onetrack Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 A Fairey III. Not sure if it's a IIID or IIIF, but I'll go for IIID, it had a Sunbeam Maori engine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red750 Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 Here's a cryptic one. What aircraft "crossed its legs"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmccarthy Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 30 minutes ago, onetrack said: A Fairey III. Not sure if it's a IIID or IIIF, but I'll go for IIID, it had a Sunbeam Maori engine. I will pay that. Is was a Fairey 3F Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmccarthy Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 39 minutes ago, red750 said: Here's a cryptic one. What aircraft "crossed its legs"? I have seen a plane which retracts its gear into the fuselage. On leg goes forward, the other back. Racking my brains! it must be either a jet fighter (to maintain profile) or very light (to maintain CoG). I hope someone solves this soon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red750 Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 No and no. Clue: designed in Australia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kasper Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 Graham Swannell AEA explorer had cross over main legs retracting across the bottom of the fuselage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red750 Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 That's it Kasper. The left wheel folded into a fairing on the right side of the fuselage, and the right wheel into a lefthand fairing. In 1998 Explorer Aircraft was established in Jasper, Texas, to continue development and market the design in the United States. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Student Pilot Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kasper Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 (edited) Sneaky. I recognise the rear half but the front was not what I remember the Hs124 looking like. Bit of digging and it appears I recalled the v2 prototype and your pic is of the Henschel Hs124 v1 prototype. Edited February 20, 2021 by kasper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Student Pilot Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 Correct Kasper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kasper Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 Ok thry this one - again name the aicraft by the design 'feature' What aircraft that was not ever intended to land on water had a design that included the ability to jettison the fixed undercarriage in an emergency to aid your chances of surviving a ditching in water? 20+ built so not even a one off 😀 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onetrack Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 Kasper - I believe the navalised version of the Junkers JU-87 had explosive bolts in the undercarriage attachment points, which could be activated at speeds up to 250kmh, to enable the pilot to jettison the undercarriage? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kasper Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 3 minutes ago, onetrack said: Kasper - I believe the navalised version of the Junkers JU-87 had explosive bolts in the undercarriage attachment points, which could be activated at speeds up to 250kmh, to enable the pilot to jettison the undercarriage? Ok - I will half pay that one - there were apparently a few JU87C modified with explosive bolt undercarriage ... but the only reference i find for them is that 10 were allocated and modified ... not all JU87C's The one I am looking for had 20+ and it was not a modification but on all the airframes as standard. Hint - post WWII, not German Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garfly Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 (edited) IMG_0936.m4v Hint: A one-off. Edited February 27, 2021 by Garfly 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmccarthy Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 Victa Aircruiser 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garfly Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 Yes, what a pity the 4-place Victa never had the support it needed to go into production. It surely would have given the C172 and the PA28 a run for their money back then ... at least in this market, and maybe beyond. VH-MVR was the prototype and today is owned and flown by Des Heffernan out of Frogs Hollow near Bega, NSW. Des also has a (2-place) Airtourer in his shed - and his own strip - at nearby Buckajo. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red750 Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 Was it temporarily registered in NZ as ZK-DAH, or is that another one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red750 Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 Answering my own question, I did a search and found a site which said it was sold back to Australia under its old registration, but a pop-up asking me to remove my ad-blocker prevented reading any more. The ad-blocker is an integral part of my Brave browser. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmccarthy Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 I can't find Kasper's detachable undercarriage. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thruster88 Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 8 hours ago, Garfly said: Yes, what a pity the 4-place Victa never had the support it needed to go into production. It surely would have given the C172 and the PA28 a run for their money back then ... at least in this market, and maybe beyond. VH-MVR was the prototype and today is owned and flown by Des Heffernan out of Frogs Hollow near Bega, NSW. Des also has a (2-place) Airtourer in his shed - and his own strip - at nearby Buckajo. I believe Brumby's at Cowra have the type certificate now, there was talk of it being manufactured again as a cirrus competitor. Would be a tough market to crack. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kasper Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 7 hours ago, pmccarthy said: I can't find Kasper's detachable undercarriage. Ok I’ll give a second hint. And the answer on Wednesday if unsolved. Designed and manufactured in the UK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derekliston Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 4 hours ago, kasper said: Ok I’ll give a second hint. And the answer on Wednesday if unsolved. Designed and manufactured in the UK. Only company I can think of in UK that might have built something like that and only ten of them would be Britten Norman, but if it is, I can find nothing about it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 Beagle Pup? Nev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derekliston Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 5 minutes ago, facthunter said: Beagle Pup? Nev It states ten built? There were not many but I think more than ten and if you include the Bulldog, rather more? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kasper Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 1 hour ago, derekliston said: Only company I can think of in UK that might have built something like that and only ten of them would be Britten Norman, but if it is, I can find nothing about it! Not only 10. Over 20 of them. The 10 was the modified ju87 with jettisoning fixed gear. to help - 26 in total built. next clue tomorrow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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