Junkers EW.50 (finished page 2)

Scotaidh · January 30, 2020, 01:35:34 PM

You wrong me, my friend - I was, and am, sincere. If I don't really like something then I don't say anything. I really like what you did with this one.

Tophe · January 30, 2020, 08:54:43 PM

So: please accept my apologies... and double thanks!

Scotaidh · January 31, 2020, 02:57:06 AM

Quote from: Tophe on January 30, 2020, 08:54:43 PM
So: please accept my apologies... and double thanks!

Pssst - no worries, mate. You should see the misunderstandings I get into at my work - they're all small-town Americans who, wiith a few ex-military exceptions, have never set foot out of their own state, let alone country, and have correspondent world-views. <le sigh> Don't get me wrong - hearts of gold, most of them - would be the first to help someone in trouble. It's just - they have no concept of life or culture elsewhere.

Tophe · January 31, 2020, 05:49:58 AM

Your words make me remember the lyrics of a song by Don Williams, about a girl never gone elsewhere: "the mountains around Nashville: she'd love to see the other side..." $:-\$

Now painting the side above:

(I had to glue again one blade of the rotor, broken)

Tophe · February 01, 2020, 03:21:48 AM

The EW.50 helicopter model is finished:

It was a failure, never ordered for mass production, but this makes it innocent somehow.

Tophe · February 01, 2020, 06:29:55 AM

And here are 4 angles of view, as I do usually:

chrisonord · February 01, 2020, 06:36:37 AM

Marvellous

CammNut · February 01, 2020, 07:12:07 AM

I rather like that! Well done

Tophe · February 01, 2020, 11:18:04 AM

Thanks a lot!
I have not found on the web a picture of the model built in the classical way (what-if the project was built as completed prototype?), but my drawing replaces this, to show how I what-ifed it even further:

Tophe · February 01, 2020, 09:25:09 PM

Ahem, let us be serious, a little... $:-\$
On my model, the most surprising feature is the lack of apparent anti torque device, but... the "things" in front of the booms are the (secret) anti torque generators (and increasing lift as well, that is why the rotor is so small but enough). OK?

Alas this brand new device was not working well and a twin rotor version was required, which was made easily with a Zwilling (twin pod) derivative:

Tophe · February 03, 2020, 08:30:36 AM

This unusual angle shows better the difference between low wing and front external foreplanes:

Tophe · February 03, 2020, 07:13:18 PM

Another unusual angle shows that the central pod is not touching the low wing, which is part of the secret (some kind of WIG effect?):

NARSES2 · February 04, 2020, 05:46:47 AM

Head on shot is fascinating Tophe

ericr · February 04, 2020, 11:06:37 PM

astonishing as usual !

Scotaidh · February 05, 2020, 12:29:33 AM

Quote from: Tophe on February 03, 2020, 07:13:18 PM
Another unusual angle shows that the central pod is not touching the low wing, which is part of the secret (some kind of WIG effect?):

That's marvelous! I knew I liked this build from the plan view - I just didn't know how much more I'd like it from head-on.

Leave it to you to invent the 'inverted parasol' wing, Tophe!

In fact, since the opposite of "parasol" is "parapluie" ...

(standard disclaimer) This is my sense of humour at work - I love word-play. I also, for the record, despise attack-mocking, the purpose of which is to denigrate and/or hurt someone's feelings.)