Heikkis' Silhouette Challenge

[Lightning Mate]

Quick shot before home.

Is it called the Atlantica?

[skytrain10]

Is it called the Atlantica?

A good quick shot mate - yes it is the Atlantica, from Composite Aircraft. Well done

Some photo's of the prototype




They are also proposing a mini-jet option!

LM has control

[Ridge Runner]

Ah ha .... nice one Ken and David!!!!

[skytrain10]

Glad you liked it....found it whilst looking for some more unusual types.

I tried to reply to David as quickly as I could but he went offline as I posted so guess we'll wait for him to look in when he gets home.

[Lightning Mate]

Good grief!

I think we were all looking at mil stuff, and I don't think me or anyone else would have got there without the clues.

We haven't had one of these for a while:

[skytrain10]

I think we were all looking at mil stuff, and I don't think me or anyone else would have got there without the clues.

Well I figured it was worth keeping things moving along. It actually went as I expected.....since the picture I used for the silhouette was taken well forward of the aircraft it created almost perfectly the planform for the X-48 or "797", whereas in reality the sweep angle on the Atlantica is much greater

Now yours....German or Polish....?

[Lightning Mate]

taken well forward of the aircraft it created almost perfectly the planform for
the X-48 or "797

bar steward.....

Challenge - neither mate.

[skytrain10]

Struggling with this....the wings look odd, starboard appears to taper, but the port not? Also there seems to be no strut on the port wing - or is what looks like a strut something else?

American David...possibly the Franklin PS-2?

Edit to say, on closer inspection, no.

[Lightning Mate]

The wing struts attach to the bottom of the fuselage, so the apparent lack of them on the left wing is down to perspective.

The illustration is of a model, but you are in the right country.

1929, and as of last year two were still on the registry.

[Karlark]

All the clues point to...



edit; open house if correct

[Lightning Mate]

Good shooting mate.

Karlark has declared Open House.

[skytrain10]

Nice call Karl....so much for my internet glider source.....3,000 odd gliders but doesn't list that one Good challenge David.

[Ridge Runner]

OK, not a silhouette as such but ....

[skytrain10]

No obvious signs of propulsion, so another glider - or maybe an ornithopter?

[Ridge Runner]

Sorry Ken, I meant to say that the image shows the machine without its 7.5hp motor!!!!! RR

[MReyn24050]

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[Ridge Runner]

Excellent! Thanks Mel!

[Lightning Mate]

Evening Martin.

Perhaps a clue is in order here.

[Ridge Runner]

Ah.... life!!

Yep....

It was built in 1912 and had a bicycle seat for the pilot. As I said before, it had a 7.5hp engine. Needless to say it couldn't take off!!!!

RR

[Ridge Runner]

I'll speed it up a bit more as it is past five o'clock!!! The image on the net is from Shavrov!