What Cockpit? MK VI
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I think there should be more curvature in the cockpit line?...
I think there should be more curvature in the cockpit line?...
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Graeme
Yes. Your drawing is not far off the original. The line of the perspex is not bad. It is where it blends into the forward fuselage that is different.
Parasol? German? (I thought I could read "Kalter?")
The Focke-Wulf A47.
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It was powered by an Hispano-Suiza V8. The pipes collect into one larger vertical pipe. The model in the photo was the sole aircraft of its type to be imported into the United States in 1927. The U.S. Army wasn't interested.
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Does that boxy looking thing with the two hinges flip over to make some sort of cabin roof? An aircraft of some historical importance - record breaking flight?
Does that boxy looking thing with the two hinges flip over to make some sort of cabin roof? An aircraft of some historical importance - record breaking flight?
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Graeme. Your thoughts are correct the portion of the wing does fold to give the occupant of that seat access. It then flips back to form the aerofoil. Not record breaking but a sports aircraft that won a number of competitions.
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Hi Bri.Similar to the Comper Swift but was a few years earlier. The engine of the challenge aircraft was also smaller than the Popjoy in the Comper Swift. The challenge aircraft was designed to carry two pilots or one pilot and a passenger in tandem.
A high-wing monoplane, carries two people on less hp than a Comper Swift and circa approximately early twenties.
Would it be classified as an ultralight?
Would it be classified as an ultralight?