Hunter & Lightning, yellow : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.

[jcf]

 


Lockheed 12-A, one of three fitted with temporary tricycle gear for the USN.

Designated XJO-3, the one in the photo was used for flight trials on the USS
Lexington in 1939.

[PR19_Kit]

Designated XJO-3, the one in the photo was used for flight trials on the USS
Lexington in 1939.

Interesting, did it have a hook fitted too?

[NARSES2]

I notice it's retained the tailwheel. Would help if the pilots AoA was to great coming into land I suppose ?

[ericr]

thanks for the reference !

is it the load of the spat that makes it avoid tail-sitting? 

[ericr]

a slight change of looks

[PR19_Kit]

Yes, that's very logical, and it looks good too. 

All we have to work out now is where the wheels came from, so we can work out what's likely to appear with a socking great pair of floats next. 

[ericr]

 

[Dizzyfugu]

Odd. But very elegant in this configuration. I remember a tailsitter built by someone here some time ago, and it did not look very plausible - probably due to the raised tail? Could have been a long-range recce aircraft in real life?

[NARSES2]

I'm seeing that in Japanese colours perhaps with a couple of torpedoes ?

[Tophe]

Seeing your pictures, I felt puzzled at first, not remembering a He-115 with (normal) tail-wheel.
I asked Google and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinkel_He_115 reminded me this was a floatplane in RW, and you turned it into a landplane all right!

[ericr]

 

[ericr]

another biplane tricycle ...

[Flyer]

I like that 

[NARSES2]

I like that 

Me to 

[ericr]