What Cockpit?

[meleagertoo]

Close but no banana.

[Self loading bear]

Ghee-never knew Luciele had an aircraft

[meleagertoo]

You picked a fine time to tell me that, Bear.

[Noyade]

Originally Posted by Self loading bear

Ghee-never knew Luciele had an aircraft

Attempting to follow the clues above - Michel Colomban's Luciole?
If correct - control should go to you, Bear.

[Self loading bear]

Originally Posted by Noyade

Attempting to follow the clues above - Michel Colomban's Luciole?
If correct - control should go to you, Bear.

G-LUCL
Was the cockpit on the second photo.

[meleagertoo]

Startling performance from a 24Hp Briggs and Stratton! 90mph cruise, range over 300 miles, airframe weighs just 100Kg dry, 300Kg MAUW.

Bear has control.

[Self loading bear]

Thanks Mel (and Noyade),

This aircraft is not known for its cockpit.

[Asturias56]

that looks Russian blue to me

[Self loading bear]

Originally Posted by Asturias56

that looks Russian blue to me

To me it is Russian green.

[meleagertoo]

Agreed that's Russian or Soviet bloc.
It's a big heavy single piston I think, An2 era.

[Self loading bear]

Originally Posted by meleagertoo

Agreed that's Russian or Soviet bloc.
It's a big heavy single piston I think, An2 era.

Soviet block indeed
single piston yes
But not a heavy one
And certainly later then An2
2 built 1 flew

[UV]

That tidy cockpit would run rings around an AN2

[meleagertoo]

I'm out of ideas.

[Asturias56]

I think its the Narushevich OW-1 - a truly weird design

I finished up from "Russian Experimental aircraft" to "cool weird planes" on Google and looked at some seriously odd aircraft on the way............




OH if correct

[Self loading bear]

Originally Posted by Asturias56

I think its the Narushevich OW-1 - a truly weird design

OH if correct

Indeed the Narushevich OW-1 from Belarus.

It seems this orange one did never fly.
There is a YouTube film with the other one taking off.
Not very convincing.

OH called
May I call UV to come up with something?
You clearly knew.

[UV]

Sorry nothing to offer at the moment, so OH please.

[India Four Two]

When I saw the cockpit picture, I immediately imagined this exchange:

Test pilot: “The ailerons are too heavy.”
Designer: “No problem. We’ll make the yoke wider. “

After seeing that monstrosity, I wonder if I was close to the truth! 😂

[meleagertoo]

Originally Posted by India Four Two

When I saw the cockpit picture, I immediately imagined this exchange:

Test pilot: “The ailerons are too heavy.”
Designer: “No problem. We’ll make the yoke wider. “

After seeing that monstrosity, I wonder if I was close to the truth! 😂

Hence my remark about it being a 'heavy'.

And what a ghastly looking yoke arrangement with all those cables, pulleys, linkages and such. How clumsy can it get?

Eeeuwww! I feel for the test pilots of that monstrosity.

[meleagertoo]

This one won no prizes fpr looks either.

[Asturias56]

Yuropean?