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[DHumphrey]

Thanks Fresco.

Here's the next quest Apologies for the size of the photo.

[sniperton]

Size is no problem here, it's clearly a channel wing aircraft, the Custer CCW-1 from 1943.

"Custer's summary of his invention was that the key to the lift created by a wing is the velocity of the stream of air passing over the wing, not the velocity of the airplane itself: It's the speed of air, not the airspeed!

A wing functions because the air over the wing has a lower pressure than the air under it. The conventional aircraft must reach a significant minimum speed before this pressure differential become large enough that it generates sufficient lift to become airborne.

In Custer's channel wing the rotating propeller will direct a stable stream of air backwards through the channel. A propeller will at the low pressure side normally be supplied by air from all directions. Since the half-tube prevents air from being drawn from below, the air will be sucked through the channel instead. This creates a strong low pressure area in the channel, which again generates a lift."

[DHumphrey]

Excellent sniperton !!!

Your turn

[sniperton]

Thanks, DH! It's something similar:

[Cloyd]

Hmmm, I think we might have had this one before.

[DHumphrey]

Is it the:  Ryan Vertiplane ?

[sniperton]

Is it the:  Ryan Vertiplane ?

Yes, it is. Congrats, and your turn -- after you specify the model and describe its main features. 

Hmmm, I think we might have had this one before.

That's strange, on page #48 the Vertiplane was actually named by James, but I don't find any quest picture nearby that may have prompted for that solution.

[DHumphrey]

The Ryan VZ-3 Vertiplane:

Also known by the company designation Ryan Model 92 was an American experimental vertical/short take-off (VSTOL) aircraft built by the Ryan Aeronautical Company for the United States Army.



The VZ-3 was a simple proof-of-concept experimental aircraft using blown flaps to achieve a short or near vertical take-off. It was a high-wing monoplane powered by an Avco Lycoming T53 turboshaft engine located inside the fuselage driving two large-diameter propellers mounted, one on each wing. It had a T-tail and originally a tailwheel fixed landing gear. It had wide-span double retractable trailing-edge flaps, these were extended into the propeller slipstream for takeoff. To enable control while in the hover it had a universally-jointed jet-deflection nozzle at the rear of the aircraft. It was later modified with a nose-wheel landing gear. The VZ-3 could make a near-vertical takeoff within 30 ft (9m) at a speed of 25 mph (40 km/h) and the aircraft could be put into the hover up to a height of 3,700 ft (1,100 m).

The aircraft conducted a 21-flight test program for the United States Army until it crashed in 1959. It was rebuilt with an open cockpit lengthened fuselage and handed over to NASA for further trials. Following retirement the VZ-3 is on display at the United States Army Aviation Museum.

I've personally seen this aircraft up close and personal in 1980 as I was going through UH-1 Aircraft Repairer School while at Ft. Rucker, AL, home of the United States Army Aviation Museum.

I get the next quest posted shortly.

[DHumphrey]

Thanks sniperton

Here's the next quest

[Radoye]

The sun is shining bright on this one...

[P51vsFw190]

PC Aero Elektra One

[DHumphrey]

PC Aero Elektra One

Good guess James … however it's not quite right. The solar panels on your guess are a bit different from the quest photo.