Oddball, Experimental, or One-off

[Student Pilot]

I remember seeing a Mustang with a RR Dart in Canberra more than a few years ago, I recently read it had been converted back the Merlin and an ex Apollo astronaut once owned it. 

[facthunter]

I'd say that's the one I saw. .  Nev

[BrendAn]

[red750]

#BrendAn, which one is Oddball, Experimental, or One-off? Both were produced, and both went into service. Sure, Concorde was not MASS produced, but it doesn't fall into this category. 

[kgwilson]

It's a joke Joyce. It is I think a one off where a Tornado & Condorde stop nose to nose & 2 female pilots get out & have a yarn on the grass. Of course it never happened but a nod to the difference of the female psyche.

[Blueadventures]

Mavrick and Ice Man may not get it but 'Flick Man' will shoot it down in a flash

[BrendAn]

2 hours ago, red750 said:

#BrendAn, which one is Oddball, Experimental, or One-off? Both were produced, and both went into service. Sure, Concorde was not MASS produced, but it doesn't fall into this category. 

well it is sort of one off, the lady on the left was the first female concorde driver and the one on the right the uks first female jet fighter pilot.

[facthunter]

She hasn't got Jet CAPTAINS "Bars" but the shoulder Pads are "monsters".  My flying suit with Pockets "everywhere" like the one on the right MUST be somewhere?? Wonder if it still  fits?  The rubber bits in my CLOTH helmet perished long ago. They held the "Gosport" tubes in. Hands UP  Who knows what they are.   Nev

[spacesailor]

My Old " R D F " has them for listening for the Null  ! .

spacesailor

[facthunter]

DID you have a manual loop? Can you remember what a "beat frequency Oscillator" does?   Nev

[BrendAn]

The Leduc 022 is one of the craziest manned aircraft ever made. It was a ramjet (and turbojet) powered interceptor, the pilot sits inside the engine's inlet cone. A truly insane concept from the French that looks like a piece of science fiction

[BrendAn]

 

 

machine gun  testing 

Edited January 24 by BrendAn

[ClintonB]

On 18/1/2024 at 1:22 PM, BrendAn said:

The Leduc 022 is one of the craziest manned aircraft ever made. It was a ramjet (and turbojet) powered interceptor, the pilot sits inside the engine's inlet cone. A truly insane concept from the French that looks like a piece of science fiction

Reminds me of “Thunderbirds go”

[red750]

The Wickham B is an American experimental twin engined, homebuilt aircraft.

 

The twin engine aircraft was designed by Boeing engineer Jim Wickham in order to fly safely on one engine over the Seattle area.

 

The model B is a high-wing, fixed tricycle landing gear, twin engine aircraft. The aircraft uses all aluminum construction with fiberglass cowlings, nose cone and wheel pants. The wings are configured with Fowler flaps. The wing has no dihedral. The two 25 U.S. gallons (95 L; 21 imp gal) fuel tanks are located in the leading edges of the outboard panels just outboard of the engines. The fuel tanks are independent of each other with no cross feed capability or fuel lines in the cabin. The aircraft uses a throw-over yoke control, similar to a Beechcraft Bonanza. Design of the aircraft was started in December, 1957 and first flew in April, 1968. Initially the engines were 125 hp Lycoming O-290's but were subsequently changed to 150 hp Lycoming O-320 engines.

 

The Wickham B was donated to the Seattle Museum of Flight, then traded to the South Seattle Community College. In 2002, the aircraft was sold and restored to flying condition by Ross Mahon in Everett, Washington. In 2012 the plane was sold to Curtis Clark and it is based at Deer Valley Airport in Phoenix, Arizona. Only the one was built.

 

For specifications, click here.

 

 

[BrendAn]

On 12/01/2024 at 4:59 PM, Student Pilot said:

I remember seeing a Mustang with a RR Dart in Canberra more than a few years ago, I recently read it had been converted back the Merlin and an ex Apollo astronaut once owned it. 

 

[red750]

The Junkers Ju 60 was a single engine airliner built in prototype form in Germany in the early 1930s. It was designed to meet a requirement issued by the Reichsverkehrsministerium (Reich Transport Ministry) for a German-built equivalent to the Lockheed Vega with which to equip Deutsche Luft Hansa. The result was a sleek, cantilever monoplane of conventional configuration, with wings skinned in the corrugated duralumin that had been a hallmark of Junkers designs up to this time, although this would be the last Junkers aircraft to have this feature. The main units of the tailwheel undercarriage were retractable.

 

The Ju 60 was evaluated by Deutsche Luft Hansa against the Heinkel He 70. With the latter able to demonstrate a top speed 75 km/h (47 mph) better than the Ju 60, development of the Junkers design was halted before the third prototype had been completed. The two examples that had already been constructed eventually saw service with the Luftwaffe as liaison aircraft until 1942. The work done on the design would later form the basis of the Ju 160.

 

[Marty_d]

I hope the one in the top picture didn't go "pop".

[sfGnome]

2 hours ago, Marty_d said:

I hope the one in the top picture didn't go "pop".

Took me a while… 😂😂

[onetrack]

It must be powered by a Junkers-Jumo 209 - that's why it's signwritten, "Wiesel".

 

Edited January 31 by onetrack

[red750]

The Republic XF-91 Thunderceptor (originally designated XP-91) is a mixed-propulsion prototype interceptor aircraft, developed by Republic Aviation. The aircraft would use a jet engine for most flight, and a cluster of four small rocket engines for added thrust during climb and interception. The design was largely obsolete by the time it was completed due to the rapidly increasing performance of contemporary jet engines, and only two prototypes were built. One of these was the first American fighter to exceed Mach 1 in level flight.

 

A unique feature of the Thunderceptor was its unusual inverse tapered wing, in which the chord length increased along the wing span from the root to the tip, the opposite of conventional swept wing designs. This was an attempt to address the problem of pitch-up, a potentially deadly phenomenon that plagued early high-speed models. The Thunderceptor's design meant the entire wing stalled smoothly, more like a straight-wing design. 

 

More details.

 

[LoonyBob]

On 11/01/2024 at 9:23 AM, spenaroo said:

wonder how much thrust is provided by the exhuast

The Darts in CSIRO's F27 ("Cyrano") produced 250~280lbs per, depending on atmospheric & flight conditions (& TIT)...

[Area-51]

Looks great!

[red750]

The de Havilland C.24 was a two-seat autogyro built by de Havilland at its Stag Lane works in England in 1931.

 

The C.24 was built in 1931 using a Cierva rotor head coupled to the cabin of a de Havilland DH.80A Puss Moth, and driven by a 120 hp Gipsy III engine. It was withdrawn from use by December 1934.

 

A single example (G-ABLM) was produced and is part of the Science Museum collection. In 1932, it was redesignated C.26 (not to be confused with the unbuilt C.26 twin-engine autogiro design) when a two-blade rotor system was installed. Since 2008 it has been on loan to the de Havilland Aircraft Museum at Salisbury Hall, near London Colney in Hertfordshire. In flight, it had a maximum speed of about 115 mph (185 km/h; 100 kn).

 

[red750]

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With a range of up to 200 miles, a payload of up to 400 pounds in 66 cubic feet of cargo volume and a nose-loading system with a sliding cargo tray, the Pelican Cargo platform will enhance express logistics networks, enable connectivity of remote rural communities, and ensure fast and reliable access to vital goods and supplies for areas in need. 

 

[spacesailor]

It looks the goods.

spacesailor