LCM & sails, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.

[ericr]

the flying banana fuselage (remaining from the above bananaification)
fits well with wings from the very versatile Twin Otter :

[NARSES2]

Wonderfull 

[Martin H]

Directional control looks like it would be a tad iffy 

But I luv the look of it 

[Tophe]

lovely...

[TheChronicOne]

Yeah that's pretty neat right there!! 

[ericr]

thanks all !

I agree that an additional fin would make the thing more reassuring, I hesitated but finally kept the shape of the H-21 :
in a whiff wirld, having a bit wild direction is fine 

[TheChronicOne]

Pilot just has all the passengers pile from one side to the other depending on which way they want to go.   

[steelpillow]

Brilliant, just the sort of mad idea that someone would have tried out in the 1950s.

Not visible on the model is the thin vertical exhaust slit in the trailing edge of the fuselage. A third engine was mounted inside the fuselage and blew air out of the slit. This was intended to act as a tail fin. The slit was hinged to angle the jet sideways to act as a rudder. Needless to say, the stability and control authority were far less than theory predicted and the theoretician concerned was forcibly dunked in the pond outside the boss's mansion, before being awarded an MBE for services to agriculture.

[ericr]

I was reminded by a helpful whiffer about the existence of a plausible (i.e., not quite realistic but why not  ) and interesting reference, from Couzinet in the 30s :

[ericr]

given the colors, I jut had to do it

[TheChronicOne]

 

Glorrrrrrious!  That's what I'm talking about right there.   

[Tophe]

Great bird!

[steelpillow]

Very nice, I had no idea there was a kit of the plane. Was it a real design or the only whiff in the entire film?

[ericr]

thanks !
it is a OOB Whif : the kit renders very nicely the plane that can be seen in the movie.
Even the colors were not chosen by me 

[zenrat]

Nice job Eric.  And the Banana/otter.