dodgy-alan 1,587 Posted April 21, 2013 Report Share Posted April 21, 2013 Thanks Andrew, I worked backwards, I googled Aircraft fitted with Walter Minor engines.....and this one popped up! Certainly a strange looking thing, and the jet powered versions even stranger! Link to post Share on other sites
dodgy-alan 1,587 Posted April 21, 2013 Report Share Posted April 21, 2013 Okay guys, try this one. Link to post Share on other sites
rob16584 42 Posted April 21, 2013 Report Share Posted April 21, 2013 The body shape looks familiar, but I have no idea where from. Link to post Share on other sites
Quickmarch 488 Posted April 22, 2013 Report Share Posted April 22, 2013 Body shape is reminiscent of the bottle-nosed dolphin. I just love the tail-strike preventer. This thing must have been slow to rotate. Judging by the distance from the tip to the ground, I'd be surprised if 1/2 degree of rotation was possible. The wings must have had positive incidence. Link to post Share on other sites
Torpedo Air Cargo 0 Posted April 22, 2013 Report Share Posted April 22, 2013 Looks like something designed by the Short Brothers. Could that be the bastard love child of a SC7 Skyvan and a SD3-30 shed? Link to post Share on other sites
dodgy-alan 1,587 Posted April 22, 2013 Report Share Posted April 22, 2013 Definately not a Shorts product Danilo, though it WAS designed as a short/medium range airliner. Re the take off situation, if you look at the engines, they are canted upwards so it would take off fairly flat but the whole wing had variable incidence so that it could be tilted down for normal flight. I have not been able to find any photos of it flying but it apparently did so as the aircraft was built in one country and this photo was taken in the place where it ended up under new ownership. Link to post Share on other sites
rob16584 42 Posted April 22, 2013 Report Share Posted April 22, 2013 Blohm & Voss BV 144wow I got one! Link to post Share on other sites
Torpedo Air Cargo 0 Posted April 22, 2013 Report Share Posted April 22, 2013 If it's such an ugly beast and not designed by Shorts, it can only be one of those whacky German prototypes of the Nazi era. Could that be a Blohm & Voss 144? Link to post Share on other sites
Torpedo Air Cargo 0 Posted April 22, 2013 Report Share Posted April 22, 2013 Damn rob beat me to it by a minute Link to post Share on other sites
dodgy-alan 1,587 Posted April 22, 2013 Report Share Posted April 22, 2013 It certainly is the BV144, It was built when Germany was convinced it was going to win the war, however when it became clear that they wouldnt it was abandoned and fell into French hands, they didn't know what to do with it and it was scrapped, years ahead of it's time though like most German aircraft were at the time. The only thing vaguely similar was the DC5. Over to you Rob. Link to post Share on other sites
rob16584 42 Posted April 22, 2013 Report Share Posted April 22, 2013 Thanks Alan. I'll get something sorted tomorrow evening Link to post Share on other sites
allardjd 1,853 Posted April 22, 2013 Report Share Posted April 22, 2013 It probably says something about this group that the only ones that last more than few hours are prototypes, concept aircraft or one-off versions. Anything remotely common falls pretty fast. John Link to post Share on other sites
Torpedo Air Cargo 0 Posted April 22, 2013 Report Share Posted April 22, 2013 I believe the word you're searching for is Anorak Link to post Share on other sites
Andrew Godden 943 Posted April 23, 2013 Report Share Posted April 23, 2013 It's a good thing there are no normal people on Mutley's Hangar then. Link to post Share on other sites
dodgy-alan 1,587 Posted April 23, 2013 Report Share Posted April 23, 2013 Normal, NOOOOOOOOO, they told me if I kept taking the medicine that I wouldnt be!! They even let me lick the windows! Link to post Share on other sites
hurricanemk1c 195 Posted April 23, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2013 What's normal? Surely normal is one of those things that depends on perspective. Me, I'm normal for me (standing in the rain for an hour waiting for trains), whereas my friends would say I'm strange...... So, I think that everyone here is normal, from the Hangar perspective. Nice find Rob! Link to post Share on other sites
brett 2,314 Posted April 23, 2013 Report Share Posted April 23, 2013 nor·mal: conforming to a type, standard, or regular pattern I hope that never happens. Link to post Share on other sites
hurricanemk1c 195 Posted April 23, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2013 Well, here we are conforming to a regular pattern - somebody posts a shot, some people guess, one gets it right, and the cycle continues! Link to post Share on other sites
rob16584 42 Posted April 23, 2013 Report Share Posted April 23, 2013 Ok here's my effort: Link to post Share on other sites
brett 2,314 Posted April 23, 2013 Report Share Posted April 23, 2013 What's not normal is me actually being right once in awhile. Link to post Share on other sites
hurricanemk1c 195 Posted April 23, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2013 Ducted fan gone wrong! Link to post Share on other sites
hurricanemk1c 195 Posted April 23, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2013 Found it! Will keep it to myself for a bit though Link to post Share on other sites
Torpedo Air Cargo 0 Posted April 23, 2013 Report Share Posted April 23, 2013 Could that be G-FANS, the experimental BN-2 Islander ? Link to post Share on other sites
dodgy-alan 1,587 Posted April 24, 2013 Report Share Posted April 24, 2013 That is the Stipa-Caproni flying barrel, the Mk 2 version in fact as the original had a 4 bladed prop with an un cowled engine in the middle. Link to post Share on other sites
Andrew Godden 943 Posted April 24, 2013 Report Share Posted April 24, 2013 Go for it Kieran. My guess is, after you, there are at least two of us who also have the correct answer. Oh, and good work to get it in 30 mins, give or take. Cheers Andrew Link to post Share on other sites
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