Quick ID Quiz

Wow!!

I think both of these aircraft are gorgeous.

Was this the first such piggyback arrangement in the world?

The Soviets – under Vladimir Valhmistrov – had a whole series of parasite fighter/piggyback designs under the generic title ‘Zveno’ (Flight).

Starting in 1931 with a twin-engined TB-1 bomber and two I-4 fighters mounted on top of the wings, the series progressed to the ‘Aviamatka’ – a four-engined TB-3 bomber with FIVE fighters attached – two on top of the wings, two under the wings and a Grigorovich I-Z fighter on a trapeze under the fuselage.

One variant – the Zveno-SPB was a TB-3 with two I-16 fighter-bombers under the wings – was used during WWII to successfully bomb the bridges & oil pipelines at Constanta in Romania.

I made a couple of models of these – the TB-1/I-4 is at :- http://vvs.hobbyvista.com/ModelArticles/Duffy/Zveno1/index.php

The Aviamatka – including some history – is at :- http://vvs.hobbyvista.com/ModelArticles/Duffy/Aviamatka/index.php

Another model I made is the USAF ‘Project FICON’ (FIghter CONveyor) – a B-36 with an F-84 on a trapeze – see :- http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/models_pages/ficon_modl.htm

Ken

I think both of these aircraft are gorgeous.

Was this the first such piggyback arrangement in the world?

Hi. Just in from work
Well dhfan you should not have because that’s what it is, well done
st170dw 😀
Phil.

Bum

Heh.

What a corker. Certainly Shorts put a lot of effort into ‘adding lightness’ and keeping it simple – I don’t think. May as well have added an interlink between the pilot’s themoses (themii?)

Brilliant quiz. I was completely thrown by the angle iron on the bottom section.

Cheers!

Goblin… 😉

There was no need to be rude.

He’s probably just got a headache.

I hope not, I’d already discarded that idea!

Hi. Just in from work
Well dhfan you should not have because that’s what it is, well done
st170dw 😀
Phil.

Release mechanism from the Mayo Composite?

I hope not, I’d already discarded that idea!

Release mechanism from the Mayo Composite?

LATCH

Release mechanism for dropping a bi-plane from underneath an airship

Goblin… 😉

It’s a corker!

Is it the right way up?

The tubular bits look at a glance like Hawker’s, but not under closer examination.

It’s so overcomplex it’s GOT to be British.

You wouldn’t want to get your fingers caught in it!

Wild guess would be release gear for aircraft to airship – DH-53?

Your on the right lines JD, and yes it is the right way up, i thought of putting
it on upside down but did’nt 😀
Phil.

It’s a corker!

Is it the right way up?

The tubular bits look at a glance like Hawker’s, but not under closer examination.

It’s so overcomplex it’s GOT to be British.

You wouldn’t want to get your fingers caught in it!

Wild guess would be release gear for aircraft to airship – DH-53?

Quick-change undercarriage, floats to wheels?

Me163 dolly mech?

Jimw’s on the right track 😀

Could be, but the flay-rod looks a little out of skew on t’treddle…

Slipping mechanism for the Hilson Bi-Mono. 🙂

Mark

Looks like a gear lock to me. DC-3 downlock mechanism??

Folding wing mechanism…Swordfish? Wild guess.