Seaknight & M16, red : primary seaplanes

[ericr]

 

[ericr]

a very old, very rare kit : I found it built, not too badly, but quite incomplete w.r.t. wheels etc
but this was fine for a seaplane







using Ju52 floats

[Tophe]

harmonious!

[jcf]

Beautiful. 
Very much a "could have been".

This is interesting:
https://www.christies.com/lot/lot-a-well-constructed-and-modelled-float-plane-version-of-4440618/?

[PR19_Kit]

NINE THOUSAND dollars! 

Ericr's version has two main floats so that'd be worth well over $15000!

[jcf]

58 1/2" wingspan and probably period work. 

[ericr]

 

[NARSES2]

That's sleek enough to be a racer. So maybe the Schneider Trophy Race Committee introduced a class for multi engine types ?

Gorgeous by the way 

[ericr]

thanks !

[PR19_Kit]

That's sleek enough to be a racer. So maybe the Schneider Trophy Race Committee introduced a class for multi engine types ?

They could use more than one engine, the MC-72 had two, but one behind the other so they looked as if they were connected. They weren't though as each one drove a separate prop.




And there was the SM 65, which had an engine at both ends of its fuselage, but with twin booms of course.

[jcf]

The AS.6 of the M.C.72 was two AS.5 sharing a common crankcase and induction system.
The internal moving bits weren't connected to each other but it was installed as a single
unit rather than two completely separate engines. The rear half drove the supercharger
that fed both sections, which was one of the reasons for the nagging induction problems.

[NARSES2]

I forgot about those

[kerick]

First of all, Ericr..... great job converting this bird to a float plane!

Second..... on first look, considering the name of the aircraft, I thought what a great looking French aircraft! Then I scrolled the pic to the right and saw the tail!  Where's the rudder? Fish have more tail than that!
What were those French guys back then thinking? Or drinking? Yeah I know, wine, apparently lots of it. Somehow they made it work.
Nice work on a strange looking bird.

[NARSES2]

First of all, Ericr..... great job converting this bird to a float plane!

Second..... on first look, considering the name of the aircraft, I thought what a great looking French aircraft! Then I scrolled the pic to the right and saw the tail!  Where's the rudder? Fish have more tail than that!
What were those French guys back then thinking? Or drinking? Yeah I know, wine, apparently lots of it. Somehow they made it work.
Nice work on a strange looking bird.

More like Absinthe    Lovely sleek/flowing lines, but I've no idea what the directional stability was like.

[jcf]

The rudder is at the end of the fuselage, the tapering blended form of which gives the side area usually generated
by a fin. I don't recall reading anything about particularly egregious handling, the main argument against it was
complexity and expense of manufacture.



Two part dossier on the Couzinet Arcs. In French but very well illustrated:
https://www.hydroretro.net/etudegh/arc-en-ciel_atlantique_vol1.pdf
https://www.hydroretro.net/etudegh/arc-en-ciel_atlantique_vol2.pdf

The dossiers page on the site is a fantastic resource:
https://www.hydroretro.net/etudegh/index.php

The myths about absinthe are many, the "problem" with it was that it had a high alcohol
content - in some cases 100 proof or higher. The quantity of wormwood flavoinoids in it
was never high enough to have any hallucinogenic effect, however spending evening
after evening guzzling down strong booze and you'll be quickly on yer butt and talking
to God.
No "Green Fairy" required.