EDIT: Looking again, I think I see pushrod tubes and rocker arm covers, strongly implying a 4-stroke engine. If so, that would be a six-cylinder, 4-stroke radial, and for the reasons given in the Wiki piece above would be pretty impractical. If it ran it all it would probably shake like the proverbial dog passing peach pits. JDA 1 Link to post Share on other sites
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