Silhouette challenge

[MReyn24050]

I understand the nose wheel tyre on this aircraft was to be spherical.

[S'land]

I knew this one would not last long. It is indeed the Arado TEW 16/43-23 from 1943. The design called for two He S 011 turbojet engines. The TEW 16/43-23 never left the drawing board as Arado developed the Ar 234 instead.

Mel is right, the nose wheel was, like that of the Arado TEW 16/43-13, meant to be spherical.

Over to you Skytrain10.

[skytrain10]

Thank you S'land, an interesting aircraft. Tail reminds me a little of the Hawker Sea Hawk.

Here's another offering:

[dazdaz]

Sweden? Maybe some variant of the Vipan?

[skytrain10]

Dazdaz...not a Vipan variant, and not a Swedish product.

[evansb]

PZL 105 Flaming (Flamingo)?

[skytrain10]

EvansB has it...it is indeed the PZL-105 Flaming. It was a development of the Wilga (it was originally known as the Wilga 88), but sadly got hit by a funding shortfall and priority to develop other aircraft, such as the Turbo Orlik.

Over to you Bri.

[evansb]

Thank you. Massive spring steel gear on that Flaming. Here is the next silhouette challenge:

[S'land]

Bell / Augusta AB 139?

[one11]

Agusta Westland EH-101 - Merlin in UK. I think it has another name in Canada too.

[evansb]

Check again. This helicopter was built in the United States.

[one11]

Sikorsky S-92 ?

[evansb]

one11 is correct The Sikorsky S-92 Helibus. Over to you.

[one11]

Common technology + common design objectives = look-alikes. Never more so than in the world of composite kit builds............

[chiglet]

Well, it's not a Vans, other than that???

[evansb]

Similar to a Glasair II.

[one11]

Looks like a Glasair but half the weight and half the power and not from the US

[one11]

I guess the inactivity proves either that there really are too many look-alikes in this category and/or for that reason most people find them exceedingly boring. Although a few hours PPRuNe outage this morning would not have helped.

One last clue before closing it down - the country of origin was supposedly renowned amongst other achievements for both the first successful man powered flight and first aerial fatality......

Cheers Doug

[skytrain10]

Doug
The inactivity is not for lack of trying. Thought I knew my homebuilds pretty well. There are several that look similar, but nothing quite matches, and a couple that came close I had to rule out as they were US manufactured. Your last clue has really got me...thats if I am interpreting it correctly! You don't have to answer this, but from the look of the design, I'm guessing this kit is in production now?
Ken

[chiglet]

the country of origin was supposedly renowned amongst other achievements for both the first successful man powered flight and first aerial fatality......

Looks like a Glasair but half the weight and half the power and not from the US

Sorry, but all my referencies state that Orville? Wright crashed and killed his passenger in the US. AFAIK, the first Man powered flight [to be recognised] was the Gossamer Albatross....
Now I know that Cranfield were doing MPF, so is it a British design?