Name that Flying Machine
I know. I thought about erasIng it!
Correct. An aircraft I stumbled on recently. Until I looked it up, I thought it was a light-aircraft racer, but it had a Napier Sabre engine!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napier-Heston_Racer
Crashed on its first flight, luckily the pilot survived.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napier-Heston_Racer
Crashed on its first flight, luckily the pilot survived.
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Correct. An aircraft I stumbled on recently. Until I looked it up, I thought it was a light-aircraft racer, but it had a Napier Sabre engine!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napier-Heston_Racer
Crashed on its first flight, luckily the pilot survived.
oncemorealoft has declared Open House
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napier-Heston_Racer
Crashed on its first flight, luckily the pilot survived.
oncemorealoft has declared Open House
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I'm not saying this just to be argumentative, but I really wonder about "beautiful." It seems to me to suffer from the exaggeration and unbalance (from a purely aesthetic point of view) that often goes with racers and extreme speed machines. I'm thinking of the Gee Bee racers, for instance. Someone might say that this is a very subjective thing, which is true, but I noticed when I went to Wikipedia to look up the Heston-Napier, the author of the article puts "beautiful" in quote marks; and also that this aircraft rather spectacularly did NOT fly right.
I must admit that, aesthetically, I too find it a beautiful design. When I look at it from a piloting perspective, I only see a big packet of trouble. So I guess it all depends on your viewpoint.
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Indeed. I was wondering whether I would change my mind if I saw it from other angles, so I searched for images, hoping an in-flight photograph would show me something breathtaking about the wings. I saw there weren't many in-flight photographs. Then I remembered why.
FP,
I did find this three-view of unknown provenance on an RC website. The plan view is uninspiring!
I did find this three-view of unknown provenance on an RC website. The plan view is uninspiring!
Mel,
Was your challenge built like that or was it originally a sesquiplane?
Was your challenge built like that or was it originally a sesquiplane?
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Hi Mel,
Yes, it's Simon. I'm not sure in what way your answer helps me!
Is it from the US?
Yes, it's Simon. I'm not sure in what way your answer helps me!
Is it from the US?
Curtiss Tanager from the 1929? Guggenheim competition - the winner. The HP Gugnunch was 2.
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Next next one, if I can make this work - and how do I modify a photo, so google can't recognize it?
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