Enjoy….
http://rareaircraf1.greyfalcon.us/
😀
By: benyboy - 23rd January 2011 at 03:34
No-one so far has twigged that photo 47(ish) of the British aircraft might even have a forum member in it?:diablo:
Oh boy, have some of the those aircraft crashed through the ugly tree!
Adrian
Hurricat maybe 🙂
By: Pendeen - 23rd January 2011 at 00:25
Facinating! The Rotabuggy looks like a lot of fun :diablo:
By: adrian_gray - 22nd January 2011 at 23:22
No-one so far has twigged that photo 47(ish) of the British aircraft might even have a forum member in it?:diablo:
Oh boy, have some of the those aircraft crashed through the ugly tree!
Adrian
By: DazDaMan - 22nd January 2011 at 14:55
The Bi-Mono is just crying out for a replica….
By: AdlerTag - 22nd January 2011 at 14:35
Stangman,
Happy to be of service, I’m usually the one with a mind like Swiss cheese!
Pagen,
The Bi-Mono was the proof of concept for the slip wing fighter idea, first (and only) tried on a Hurricane. You were right the first time round!
As for the ‘common’ types on the site, I agree some are possibly a bit too ordinary, although there are some that have unusual features such as the average-looking Ju88 and Do17 which actually have infra-red gear fitted. Interesting site, I’m still only about half way through them all…
By: stangman - 22nd January 2011 at 11:10
Thanks AdlerTag, thats the one i was mixing up with the slipwing Hurricane.I recalled a top wing moving and got the two mixed up! Should never rely on memory alone [especially mine!]
By: pagen01 - 22nd January 2011 at 09:23
Re the slip-wing Hurricane, it was on my mind driving into work this morning and I’m now wondering if the Hurricane was in fact the proof of concept vehicle for the Bi-Mono, and not the other way around as I had earlier thought?
It seems to me a way of bestowing greater (almost double?) lift & range and then being able to jettison the extra wing to allow good combat manouverability to a diminutive fighter design.
By: Ian Hunt - 22nd January 2011 at 09:03
Unusual types (some)
Wierd and wonderful!
😀
But wasn’t that DH Hornet a superb looking a/c. Wow!
Ian
By: Arabella-Cox - 22nd January 2011 at 08:53
In general, a nice little site with some fine photos. However, the USSR section leaves me a bit lost. The page has examples of entirely common aircraft which were mass-produced in series: Il-2 with NS-37 cannon, Yak-1 with skis [albeit, the aircraft in the image is lacking them!]; Li-2, Er-2, Yak-9U… and so on.
How are these machines “rare”? I don’t get it….
By: AdlerTag - 22nd January 2011 at 01:22
Thank you pagen01 for correcting my very bad memory, i knew it had something to do with the top wing,but may have got mixed with a memory of something else i had read about.
This might be what you’re thinking about, the Jona J.6 sesquiplane with a tilting ‘self stabilising’ upper wing.
By: stangman - 22nd January 2011 at 01:00
Thank you pagen01 for correcting my very bad memory, i knew it had something to do with the top wing,but may have got mixed with a memory of something else i had read about.
By: |RLWP - 22nd January 2011 at 00:11
Slip Wing Hurricane, been here before:
http://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?t=44261
Baz
Thank you for that Baz.
I’d really want to be sure that all the fixings were going to let go before trying to jettison that top wing
Richard
By: Scouse - 21st January 2011 at 23:42
And a Martin Mitchell? Methinks not:D
By: Arabella-Cox - 21st January 2011 at 22:27
Good stuff; but a “Short” Lerwick? A Saro Lerwick surely.
By: spitfireman - 21st January 2011 at 22:27
Slip Wing Hurricane, been here before:
http://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?t=44261
Baz
By: pagen01 - 21st January 2011 at 21:10
You are and you should have;)
The idea of the extra wing was to give greater lift with shorter take off and to enable a greater fuel supply, the upper wing and supports were then jettisoned completely before combat.
Given that I haven’t heard of the Hurricane lacking in these areas in normal use I would assume this would be for something very specific but don’t know what.
The design was put together by Hilllson as the FH40, and was considered a ‘full scale’ version of their Bi-Mono aircraft.
By: stangman - 21st January 2011 at 20:20
IRLWP from memory which is vague at the best of times ,i seem to remeber the slipwing design meant the top wing moved forwards and backwards around a centre point to improve some aspect of the flight charateristics.
i am probably wrong and should also Google it:)
By: barry flahey - 21st January 2011 at 18:16
Many thanks for posting this site Tony. It’s quite addictive. I’m sure that I’ve
seen some of these in very early Janes……
By: ChrisDNT - 21st January 2011 at 17:26
Mark, it’s not Italien, it’s a Caudron.
By: mark_pilkington - 21st January 2011 at 17:14
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I love what the Italians (I assume), seem to have done with the DH 88 Comet design smiles
regards
Mark Pilkington
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