What Cockpit? MK VI
The problem is to find cockpits that haven't been offered before! Perhaps a solution would be to allow previously posted cockpits but not the same photograph...
I'm sure that would rejuvenate the thread. Opinions?
I'm sure that would rejuvenate the thread. Opinions?
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I've done it unintentionally in the past and there are often interesting variations in long lived aircraft types. I say go for it and give us less knowledgeable guys a chance.
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Mainly because for just about every aircraft in this thread, it is 'guessed' within one or two posts or the picture being put up. For some planes that's to be expected. Most people (including myself) could identify a C150 from a mile off.
However, there are so many rare planes in here that there's no chance people are just getting them off the top of their heads. There'll be a picture of an obscure amphibian plane that only flew 7 times in 1964 and someone will apparently know the cockpit layout. I don't think so.
Not that I'm attacking the integrity of anyone in here, it's only an informal game, but there are definately some porkies being told.
However, there are so many rare planes in here that there's no chance people are just getting them off the top of their heads. There'll be a picture of an obscure amphibian plane that only flew 7 times in 1964 and someone will apparently know the cockpit layout. I don't think so.
Not that I'm attacking the integrity of anyone in here, it's only an informal game, but there are definately some porkies being told.
Still open house? If so, here's one...
Any chance of accepting close-up canopy/cockpit shots from the outside as challenges? e.g....
Perhaps a solution would be to allow previously posted cockpits but not the same photograph...
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VS-44, open house if so. I'm not a very good player because I have great difficulty posting images. HOWEVER, aircraft cockpits have been a lifer-long hobby as I'm sure is true of many, so this thread has been a great enjoyment.
There are several types I've never seen and hope to, here. I could agree with various views of the same types, but not canopy close-ups. That's a whole new thread. I don.t go along with cheating accusations. Whatever for?
There are several types I've never seen and hope to, here. I could agree with various views of the same types, but not canopy close-ups. That's a whole new thread. I don.t go along with cheating accusations. Whatever for?
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Optimist?
I find the accusation of cheating to be way off the beam! If I manage to get a cockpit right [doesn't happen often] it is because I plow through pages of Google images having entered many search words in pursuit of finding the solution. It has opened many interesting pathways and finding answers can take some minutes/hours/days. Mel and Brian and others seem to have encyclopedic knowledge and I bow to their expertise.
Cheating? Exactly how does that take place on this forum?
I find the accusation of cheating to be way off the beam! If I manage to get a cockpit right [doesn't happen often] it is because I plow through pages of Google images having entered many search words in pursuit of finding the solution. It has opened many interesting pathways and finding answers can take some minutes/hours/days. Mel and Brian and others seem to have encyclopedic knowledge and I bow to their expertise.
Cheating? Exactly how does that take place on this forum?
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Aviate using google is what I classify as cheating 
As I said before though I don't intend any personal digs, the game is obviously only a bit of fun. I'm also sure there are people in here who genuinly know their stuff! But then again I suspect there are more than a few who look at the properties of the image to identify the thing...
....or use google! Heathens.
As I said before though I don't intend any personal digs, the game is obviously only a bit of fun. I'm also sure there are people in here who genuinly know their stuff! But then again I suspect there are more than a few who look at the properties of the image to identify the thing...
....or use google! Heathens.
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I think you may be in the wrong place, mate. It is fun and certainly some really do know their "stuff" but others don't and it is a rewarding learning process to either look up in books or wade through google. Its not cheating. Give the people on this thread and others more respect. RR
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Twice I've explained that I mean no disrespect and that I am only playing about. I'm sorry if you've taken it the wrong way but I'd suggest that if you can't take a light-hearted dig, you might be in the wrong place. Regardless I shall leave the thread never to return.
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Optomist,
You may feel that you are "only playing about" but your tone doesn't reflect that, at least not to me. Although you say there are no personal digs you certainly harbour some kind of upset, viz this quote.
Let's draw a line under it. If you're still on the thread, great. Let's enjoy it for what it is.
RR
PS: I am certainly in the right place.....
As I said before though I don't intend any personal digs, the game is obviously only a bit of fun. I'm also sure there are people in here who genuinly know their stuff! But then again I suspect there are more than a few who look at the properties of the image to identify the thing...
....or use google! Heathens.
....or use google! Heathens.
Let's draw a line under it. If you're still on the thread, great. Let's enjoy it for what it is.
RR
PS: I am certainly in the right place.....
I like Noyade's suggestion of external cockpit photos. One vote from me!
As it's open house, I'll wade in with an old one from my Photobucket account. I don't know the answer myself; it's long forgotten.
I'm sure someone will be along soon with the identity.
As it's open house, I'll wade in with an old one from my Photobucket account. I don't know the answer myself; it's long forgotten.
I'm sure someone will be along soon with the identity.
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If this thread is really under threat ( Post # 3821) then one option would be to extend the scope to cover any interior - the payload bit as well as the driving seat. I proposed such a seperate thread a while back but the mods closed it down on the grounds that there were too many of these "What ?" threads.
Anyway this one here would qualify under either category.
....Doug
Anyway this one here would qualify under either category.
....Doug
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