What Cockpit? MK VI
not from Beriev's stable.
Sorry, I now see Be30 has already been done, also landing gear of your challenge cockpit appears fixed....
But must be Soviet, surely, with that agricultural cockpit?
So, AN-28 prototype??
Disregard Soviet, disregard AN-28, its the old, original piston engined version of the Harbin Y-11
But must be Soviet, surely, with that agricultural cockpit?
So, AN-28 prototype??
Disregard Soviet, disregard AN-28, its the old, original piston engined version of the Harbin Y-11
Last edited by twochai; 29th May 2008 at 21:00.
Open House
Yes, the original Y-11 first flew in 1973, at the height of the cultural revolution when intellectuals, presumably including aircraft designers, were banished to the rice paddies, or worse, for re-education. Which explains the 'agricultural' cockpit!!! Considering the circumstances under which they were working, not such a bad solution, I would say.
Due to the technological incompetence of the manipulator I am forced to declare "OPEN HOUSE"
Due to the technological incompetence of the manipulator I am forced to declare "OPEN HOUSE"
Last edited by twochai; 30th May 2008 at 04:25.
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I will take up twochai's Open House and resubmit the following:-
It is not the Max Holste MH250 Super Broussard which you will recall twochai suggested last time it was posted.
Mel
It is not the Max Holste MH250 Super Broussard which you will recall twochai suggested last time it was posted.
Mel
C-160 Transall?
Ahhhh, finally....
Hurel Dubois HD-34, one of the really inventive curiosities of aerodynamics which the French nobly explored in the post war environment. Ultra high aspect ratio, two wing struts each side, fixed main gear, retractable nose gear (retrtacted sideways, a la Trident, if memory serves).
I should have recognised it earlier as I operated along side one owned by l'Institut Geographique National for several months in the Ivory Coast 45 years ago!!
Hurel Dubois HD-34, one of the really inventive curiosities of aerodynamics which the French nobly explored in the post war environment. Ultra high aspect ratio, two wing struts each side, fixed main gear, retractable nose gear (retrtacted sideways, a la Trident, if memory serves).
I should have recognised it earlier as I operated along side one owned by l'Institut Geographique National for several months in the Ivory Coast 45 years ago!!
Last edited by twochai; 31st May 2008 at 15:58.
That was a really tricky challenge.
The HD34 was a really interesting aerodynamic oddity, but more a solution looking for a problem - two wing struts each side, each the area of a large light plane wing, etc., etc. Difficult to find a hangar large enough and I cannot imagine how slow and ponderous it must have been to fly!
OK, here's another aerodynamic challenge and an oddity which may, or may not go quickly:
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The HD34 was a really interesting aerodynamic oddity, but more a solution looking for a problem - two wing struts each side, each the area of a large light plane wing, etc., etc. Difficult to find a hangar large enough and I cannot imagine how slow and ponderous it must have been to fly!
OK, here's another aerodynamic challenge and an oddity which may, or may not go quickly:
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Last edited by twochai; 31st May 2008 at 16:27.
