Lately it's been kinda hard knowing who exactly to hand control over to. :)
Above is the Brewster XA-32.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brewster_XA-32

If so - OPEN HOUSE for others to have a go.

Stumbled across this aircraft in a book awarded to me as a school prize in 1976!...


https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....f72eb03afa.jpg

That rings a Bell.
I for one would love to know what book you received in 1976? :)


https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....a7cbf0384d.jpg

It is indeed the Brewster XA-32; that one didn't last long! Over to Noyade.

Well done Noyade, you have control. It is the Bell YFM-1 Aircuda.

Cheers.

Open House.

Bit of fun....

https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....e6d43b03b.jpeg

Can't but help feel someone has had a bit of fun with a bent Citabria or Champ!

Noyade,
This is the book I received, kept a 12 year-old amused...
https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....24aaac8323.jpg

And the subject image that caught my eye...

https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....ae592162e6.jpg
'866

Found a picture when is was just a chick!...
https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....0e34c6b65a.jpg

Thanks! I remember that book - always loved John Batchelor's artwork. :ok:

Not a Citabria or Champ.
ASW is close...!

italian Aerogallo, the flying rooster..

Yes beamr it is indeed the Aerogallo. I hope it flies better than it looks!

You have control.


https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....899048b59.jpeg

Thank you very much, lets try this then

https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....e3ded47272.jpg

Is that Bob Hoover performing ?.

Lear 35/36?

- Ed

TS11 Iskra. Czech trainer.

I'll go military: C-21 then.

Not a challenge...

UV et al. flight characteristics of the rooster described as 'sporting' by the test pilot:

"A Handful of ChickenUnfortunately, Beltrome further reported, “The Rooster is unstable in roll and has a tendency to go into the first stages of a spin when you start to turn, if it isn’t noticed and checked.” He put in one stage of the flaperons to try to solve this problem. This is why the first flight turn was a very gentle affair with little more than 5 of bank and often less, with a very obvious and “twitchy” pitch.

Perhaps the most amazing and interesting part of the Rooster is its control system, which works in reverse to a normal three-axis-control aircraft. The control column comes down from the roof of the cockpit, and the control inputs are exactly the opposite to what one learns in normal piloting skills, so you pull back on the stick to go down and vice versa. This is the reason for some of the accidents during early taxi tests. It is apparently more like flying a delta-wing hang glider."

Full article here: https://www.kitplanes.com/when-the-rooster-flies/

And to Noyade, yes I was quite enthralled by Batchelor's drawings as a child...

https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....97dcd38867.jpg
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