Silhouette challenge

[Lightning Mate]

Excellent shot mate.

The thread is yours.

[skytrain10]

Thanks David....nice one.

Here we go:

[Lightning Mate]

I'm now out of action for most of the day.

Looks like another "oh dear".

[skytrain10]

I'm going to be offline shortly too....will catch you later.

[SincoTC]

Good afternoon skytrain,

Not too much time to spare today so while at lunch, I'll ask a couple of questions, as it seems to have a four cylinder engine, is it an Argus?

Is the challenge German?

Back to work now, try an get back later!

[skytrain10]

Hi Sinco....its not German, and its not an Argus engine (but as your correctly say, it is 4 cylinders).

[Ridge Runner]

I'll make a stab at Scandinavian?

[Lightning Mate]

The image has disappeared on my screen!!!!!!

I'm wondering if it's a float conversion from a landplane.

[one11]

Short S.7 Mussel ?

[skytrain10]

One11 has it, it is the Short S7 Mussel .



Your contol One11.

[Lightning Mate]

...and that image is nothing like the 3-view!

Check:

engine
number of floats
location of floats
float struts......

I found that image this afternoon and dismissed it for those reasons.

But I know what is.....

[SincoTC]

Good evening LM,

I agree with your comments about the photo, I found the following on "Fright Archive" at coffee time but when I logged in I found that one11 had pipped me to it!!

1926 | 0163 | Flight Archive

Seeya tomorrow!

[Lightning Mate]

....prolly not.....

[one11]

Yes the photo is the Mussel II with amphibian float + wing floats and I firstly discounted it for the same reason . Only seen a photo of the landplane Mussel I but the accompanying text said "converted to landplane" so looked to be a contender.

Nothing prepared and offline all day tomorrow so best to go Open House

[skytrain10]

Regarding the photo...thats the only one I could find on the web (only found it today on a very obscure website). The 3-view (as per my challenge) is available on at least 2 sites, including as has been said, the Flight Archive. If you read the history of the aircraft you'll understand that changes were made to the aircraft, and clearly the photo was taken during this evolution. However, from a very personal point of view, if I had come across that photo whilst searching, there are enough similarities to take it further.

[Lightning Mate]

The 3-view is the Mussel version 2.

The posted image is the model 1.

[Lightning Mate]

No doubts about this one - eess seemples....

Go Goggle drones.....

[Ridge Runner]

Watchkeeper?

[Kitbag]

Elbit Skylark II

[Lightning Mate]

Kitbag has it and therefore has control.