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Thread: The Ongoing Mystery Aircraft Thread Part Deux.

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    Quote Originally Posted by fabulousfour View Post
    Finally, it is the Romano.
    Hadn't thought that this bird would last so long.

    Over to you, Green.
    Hello boys and girls!
    After a long silence I'm back home and ready to fight again!
    Cheers
    Carlo

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    Welcome back Carlo. Keep us busy
    Next challenge has a pointed tail. The fuselage lines could/should help.
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    Bienvenuti, Carlo !

    Walter, is there some Tipsy in this one ??

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    I'm still trying to figure out the bent prop tip?

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    Hi Mike, sorry, but no Belgian connection
    Hi Kevin. No idea about the prop (accident?) In this colour picture the prop is somewhat clearer.
    Aircraft is from a productive family.
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    Shades of Wittman?

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    Hi pomme homme
    No Wittman. but from same country. Designers/builders better known for their biplanes

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    This is the Sorrell-Robinson HS-1 Wenoso. Registration N1041 and built in the mid-1960s.
    Aircraft in 1971 involved in accident which may be reason for the strange prop. Sadly N1041 was in Dec.1990 lost when involved in a fatal crash.
    The bipe I referred to was of course the SNS-7 Hiperbipe.

    Time for OPEN HOUSE

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    We have not had an oddball in a while...


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    Quote Originally Posted by wout View Post
    This is the Sorrell-Robinson HS-1 Wenoso. Registration N1041 and built in the mid-1960s.
    Aircraft in 1971 involved in accident which may be reason for the strange prop. Sadly N1041 was in Dec.1990 lost when involved in a fatal crash.
    The bipe I referred to was of course the SNS-7 Hiperbipe.

    Time for OPEN HOUSE
    I think the prop is correct & known as a Boomerang Prop. The Carden Ford engined Chilton DW1 sported one in the 60's when it was refurbished/rebuilt by Kendall & raced at Shoreham. It actually beat the handicappers by quite a margin.
    Keith

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    Thanks for the info Keith.

    Here is a better photo of the oddball. It had a very novel feature and not sure if it managed more than a hop or two.


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    J W Smith, Cicero IL. 1929 (in Aerofiles)?
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    gX

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    Not the Smith effort as this one showed up the following year. (Interesting that two designers had the same idea about the same time).

    There is a Aerofile entry...

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    Last gasp...

    I found a video online of it being flight tested on 2-12-1930, out on the west coast USA. It did a few high speed taxi runs but never left the ground. (It seemed to suffer from directional stability).


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    got it: Norris Foolproof Aeroplane 1930[X99M]
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    gX

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    Is the novel feature that the designer believed that any fool could fly it?

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    It is the Norris. Over to Uli.

    PH: That and the idea of a pendulum wing assembly.

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    Let's try another parasol:
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    gX

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    That's probably a States B-3 less its spinner.

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    correct, Robert
    registration: NC10369
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    gX

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    Next one from about the same period.
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    A Brit ! That, Robert, is the one and only Hendy Hobo, with its unmistakeable Pobjoy engine.

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    You got it, Mike!

    It is the Hendy Hobo after her conversion.

    Over to Scotland!

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    Thank you sir. Just to show I'm not entirely obsessed with water babies, here's a rather smart biplane - it won't last long, so when you get it, please proceed, as I'm out for the day.
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