Student Pilot Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 Looks to have a British look about it, Fairy or Hawker style. Could be a Westland but they usually used radials Link to post Share on other sites
red750 Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 Very good, Peter. The aircraft had a number of interesting, innovative for the time, features. For details, click here. Link to post Share on other sites
onetrack Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 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 post Share on other sites
red750 Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 Here's a cryptic one. What aircraft "crossed its legs"? Link to post Share on other sites
pmccarthy Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 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 post Share on other sites
pmccarthy Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 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 post Share on other sites
red750 Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 No and no. Clue: designed in Australia. Link to post Share on other sites
kasper Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 Graham Swannell AEA explorer had cross over main legs retracting across the bottom of the fuselage Link to post Share on other sites
red750 Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 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 post Share on other sites
kasper Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 (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 by kasper Link to post Share on other sites
Student Pilot Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 Correct Kasper Link to post Share on other sites
kasper Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 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 post Share on other sites
onetrack Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 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 post Share on other sites
kasper Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 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 post Share on other sites
Garfly Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 (edited) IMG_0936.m4v Hint: A one-off. Edited February 27 by Garfly 1 Link to post Share on other sites
pmccarthy Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 Victa Aircruiser 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Garfly Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 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 post Share on other sites
red750 Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 Was it temporarily registered in NZ as ZK-DAH, or is that another one? Link to post Share on other sites
red750 Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 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 post Share on other sites
pmccarthy Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 I can't find Kasper's detachable undercarriage. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Thruster88 Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 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 post Share on other sites
kasper Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 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 post Share on other sites
derekliston Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 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 post Share on other sites
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