Identification Help? - Aircraft of World War II

HoHun · 03-09-2009, 06:25 AM

Hi everyone,

I hope it's not off-topic to post some modern aircraft here?

First one is this Ultralight which I shot at Oberschleißheim in 2003. It looks a bit like a Drifter, but has enough differences that it must be something else. It also has similarities to an AirCam (which was obviously inspired by the Drifter), but the AirCam is a twin, and I have found no evidence of a single-engine predecessor (though it would not be illogical if there had been one).

Any ideas? This aircraft seems to be a tough one! :-/

Regards,

Henning (HoHun)

FLYBOYJ · 03-09-2009, 12:53 PM

It Looks like a Kolb Mark III. The Engine looks like a Rotax.

HoHun · 03-09-2009, 04:26 PM

Hi Flyboyj,

>It Looks like a Kolb Mark III.

Hm ... thanks, good suggestion, I hadn't been aware of the Kolb designs before.

However, though it looks very much like a Kolb Mark III, the Kolbs all seem to have a single wing brace on the pictures I found. The Kolb also seem to have a fuselage structure of a denser net of thinner tubes - at least that's my impression.

So I think it's not a Mark III despite the great similarity. Problem is, I have no idea what it might be then ...

Regards,

Henning (HoHun)

Graeme · 03-09-2009, 06:29 PM

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Originally Posted by HoHun

Problem is, I have no idea what it might be then ...

Maybe Kitplanes can help you HoHun. E-mail the photo to them...

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(Problem is they all look alike!

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FLYBOYJ · 03-09-2009, 10:16 PM

If we don't find out right away, at the end of April I will be at a small airport that specializes in ultra lights. One of the guys there should know.

03-09-2009, 12:53 PM	#2
FLYBOYJ IP/Mech THE GREAT GAZOO Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Colorado, USA Posts: 16,050	It Looks like a Kolb Mark III. The Engine looks like a Rotax. __________________ "IF ITS RED OR DUSTY, DON'T TOUCH IT"

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FLYBOYJ IP/Mech THE GREAT GAZOO Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Colorado, USA Posts: 16,050	If we don't find out right away, at the end of April I will be at a small airport that specializes in ultra lights. One of the guys there should know. __________________ "IF ITS RED OR DUSTY, DON'T TOUCH IT"

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03-09-2009, 04:26 PM	#3
HoHun Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 1,765	Hi Flyboyj, >It Looks like a Kolb Mark III. Hm ... thanks, good suggestion, I hadn't been aware of the Kolb designs before. However, though it looks very much like a Kolb Mark III, the Kolbs all seem to have a single wing brace on the pictures I found. The Kolb also seem to have a fuselage structure of a denser net of thinner tubes - at least that's my impression. So I think it's not a Mark III despite the great similarity. Problem is, I have no idea what it might be then ... Regards, Henning (HoHun)