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Re: Quest: Guess what is depicted here
« Reply #1944 on: June 21, 2017, 09:27:43 AM »

Let's try this one:



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Re: Quest: Guess what is depicted here
« Reply #1945 on: June 21, 2017, 11:30:31 AM »

Looks like Ryan XV-5 Vertifan:



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Re: Quest: Guess what is depicted here
« Reply #1946 on: June 21, 2017, 11:54:37 AM »

You got it Bankoletti, your turn!













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Re: Quest: Guess what is depicted here
« Reply #1947 on: June 21, 2017, 03:32:08 PM »

K, here we go! Describe the photo below. Description must include the following data:

1. Type of aircraft
2. Purpose of the device attached around the fuselage
3. Type of missions this device was meant for



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Re: Quest: Guess what is depicted here
« Reply #1948 on: June 21, 2017, 05:09:30 PM »

An easy one - the Mosquito is a much too well known plane!

1) de Havilland Mosquito prototype W4052
2) It is a Youngman frill air brake
3) As can be seen on the wing tips, this is an aircraft equipped with the AI. Mk.IV. The common radar on the NF. Mk. II. The plane is also painted matt black - a feature that took 26 mph off its speed! So this is a night fighter and because the Mosquito was such an aerodynamically clean machine it was easy to overshoot the target when closing in. An air brake was deemed necessary but after tests the brake was abandoned as being too complicated compared to simply lowering the undercarriage
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Re: Quest: Guess what is depicted here
« Reply #1949 on: June 21, 2017, 05:30:56 PM »

Correct on all accounts, good job! Let me just add that while lowering the gear or flaps worked very good at reducing speed, it usually threw the aim off due to induced pitch change, so this brake was designed in such a way as to provide drag symmetrically and not induce any pitch or yaw. However, it turned out that compensating the aim wasn't too demanding.

Ball's yours, LameHawk!
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Re: Quest: Guess what is depicted here
« Reply #1950 on: June 21, 2017, 05:48:39 PM »

Fascinating guys!
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Re: Quest: Guess what is depicted here
« Reply #1951 on: June 22, 2017, 03:32:49 AM »

Nothing like a good ball - or two

Right - here is a little oddity



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Re: Quest: Guess what is depicted here
« Reply #1952 on: June 22, 2017, 03:58:27 AM »

That looks like a mockup of the proposed twin engined version of a P-40.
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Re: Quest: Guess what is depicted here
« Reply #1953 on: June 22, 2017, 07:02:24 AM »

That looks like a mockup of the proposed twin engined version of a P-40.
Yes, because that's (more or less) what it is  ;)
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Re: Quest: Guess what is depicted here
« Reply #1954 on: June 22, 2017, 07:26:54 AM »

Quite right - that's exactly what it is  ;D

I suppose Bankoletti came first - so your turn
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Re: Quest: Guess what is depicted here
« Reply #1955 on: June 22, 2017, 08:28:35 AM »

Thnx LameHawk!

So, how well do you know your rear ends?

First one to name them all correctly, wins. No exotics, they are all well known ww2 era machines.



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