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Old 16th Jan 2012, 19:24
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Ok, are we looking at the back end of a turbo prop nacelle?
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Old 16th Jan 2012, 19:38
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Thank you for your perseverance,Kitbag.
This is a frontal view of one nacelle.
The aircraft was powered by 2 Continental O-470-A flat 6 cylinder aircooled, 225 hp engines. Unconventional Pusher design with interesting aerodynamics.
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Old 16th Jan 2012, 20:08
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This blooming thing?


The Custer Channel Wing.

I was surprised at how many pusher prop aircraft there are out there.

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Old 16th Jan 2012, 20:15
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Correct,Kitbag. Well done.
YHC
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Old 16th Jan 2012, 20:40
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Woo-hoo

See how many seconds this one lasts:


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Old 18th Jan 2012, 05:19
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Time to move things along then. Another view of the same aircraft:



Shouldn't be long now
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Old 18th Jan 2012, 06:24
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I suggest a Spanish version of the ME-109 powered by a Merlin, the 'Buchon"?

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Old 18th Jan 2012, 06:25
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Morning Kitbag,

Hispano HA-1112 M1L Buchon (N109GU now at the Cavanaugh Flight Museum)??

Edit: shouldn't have stopped to check further should I, '866
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Old 18th Jan 2012, 06:30
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Hi SincoTC,

Although I pipped you by a whole minute, I have nothing to offer so will gladly concede the honours if you can take up the mantle?

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Old 18th Jan 2012, 06:39
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You're a Gentleman '866 !!

We will have to await Kitbag's confirmation though; so there is no great hurry, maybe you can cobble one together, if not I suggest you call Open House and maybe someone will pick it up, I may be able to later
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Old 18th Jan 2012, 10:21
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SincoTC,

Thank you, more of a lady actually, but you were not to know! Have something in mind but need to photograph it tomorrow, so in the meantime, on confirmation of correctness by kitbag, I have to declare...open house.

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Old 18th Jan 2012, 17:20
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Indeed it is the Hispano HA-1112 M1L Buchon (N109GU now at the Cavanaugh Flight Museum, taken from p2 of the museum thread.
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Old 18th Jan 2012, 19:37
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Indeed it is the Hispano HA-1112 M1L Buchon
Nice one kitbag! Every time I looked at it I thought of this, but it just didn't gel...

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Old 18th Jan 2012, 21:42
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TBH all other versions of the Buchon I've seen had short exhaust stubs but hey... it was easily referenced.
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Old 18th Jan 2012, 21:46
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but hey... it was easily referenced.
I'm not complaining mate.

Mine above is also German.

(Well, the Hispano is sorta German)
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Old 18th Jan 2012, 21:58
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There's a chap building what looks like a painstaking replica of that one I think, been at it 7 years so far!
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Old 18th Jan 2012, 22:06
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Did he give you a name mate?
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Old 19th Jan 2012, 06:10
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Noyade, PM for you
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Old 19th Jan 2012, 08:02
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Thanks Kitbag.

Clue. With the skin on...

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Old 19th Jan 2012, 09:00
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Heinkel He 51?
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