The Ongoing Mystery Aircraft Thread Part Deux.

[lefty]

In the meantime,we'll try another floater !

[Moses03]

You seem to know which ones are ambiguous. Can't remember seeing this one before. Looks Americanish-well except for the engines.

[lefty]

She's an all-American girl, as are her engines.......

[lefty]

And she has automobile connections too. (posh ones)

[robcap]

Thanks Lefty.

He thought it might be russian, and he was certain of 4 pushers....
I promised to try and find out, maybe here is the place to find an answer.

Cheers, R.

[DHC2Pilot]

Issoudun H-23 of 1930 - connected to Cadillac Aircraft Corp. Here's another shot of her....

[lefty]

Well I have two sources referring to it as the McCarroll Cadillac Duoplane - where Issodoun comes from I know not.
Cadillac Aircraft Company.

Anyway, close enough, John. Over to you

Can no-one help Rob out with his mystery 4-engined pusher ? Where's the Texan Pusher King when you need him, eh ????

[Moses03]

Don't know of a 4-engined Russian pusher- from any period.

[DHC2Pilot]

According to this source, the McCarroll and the Issoudun were both manufactured under the same roof - your pic may very well be the McCarroll with my reference being incorrect. Perhaps they were the same or very similar models manufactured under different names? I'm going to go ahead and admit defeat on this one as the McCarroll photo in Aerofiles matches your bird

http://books.google.com/books?id=H35...oplane&f=false

The following data is from Aerofiles:

H-23 1930 = ChwMAm; two 90hp Warner Scarab; span: 44'0". [487M] c/n 1.

Duoplane, Voyaguer 1929 = 4pChwMAm; two 100hp Kinner; span: 46'0" length: 32'0" load: 1025#. POP: 1, reportedly repowered with 165hp Wright R-540 and modified with 48'0" wing [X595E].

Back to you Lefty

[lefty]

Hmmm, I appear to have shot myself in the foot here and given this away - the Issoudun was superficially similar but on closer inspection is an entirely different aircraft. I think amphibians were all the rage in the 30's.

So, over to you in any case - I am off to lay my weary head down after a strenuous day celebrating the sunshine with gin-and-tonics in the garden........

[DHC2Pilot]

If you insist......I guess we'll try this one - don't think it's been posted before.

[lefty]

Thought this was going to be easy - looks European, late 20's, not a Brit, but there it stops !

Has a German feel to it.... ?

[DHC2Pilot]

"Has a German feel to it.... ?"

VERY VERY close.

[DHC2Pilot]

Is it just me, or does that prop not seem to have very much meat to it at the hub? Almost appears to be a flat piece of metal which has been bent to form an airscrew.

[Moses03]

Okay, okay you got us. Now reveal this glorified lawn mower!