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Old 31st May 2011, 11:44
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Bingo.

Your serve.
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Old 31st May 2011, 12:06
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Thanks. If only the server……

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Old 31st May 2011, 12:12
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Sorry Mate. Withdrawn. You posted it two days before I entered the thread, on Aug 16, 2010.

Open House, or I have to fill my sleeve……

Edit: I found it on the same issue of Popular Mechanics as your Argentine rotocraft…..
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Old 31st May 2011, 12:31
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Here's a new one:

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Old 31st May 2011, 12:44
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The Witteman - Lewis NBL-1 "Barling Bomber"?
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Old 31st May 2011, 12:59
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buttrick, yes, The Witteman - Lewis XNBL-1 "Barling Bomber".

Your turn!
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Old 31st May 2011, 13:01
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Have we had that one before???
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Old 31st May 2011, 13:09
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Don't think so. Checked before and after posting, and could not find it….
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Old 31st May 2011, 13:14
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OK have a go at this one then:-
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Old 31st May 2011, 13:46
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Looks like an airborne water sprinkler!
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Old 31st May 2011, 13:50
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Perspective problem.

Are we looking from above or below?
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Old 31st May 2011, 14:00
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Are bulbous things in the wing-tips "active" like fans or rotor pods, or "passive" like floats or tanks?
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Old 31st May 2011, 14:03
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I first thought they were some kind of propulsion system, but can you imagine the assymetric problem if one failed.
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Above!
Water sprinkler effect due to silhouette process!
Fins and rudders.
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Old 31st May 2011, 14:27
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Classified as an LSA?
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Old 31st May 2011, 14:29
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Do I see a front canard?
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Old 31st May 2011, 14:32
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Duck or Grouse.
Wots an LSA????
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Old 31st May 2011, 14:36
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Light Sport Aircraft.
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Old 31st May 2011, 14:41
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sort of, no engine,
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Old 31st May 2011, 15:03
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I think it's older than it looks....
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