What Cockpit? MK VI
Well it seems only the first prototype(s) had the nose-only air intake. On later prototypes they combined it with side intakes or even replaced the front intake all together with side-intakes. Difficult to see on the limited photo material available. Using side-intakes only, would have improved cockpit comfort considerably. Don't understand why they started with the nose intake in the first place....
Won't give the answer though; found it by CSI techniques, not aviation knowledge, so won't take the fun out of it...
Won't give the answer though; found it by CSI techniques, not aviation knowledge, so won't take the fun out of it...
CSI says no (but of course, it is evansb's call).
/offtopic/ speaking about the MS755, the subsequent developped MS760 Paris seems a really fun plane to fly
/offtopic/ speaking about the MS755, the subsequent developped MS760 Paris seems a really fun plane to fly
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Morning TheIC
Hmm, yes indeed, I too saw that cockpit up yesterday evening before I left work and thought what the 
is that, but when I went to look for it later, the thread was on page two of the main AH&N menu and there was no sign of it, I thought maybe I was just getting old and imagined it 
so I'd better put another one up while I was at it 
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Where did the cockpit-atop-the-fuselage-behind-the-other-cockpit go?
Could whoever posted it put me out of my misery?
Could whoever posted it put me out of my misery?
is that, but when I went to look for it later, the thread was on page two of the main AH&N menu and there was no sign of it, I thought maybe I was just getting old and imagined it so I'd better put another one up while I was at it .
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Hmmm, I thought it was a very interesting aircraft, difficult to pin down its purpose... Something vaguely agri, but signs that it wasn't. Was it a prone cockpit in front?
Regarding your challenge, it's reminiscent of Grumman's light singles (yolks, panel, quadrant), but I can't find anything quite the same.
Regarding your challenge, it's reminiscent of Grumman's light singles (yolks, panel, quadrant), but I can't find anything quite the same.
I thought it was a very interesting aircraft
But it was from the outside and with two other challenges running at the time I deleted it. Sorry.
I'll pop it back next chance I get. Cheers.
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Thanks Graeme,
Looking forward to seeing it again
It is and I think its design had a strong Trans-Atlantic feel about it, but it was from this side of the "pond".
I should point out that this cockpit was of the first prototype, fitted out to represent the more luxurious of two possible offerings on their stand at a show. However the project never got off the ground.
Looking forward to seeing it again
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Regarding your challenge, it's reminiscent of Grumman's light singles (yolks, panel, quadrant), but I can't find anything quite the same.
I should point out that this cockpit was of the first prototype, fitted out to represent the more luxurious of two possible offerings on their stand at a show. However the project never got off the ground.
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That's the one Graeme 
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I was going to say that it was a brave attempt to rid British light aircraft of the rather austere post war look, something that really foundered again until the arrival of the Beagles
Well done mate, you have control
,I was going to say that it was a brave attempt to rid British light aircraft of the rather austere post war look, something that really foundered again until the arrival of the Beagles
Well done mate, you have control
Sorry for the delay mate, I got a phone call just after I posted this morning - "why aren't you here at work!?"
No.
Is this aircraft capable of flying higher than a few meters above the surface?
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Well, I've searched "Erkranoplan", "Wing in ground effect" and "ground effect vehicle". No luck so far. Few seem to have single seat cockpits. Back to the search.
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Thought I'd seen it somewhere before, and that does explain the pitot tube location.
Ekranoplan Strizh-M
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Thanks Graeme,
I must go out for a while so I'll say OPEN HOUSE but may come back later if I can find something google-proof...
There's a fascination about ekranoplans/WIGEs, isn't there..? I wonder whether, if and when oil becomes seriously short, their economics will see a brief period (a couple of decades perhaps?) when they become viable for trans-oceanic transport...
I must go out for a while so I'll say OPEN HOUSE but may come back later if I can find something google-proof...
There's a fascination about ekranoplans/WIGEs, isn't there..? I wonder whether, if and when oil becomes seriously short, their economics will see a brief period (a couple of decades perhaps?) when they become viable for trans-oceanic transport...
