Seafox monoplan & Duck, blue : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.

Tophe · February 18, 2019, 10:13:11 AM

Many new marvels (that I discover belately), thanks!

TheChronicOne · February 18, 2019, 03:43:18 PM

Oh hell yes!!!! The Buffalo has came to fruition! Thank you for doing it!!!!! You're my hero!!!! And, look how great it turned out!!

ericr · February 19, 2019, 02:28:28 AM

steelpillow · February 19, 2019, 10:05:58 AM

Quote from: zenrat on February 18, 2019, 02:12:50 AM
Do you have any Yaks?

Or DHC-2 Beavers or DHC-4 Caribou or DH Mosquitos or even a humble Moth?

ericr · February 21, 2019, 04:23:09 AM

Quote from: steelpillow on February 19, 2019, 10:05:58 AM
Quote from: zenrat on February 18, 2019, 02:12:50 AM
Do you have any Yaks?

Or DHC-2 Beavers or DHC-4 Caribou or DH Mosquitos or even a humble Moth?

more ideas indeed

ericr · February 21, 2019, 04:28:17 AM

the fish is a Pterois :

with the tail of some plane from the 20s I guess ...

and the turtle head remained from some other past project :

Tophe · February 21, 2019, 04:45:38 AM

So cute... both!

steelpillow · February 21, 2019, 10:49:56 AM

Quote from: ericr on February 21, 2019, 04:28:17 AM
with the tail of some plane from the 20s I guess ...

You are joking of course. The Arado AR 234 was 1940s vintage.

No, wait, smack me down, this was the Coanda Twin of 1923, how silly of me. Powerplants were ducted fans driven by 450 hp Napier Lion piston engines, with induced airflow similar in concept to the 1910 Coanda "jet" (not to mention the modern Dyson airblade "fans"). Unlike the 1910 technology, this one actually flew.

However I am unable to find a reliable source for the flight of the fish. I must be in the wrong Whiffland.

ericr · February 21, 2019, 11:41:32 AM

thanks !

Quote from: steelpillow on February 21, 2019, 10:49:56 AM
Quote from: ericr on February 21, 2019, 04:28:17 AM
with the tail of some plane from the 20s I guess ...

You are joking of course. The Arado AR 234 was 1940s vintage.

I was speaking of the side and top fins which come the kit of a WW1-era aircraft : their dented profile was appropriate to go with the fish fin.

steelpillow · February 21, 2019, 12:01:29 PM

Quote from: ericr on February 21, 2019, 11:41:32 AM
I was speaking of the side and top fins which come the kit of a WW1-era aircraft : their dented profile was appropriate to go with the fish fin.

Oh, those fins. I didn't realise they were not part of the fish. You fooled me good and proper!

ericr · February 23, 2019, 01:40:23 AM

maybe that's the point if whiffing ?

ericr · February 26, 2019, 03:19:37 AM

the other side of the Buffalo, coupled with a Bf110 into a three-engined thing

with a 1/48 Zero canopy

Tophe · February 26, 2019, 03:35:55 AM

Good! And the radial+inline engines are a rare (unique?) wonderful feature!

ericr · February 26, 2019, 05:00:35 AM

anyone knows an (other) aircraft combining both kinds of engines?

variety is the spice of life !

Tophe · February 26, 2019, 05:31:00 AM

In RW, I don't know, but I have already dreamed of such planes : the asymmetric Zwilling Kawasaki Ki-161 (61+100), Curtiss P-3640 (36+40)

In RW, there were anyway compounds like the B-17 testbed with 4 radials and 1 turboprop in the nose. See https://i.redd.it/q23v008frobz.jpg