The Ongoing Mystery Aircraft Thread Part Deux.

[Baragouin]

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

[Green]

Cheers!

OPEN HOUSE.

[wout]

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

[lefty]

Bienvenuti, Carlo !

Walter, is there some Tipsy in this one ??

[Moses03]

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

[wout]

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.

[pomme homme]

Shades of Wittman?

[wout]

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

[wout]

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

[Moses03]

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

[Dev One]

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

[Moses03]

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.

[giruXX]

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

[Moses03]

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...

[Moses03]

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).

[giruXX]

got it: Norris Foolproof Aeroplane 1930[X99M]

[pomme homme]

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

[Moses03]

It is the Norris. Over to Uli.

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

[giruXX]

Let's try another parasol:

[fabulousfour]

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

[giruXX]

correct, Robert
registration: NC10369

[fabulousfour]

Next one from about the same period.

[lefty]

A Brit ! That, Robert, is the one and only Hendy Hobo, with its unmistakeable Pobjoy engine.

[fabulousfour]

You got it, Mike!

It is the Hendy Hobo after her conversion.

Over to Scotland!

[lefty]

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.