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Old 12th Sep 2010, 11:54
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Thanks mate....here's another easy one:



Clearly still probs on PPrune...it stalled completely after my last post. Had to do an enforced shutdown.
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Old 12th Sep 2010, 11:55
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I have found a way around the problem.
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Old 12th Sep 2010, 12:05
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That being....?
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Old 12th Sep 2010, 12:12
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I get the message "The website cannot display the page".

Keep two tabs open and go straight back to prune.
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Old 12th Sep 2010, 12:20
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Ah, you're problem is different to mine...I've not had that message at all! Oh well, hopefully it will get sorted,
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Old 12th Sep 2010, 12:38
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Going out for a while - my son is at work and is going to valet the car interior.
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Old 12th Sep 2010, 13:25
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It's not clear from your 2-view, but does it have two fins or one?
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Old 12th Sep 2010, 14:48
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Depends how you look at it! But to help you along, its a V tail.
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Old 12th Sep 2010, 14:55
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Now why didn't I think of that.....
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Old 12th Sep 2010, 15:58
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LC, Skytrain,

Sorry to create some confusion earlier today. I tried to locate my response to Skytrain to his challenge, but my search function works only sporadically (does not find all posts) and when I try to open a search result, nothing happens (in fact, a blank page happens). Adding to the agony, I had to leave. You know, I work with an iMac that Missus bought herself and donated half of it to me as a birthday present. Now, I apparently got the part without screen, because I (allegedly) am not supposed to be sitting in front of the screen all the time.

If you Skytrain could find the # of the challenge at the time, I'd be glad.

BWT, the quickest way of finding the LM's challenge from web is to google 'funny aircraft' and go for Pictures (twice on third page on mine). That's how I found it last time. Germany did not contribute at all.
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Old 12th Sep 2010, 16:14
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As to the challenge at hand, is the engine retractable?
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Old 12th Sep 2010, 16:19
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I don't think so.

The dotted line shows the fuselage profile I think.
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Old 12th Sep 2010, 16:29
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I think the dotted line is the trailing edge, pixel-by-pixel.....
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Old 12th Sep 2010, 16:36
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No way. The design is "pod & boom".
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Old 12th Sep 2010, 16:42
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Would you call it a motor-glider or ultralight or both. Apparently it comes in two u/c settings, tripod or tailski.

I can see your dotted line now. Agree.
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Old 12th Sep 2010, 16:54
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Lots of questions, so here we go:

As to the challenge at hand, is the engine retractable?
Not that I am aware of....I can't really see where it would retract to.

The dotted line shows the fuselage profile I think.
Correct LM. The bit above the dotted line (other than the engine) is the wing.

Would you call it a motor-glider or ultralight or both
Its classified as an ultralight.

Apparently it comes in two u/c settings, tripod or tailski.
It has both a nose wheel and a very small tail wheel.
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Old 12th Sep 2010, 17:09
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Polish?

From S & AS Aero Design??

The J-5 Marco???
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Old 12th Sep 2010, 17:14
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Not Polish, so not the Marco. But it does have something in common with the Marco, other than its obvious likeness.

It is from a European country.
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Old 12th Sep 2010, 17:28
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Anybody who knows anything please say something. I know diddly-squat about ultralights, and I forget what I know.
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Take another look at the development of the J-5 Marco.....
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