Morning Ken! I agree. If you compare the photos there are size and proportion differences. Check the wheels, for example. Proportionally they are different for sure.

RR

Exactly. The discussion about whether or not it is a replica was basically my past-time when we waited for the call. And I find the discussion about the version (although RR referred to a "version" in his brief on engine) a bit academic. The way I read the lists, 1As (at least some of them) were 1s with a retrofitted 85hp engine. Whether there were other modifications, I don't know. The challenge has an engine that is neither, so the closest one can get is DAR-1, hence my conviction that this belongs to Mate.

I hope he surfaces soon and takes the control.

Edit: He's back!

Sorry guys.

After my post 517 I had to leave to take a class, at which stage Reg was the winner.

I have just come back and expected a challenge from Reg, only to find the thread very interesting reading.

A straightforward one, with no doubts about its' name....

http://i636.photobucket.com/albums/u..._29/nope-1.jpg

edit: forgot the tip of the elevator.

Afternoon David....American homebuild biplane?

Afternoon Ken.

Sort of - it was built by its' designer, but not a homebuilt in the true sense of the word.

Ah ok, a one-off then. Looks like he or she used a collection of bits from other aircraft and stuck them all together!

I agree, it looks that way, except that it wasn't.

Hi David,

the tail surfaces seem to be a V. Would that be right? I'm guessing this is a yank from the inter-war period, judging by the telegraph poles?

RR

Merrit CIT-9 Safety Plane?

Not a V-tail mate, but you're correct about the rest.

Not that either trucky.

You sure mate...NX5665 Merrill CIT-9 Safety Plane? Must be closely connected if not - looks pretty much the same.

He got the designers name wrong. :\

However, he must be the winner.

trucky has the thread.

There are pictures of two different aeroplanes in the Merrill CIT-9 Safety Plane entry in Aerofiles…..

Its' name given was the Merrill experimental movable-wing biplane.

It has CIT-9 on the fuselage, so I think it's fair to give it to trucky, especially as he found it before the rest of you, and he's new here.

Let's see if he has a sleeve.

Hi trucky04. I see you are still out there. Do you have anything to post? If you don't we would ask that you declare Open House so that the thread can continue. Many thanks.

Very sorry late reply. Tried to open photo Bucket. Could not. OPEN HOUSE:{

Let me cover the OH for a change:

http://i1103.photobucket.com/albums/...Dep/dmcopy.jpg

Kit-built?

A Russian WIGE aircraft, Reg?

Aerocat Amphibian?

Kit-built - No
Russian WIGE - Yes, that, too
Aerocat Amphibian - No

The pontoon-like hulls look like they may be inflatable or detachable.

Does the aeroplane convert?

They are sort of inflatable. "Convert" I am not sure about the meaning of that. But it is, as such, capable of using various landing surfaces.

Aerorik Dingo?

You got it!

Over to you!

Thanks Reg. An interesting aircraft...the Osprey Encyclopedia describes it as a multirole amphibian with go anywhere capability!

Here's the next challenge:

http://i551.photobucket.com/albums/i...r/50f8fd15.jpg

Little time left.

Ken, please don't tell me that the leading edges are like that, or was your original a gif image.

STOL?

The leading edges are straight if that's what you mean? Best I could do with the low res image.

Not described as STOL.

Thanks mate - it's just that there are one or two STOL aeroplanes around with serrated leading edges.

Is it therefore kit/homebuilt?

Available complete or as a kit.

Good evening Ken. :)

I can't fathom the perspective - it seems to have half a tailplane/elevator missing. :uhoh:

Evening David. You are looking at it from above on the starboard side. The aircraft was presumably executing a climbing right turn when the photo was taken. Checked the original and nothing is missing from the silhouette.

Could be another DAR.......:)

Vector I or Vector II or none?

Apparently could…. Good night gentlemen!

I was tempted to say its a Nando Groppo Trial but the undercarriage leg is wrong.

Morning Graeme....it is indeed another DAR. This time its the DAR-21 Vector. Well done:ok:

http://i551.photobucket.com/albums/i...r/176a5bbc.jpg

Noyade has control

DAR is good, thanks Ken...but I'll make it OH. Maybe VX 275 has something?

I thought it an appropriate challenge in light of RR's last one. Lasted surprisingly long!

VX275...fancy putting up a challenge. Or anyone else out there?

Ok, no takers, so here's one for the nightshift:

http://i551.photobucket.com/albums/i...r/a80291b7.jpg

Good night.