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Old 7th Mar 2011, 16:39
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'evening folks!
pc is on but unfortunately I'm busy... we have guests for dinner so lotsa work...
that looks like a flying-hover-boat-ekrano-craft-or-sumtin (with a ducted fan)...
Back to the stoves!
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Old 7th Mar 2011, 17:25
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Bye??

Your green light is still on!

that looks like a flying-hover-boat-ekrano-craft-or-sumtin (with a ducted fan)...
Sumtin innit!
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Old 7th Mar 2011, 17:57
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Your green light is still on!
'cause my pc is still on (for other reasons) and I didn't log out...
still checking from time to time tho...
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Old 7th Mar 2011, 21:55
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I have two (2) aviation books
You don't need books mate, but you do need a scanner/printer. Just print them off from the net and go to town with your pens/pencils/felt-tips. But don't get overly precise with it, otherwise you're wasting your life....

See....

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Old 8th Mar 2011, 08:16
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Good evening Graeme.

...."something is just not right here....David?"
It is right mate. You have drawn your illustration viewed from below with the machine moving away from you. Mine is viewed from above and to the front left with it coming towards us.

It is from a drawing provided by the manufacturer.

The latest information is that it is patent pending and is American. It must be licensed in the USA as an experimental amphibian aircraft. Available in kit form, but fully assembled for export only.
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Old 8th Mar 2011, 08:35
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And it's called Super Hoverhawk (TM), manufactured by Hoverhawk corporation.
Is this the one?
<hovercraft>
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Old 8th Mar 2011, 08:40
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Morning HP.

Wonderful what the odd clue produces.

It is indeed the Super Hoverhawk, in this case in true silhouette form as per the spirit of this thread.

All yours.
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Old 8th Mar 2011, 08:47
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Morning LM (and everybody else)!
It was the "patent pending" string that did the trick... yesterday I slipped away from the kitchen a couple of times (was peeling potatoes...) and gave a quick look, found a very similar one which is apparently well-known but the tail was all wrong.
Here's a new one, not a front view, but again a true silhouette.
Next time I will do my best to put a dramatic cloudy sky under mine as well!

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Old 8th Mar 2011, 08:50
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not a front view
Really? Now it's me who has a perspective problem!
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Old 8th Mar 2011, 09:03
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Really? Now it's me who has a perspective problem!
was referring to 2d front views... this is from an angle, however, yes, the plane is portrayed from the front-left.
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Old 8th Mar 2011, 09:29
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OK gentlemanzes, next time I post a true 1D rear-view silhouette and then log off. You can banter your guts clean then
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'tag Reg.

Owza airbrushing going?

PM reply for HP.

I must go now, but my green light will stay on because I can't log out again.
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Old 8th Mar 2011, 09:46
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Ok, 1 hour elapsed, time for first clue:

this one has a comely engine...
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Old 8th Mar 2011, 10:04
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Main Entry: comely
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: beautiful
Synonyms: a ten, attractive, beauteous, becoming, blooming, buxom, fair, fine, good-looking, gorgeous, graceful, handsome, nice, pleasing, pretty, pulchritudinous, stunning, wholesome, winsome
Sure is......

pulchritudinous
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Old 8th Mar 2011, 10:06
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whoops... sorry! meant ly-come!

An O-320, to be precise (but there also is a version powered by an O-360)
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Old 8th Mar 2011, 10:24
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Aviat Husky A-1B-160
Beechcraft Musketeer
Bellanca Decathlon
Canadian Home Rotors Safari
Cessna 172
EM-11 Orka
Grumman American AA-5
Gulfstream American GA-7 Cougar
Hatz homebuilt biplane
Hollmann HA-2M gyrocopter
MBB Bo 209
Mustang Aeronautics Mustang II
Osprey Osprey 2
Partenavia P66B Oscar 150
Piper Aztec
Piper Apache
Piper PA-40 Arapaho
Piper Twin Comanche
Piper Cherokee
Piper Tripacer
PZL-110 Koliber
Robin DR400
Robinson R22
Rutan Long-EZ
Socata TB9 Tampico
Symphony SA-160
Thorp T-18
Piper PA-18-150 Super Cub
Van's Aircraft RV-3
Van's Aircraft RV-4
Van's Aircraft RV-6
Van's Aircraft RV-8
Van's Aircraft RV-9
Varga Kachina
Vulcanair P-68C

So, we start with Aviat Husky
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I'll make things simpler for you: none of the above!
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Old 8th Mar 2011, 10:32
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I'll make things simpler for you:
Booaah! How come simpler?

Nice list, though ....

Edit: Ach!
This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.
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Old 8th Mar 2011, 10:40
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This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.
looks like we are able to contribute to the world's knowledge!
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To which, Reg, you could add the Aero Boero AB150.
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