Aircraft Identification V - Page 68 - Aircraft of World War II

amrit · 04-13-2007, 06:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Krabat42

Oh, and the other one is a Vickers F7/41. High altitude figher project. Looks like a Mosquito on Steroids.

Yep. Always thought it was a missed opportunity.

Krabat42 · 04-13-2007, 11:17 AM

Taking a DH Hornet a give her high-altitude wingtips would have been a cheaper alternative. And as far as I remember the armament of the Vickers would have been a meager four .303 machine guns. Or was this the Mosquito-NF-conversion? I have to check this.

amrit · 04-13-2007, 11:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Krabat42

the armament of the Vickers would have been a meager four .303 machine guns. Or was this the Mosquito-NF-conversion? I have to check this.

It was supposed to have six 20-mm cannon in a ventral pack.

Krabat42 · 04-13-2007, 12:34 PM

That should be enough

But with a ventral pack it would have looked strange, like a pregnant Mossi on Steroids

And the four MG equipment was for the Mosquito NKF Mk. XV. Now that I have access to my sources...

v2 · 04-17-2007, 05:13 PM

What's this?

amrit · 04-17-2007, 05:26 PM

Liberty Belle B-17

Was used as a test bed by Pratt & Whitney for their engines in the 1940s & 50s - the wing-engines would be feathered during flight.

v2 · 04-17-2007, 05:40 PM

amrit · 04-17-2007, 06:02 PM

Cheers.

What's this?

paaln · 04-17-2007, 08:50 PM

It's the Fokker D.XXI Prototype, sitting at Schipol in 1936

amrit · 04-17-2007, 09:20 PM

Spot-on on all counts.

FLYBOYJ · 04-17-2007, 11:38 PM

Here's one....

v2 · 04-19-2007, 04:33 PM

paaln · 04-21-2007, 10:38 AM

it looks kinda like an argentinian Ae.C.2, but it has a different engine from the pic I have in a book, but it is the closest thing I've found.

Now I've just found your pic on a site,
Escuela De Aeromodelismo Cutral Co - Ae. C. 2 - Ae. M. e. 1
and caption reads Ae.C.1 Prototipo, but C.1's had closed cockpit, and the same pic I mention above as C.2 is described here as Ae.M.E.1, so now I am stumped.

At least it is an FMA

FLYBOYJ · 05-04-2007, 05:01 PM

You got it!!

v2 · 05-05-2007, 07:42 AM

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04-13-2007, 11:17 AM	#1007
Krabat42 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Munich Posts: 305	Taking a DH Hornet a give her high-altitude wingtips would have been a cheaper alternative. And as far as I remember the armament of the Vickers would have been a meager four .303 machine guns. Or was this the Mosquito-NF-conversion? I have to check this.

04-13-2007, 12:34 PM	#1009
Krabat42 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Munich Posts: 305	That should be enough But with a ventral pack it would have looked strange, like a pregnant Mossi on Steroids And the four MG equipment was for the Mosquito NKF Mk. XV. Now that I have access to my sources...

04-17-2007, 05:26 PM	#1011
amrit Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 194	Liberty Belle B-17 Was used as a test bed by Pratt & Whitney for their engines in the 1940s & 50s - the wing-engines would be feathered during flight.

04-17-2007, 09:20 PM	#1015
amrit Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 194	Spot-on on all counts.

04-21-2007, 10:38 AM	#1018
paaln Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Oslo Posts: 93	it looks kinda like an argentinian Ae.C.2, but it has a different engine from the pic I have in a book, but it is the closest thing I've found. Now I've just found your pic on a site, Escuela De Aeromodelismo Cutral Co - Ae. C. 2 - Ae. M. e. 1 and caption reads Ae.C.1 Prototipo, but C.1's had closed cockpit, and the same pic I mention above as C.2 is described here as Ae.M.E.1, so now I am stumped. At least it is an FMA

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