My own TwinFire - No longer a hypothetical!

[KiwiZac]

Theres quite a few real twin aircraft out there from the DeHavilland Otter

Are you saying there's a twin-engined Otter out there? Or are you confusing it with the Twin Otter which is a completely different airframe? If the former then I would very much like to see it!!

[perttime]

...  i believe a twin Piper Cub ...

Never heard of that either but I suppose somebody would want to make one.
I like the Yak-110 (double Yak-55, with a jet engine thrown in):


https://www.eaa.org/airventure/eaa-airventure-news-and-multimedia/eaa-airventure-news/eaa-airventure-oshkosh/07-27-2018-two-times-55-equals-110

[Wardukw]

Sometime ago two Otters fuselages were joined together to make a twin Otter and im pretty sure it was fitted with floats at one point.
I know the twin Otter you mean Zac..been on one..one fuselage..2 engines one on each high mounted wing and tricycle landing gear and the one i was on was orange and black 

Ok this is a correction...ita a twin beaver float plane ..repeat a DeHavilland Beaver twin ..seems my memory has gotten a little worse.

[Wardukw]

Just been looking for more weird aircraft and i found a goodin.
Twin fuselage MIG 15 from Bulgaria..was a bomber/fighter idea and it looks quite cool .
I have a pic of it but i cant put it on here from my phone..one of you chaps would be able to find it and post it here I'll bet.

[perttime]

Just been looking for more weird aircraft and i found a goodin.
Twin fuselage MIG 15 from Bulgaria..was a bomber/fighter idea and it looks quite cool .
I have a pic of it but i cant put it on here from my phone..one of you chaps would be able to find it and post it here I'll bet.

On secretprojects, there was a strong suspicion that it was an April Fools' joke ... or maybe not:
https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/two-fuselage-mig-15-figther-bomber-project-bulgaria.11209/

Dizzyfugu has built one:


https://www.flickr.com/photos/dizzyfugu/24380693681

[Wardukw]

If it was a April's fool joke they got in early ..the drawing /pic is from the early 50's and if it was then good on em..more model fodder for us 
Lovely build that Thomas did too..his quality of work as normal 

[KiwiZac]

Sometime ago two Otters fuselages were joined together to make a twin Otter and im pretty sure it was fitted with floats at one point.
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Ok this is a correction...ita a twin beaver float plane ..repeat a DeHavilland Beaver twin ..seems my memory has gotten a little worse.

I have some Googling ahead, I've never heard of this. EDIT: it appears to have been an April Fool's Day gag post by Dave O'Malley of Vintage Wings of Canada, similar to their turboprop Fairey Swordfish article. If someone can find a real one please share!

...  i believe a twin Piper Cub ...

Never heard of that either but I suppose somebody would want to make one.

Look up "Wagner Twin Cub". It's 100% real!!

[Wardukw]

Zac mate if you look for a DHC 2ZB twin Beaver you will find pics of the real thing..i found 3 pics of 3 different aircraft in like 5 seconds..you'll have no worries matey 
All float planes too..even know of a RC one a bloke built.
Ya want something equally different hunt down a DC3/C47 on floats ..this plane has a great history to it 

[PR19_Kit]

Ya want something equally different hunt down a DC3/C47 on floats ..this plane has a great history to it 

I built one of them some decades ago. It has trike landing gear, and it's almost impossible to get enough nose weight in there to get it to stand up!



In the RW there was more than one of them, they actually produced conversion kits so that aircraft could be switched from land to sea versions 'in the field'! 

[Wardukw]

Ive done the same sort of thing Kit..but not on a C47..i put the floats from a He 115 ( i think ) onto a JU 88 and then fitted with landing gear and loaded it with a huge amount of air rifle .22 pellets ..stuffed the pellets in the floats and behind the engines.
Oh all the pellets were crushed first.
Did a simlier thing from a stuffed JU 52 float plane too but dont remember what those floats went on now tho.

[PR19_Kit]

The floats on my C-47 were the largest ones from the vacform set that Aeroclub did, with an inch grafted in at the step and a 1/8" spacer all along the centre line. The floats, the engines, the nose AND the cockpit are all full of lead!

But the stupidest thing about the C-47C is that the floats AREN'T mounted on the centre line of the engines, they're offset inwards about a scale foot or two, goodness knows why. Getting all those struts at the correct angles was a real PITA!

[KiwiZac]

Zac mate if you look for a DHC 2ZB twin Beaver you will find pics of the real thing..i found 3 pics of 3 different aircraft in like 5 seconds..you'll have no worries matey 

Please check your PMs, I don't want to continue this ludicrous derailing of poor Pepsi Concorde's excellent build idea.

[Wardukw]

Kit if you look at the C47 from above im pretty sure the engines are at a angle away from the fuselage..that could be the reason.

[PR19_Kit]

They are yes, but it would have been much simpler for them to attach the floats to the main gear points, and directly below them.

[Pepsi Concorde]

Zac mate if you look for a DHC 2ZB twin Beaver you will find pics of the real thing..i found 3 pics of 3 different aircraft in like 5 seconds..you'll have no worries matey 

Please check your PMs, I don't want to continue this ludicrous derailing of poor Pepsi Concorde's excellent build idea.

Ah its alright, i'm open to seeing any and all twin fuselage ideas.