Silhouette challenge

[skytrain10]

First shot then - a Bristol Blenheim Mk1?

[Arado]

looks rather like a Blenheim.

(blast, beaten by a few seconds!)

[Noyade]

Good shot mate.... Unrealistic of me.

Was/is it too small for said challenge?

Your control Ken.

[Noyade]

They are Mk IVs but the designation is irrelevant in the above image based on its size. The plan was to simply call it the Bristol Blenheim and accept any designation.

[skytrain10]

Thanks Graeme - I only said Mk1 because it looked like the short nose.

Was/is it too small for said challenge?

That was fine mate - there was enough detail to ID the aircraft....I was just trying to cocky by saying the Mk1!

Here's my offering for the Noyade 500 challenge -

[Lightning Mate]

Armstrong-Siddeley radials?

[Mechta]

Cessna Crane?

[skytrain10]

Well done Mechta ....the AT-17/UC-78/Cessna T50 Bobcat, whatever you prefer!

All yours

[Mechta]

Thanks Skytrain, bear with me!

[Lightning Mate]

Whilst we wait, anyone want to discuss why a cyclogyro will work in water and not in air.....???

No? OK then, I'll get me coat.

[skytrain10]

No? OK then, I'll get me coat.

Good idea mate....

[Mechta]

Ok, here's the next one:



Re cyclogyros, my guess is that they are very inefficient, and whereas a neutrally buoyant submersible one would work, a flying one has to support its own weight, and is not efficient enough to do so (short wings, lots of wing tips, lots of induced drag). If ithey were like those penguin airships on Wallace & Gromit's World of Invention the other night, and the body was filled with helium, then they would work for propulsion & control.

[Lightning Mate]

You make me feel so loved.......

[Mechta]

BTW, Lightning Mate, why the cyclogyro question? Have you bought a low airtime one off eB*y?

[Ridge Runner]

French????

[Mechta]

Hi RR, No, not French.

[Lightning Mate]

Mechta,

BTW, Lightning Mate, why the cyclogyro question?

page 840 posts 16790 and 16794.

Do I see a V-tail on your glider?

[Mechta]

Re the Cyclogyro, that will teach me to miss a few posts!

Re the challenge, yes, its a V-Tail, well spotted.

[SincoTC]

Good afternoon Mechta,

Is it the Antonov A-13 ?

[Mechta]

Hi SincoTC, Spot on. Its the Antonov A13 aerobatic glider which was later fitted with a jet engine for a world record in the sub 500kg class.



I'm glad you got it, as I've got to go out and fix our club's glider winch now.

Over to you!