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Morning Noyade!!!!
my first thoughts on this are that it is "old" world, meaning UK/US based on the the imperial units. I can't see any weapons and so my guess would have been that this is a racer but then you don't have two seats in a racer! I'll get searching the net/books.....
RR
my first thoughts on this are that it is "old" world, meaning UK/US based on the the imperial units. I can't see any weapons and so my guess would have been that this is a racer but then you don't have two seats in a racer! I'll get searching the net/books.....
RR
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It has a vague look of a P36, but the sketch lacks the characteristic undercarriage. It has a 1000hp engine (maths) and space for a huge fuselage fuel tank. The rear seat would have to be occupied or ballasted all the time to avoid CG problems.
So I go for a never developed Curtiss project for a long range two-seat fighter, dating from the late 30s or early 40s
Dick
So I go for a never developed Curtiss project for a long range two-seat fighter, dating from the late 30s or early 40s
Dick
I can't see any weapons and so my guess would have been that this is a racer but then you don't have two seats in a racer!
(The racer was known as "Time Flies.")
So I go for a never developed Curtiss project for a long range two-seat fighter, dating from the late 30s
It's getting late here RR so I'm more than happy to accept the Miller HM-1. That's the racer (according to what I've got) and the failed (it ended up five feet into the ground) militarised version was the Miller HM-2 or MAC (Military Aircraft Corporation)-1.
Good night to you my friend. Control is yours.
Good night to you my friend. Control is yours.
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Okay, thanks mate. I can't find any reference to the HM-2 or MAC-1. On the net - and I realise that it is not always accurate - if you search HM-1 you get the re-built racer, as you illustrate. Ah well, a nice challenge any way. Give me a minute.... RR
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So heregoes. I found this on the web, on another forum. The challenge is for us all as I have no idea what it is, barring one possible clue that I'll keep for now. I think it looks great!!!! RR
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It is the BICh jet project by the Russian:- B I Cheranovskii. Design Bureau
Mel
The three-view drawing of this project was discovered only recently. There is no evidence that construction was even started.
The drawing is dated 1944, at a time before any German turbojets had been captured but after publication of the existence of British and US engines of this type. The only turbojet then running in the Soviet Union was the Lyul'ka VRD-2, a slim axial-compressor engine rated at 700kg (1,543 Ib) thrust. This was probably the engine Cheranovskii had in
mind.
The drawing is dated 1944, at a time before any German turbojets had been captured but after publication of the existence of British and US engines of this type. The only turbojet then running in the Soviet Union was the Lyul'ka VRD-2, a slim axial-compressor engine rated at 700kg (1,543 Ib) thrust. This was probably the engine Cheranovskii had in
mind.
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