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Posted: August/31/2020 at 8:38pm  Quote
 
Not the Kingfisher either, Abufletcher.

  • It was usually configured as a two-seater.
  • Among it's various roles, one role had it being launched from naval vessels and hoisted back aboard after its flight.
  • In its naval role, it was neither a seaplane (flying boat), nor a float plane!
    It was ditched in the water and remained afloat until retrieved! 
  • It was quite advanced, and had a few "firsts".
  • It is one of the first aircraft to incorporate air/dive brakes.
  • The incidence of the horizontal stab' could be adjusted.
  • The French built about 4500.  The British about 1300.
  • It was a biplane.
  • Powered by a rotary engine.


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Posted: August/31/2020 at 8:46pm  Quote
 
Well then Its' probably one of these !!!




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Quote: Alan
Well then Its' probably one of these !!!



It probably is!  


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Posted: August/31/2020 at 9:11pm  Quote
 
OK - probably time to just about give it away:

  • It was usually configured as a two-seater.
  • Among it's various roles, one role had it being launched from naval vessels and hoisted back aboard after its flight.
  • In its naval role, it was neither a seaplane (flying boat), nor a float plane!
    It was ditched in the water and remained afloat until retrieved!  
  • It was quite advanced, and had a few "firsts".
  • It is one of the first aircraft to incorporate air/dive brakes.
  • The incidence of the horizontal stab' could be adjusted.
  • The French built about 4500. The British about 1300.
  • It was a biplane.
  • Powered by a rotary engine.
  • Designed as a fighter, it was obsolete soon after it arrived at the front lines.  It was too stable.
  • It's unofficial name derived from the manner in which the top wing was attached.
  • A later design from the same manufacturer was arguably one of the most successful British WWI fighters.  Highly unstable!


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Posted: August/31/2020 at 9:55pm  Quote
 
The Sopwith 1 1/2 Strutter?  Could it really have been so obvious all along?  
 
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Posted: August/31/2020 at 10:16pm  Quote
 
Sopwith 1 1/2 Strutter it is, Abufletcher.  

Thought I'd go for a less obscure aircraft, but perhaps lesser-known facts about it.

The Strutter, showing the W arangement of the "1 1/2" cabane struts, after which it's named.

The air-bakes.  The pilot deployed them using a hand wheel in the cockpit.  They were effective, but because they were next to the fuselage, they disrupted air flow over the horizontal stab'.  Not such a good idea!

Naval use, launched from platforms, often using gun turrets to support the temporary platforms (second picture).

First two pictures show airbags deflated, then inflated.  Also aqua planes (hydro-foils) between the wheels to prevent nose-overs.  Third picture shows a ditched aircraft, waiting for retrieval.

There were also air bags in the fus'.

What's next abufletcher?  Tag, you're "it".


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I have a model Strutter (Proctor kit) and it's by far the easiest WWI model I've flown - particularly take-off and landing.  It's a sweetheart.

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All the parts I ordered for the Sopwith Stutter from Jim Reeves arrived yesterday.
Now I have to find a suitable engine, all of mine are too big to fit inside the cowl.

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