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Believe it or not, this was a large 4 engined bomber. This giant was a 3 times normal scale version of a typical two seater; the engines were buried in the fuselage ...
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Linke-Hoffmann R II
Believe it or not, this was a large 4 engined bomber. This giant was a 3 times normal scale version of a typical two seater; the engines were buried in the fuselage and geared together to drive the massive 23ft Garuda propeller. Which is what gained this aircraft its entry in the Guinness Book of Records as being the largest single propeller aircraft ever built. It was said to be an eerie, weird experience to fly in it - the propeller was geared down to 545 pm.
http://www.bravenewworld.demon.co.uk...ants/index.htm
- 24-10-2007, 12:26 #16932
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Thank you dockers, i've spent most of this morning looking for that bugger!
- 24-10-2007, 12:33 #16933Senior Member
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My pleasure. Its been better looking for that than writing my uni historical methods journal.
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23' prop!
'kin 'ell!
- 24-10-2007, 12:43 #16935
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Well done dockers...and I'm glad to have diverted you from work so effectively!! A Linke-Hoffmann R II complete with rediculously large and slow rotating prop it is!
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"I hold that it is quite wrong for the soldier to want to exercise command over the striking forces. The handling of an Air Force is a life study, and therefore the air part must be kept under Air Force command."
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'kinell, MM ... you are digging out some wierd stuff here!
MM243 ... PBY ... possibly a -5
- 24-10-2007, 13:47 #16937
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Well no other bugger is!! I had a few spare mins at the weekend to obtain an impressive stock of the unusual and obscure for your delectation/torture!!'kinell, MM ... you are digging out some wierd stuff here!
Anyway, enough small talk. Man up B_S!! Can't you see that's a radome and therefore obviously a PBY-6A variant!!
My next 'kin weird' one is another in sepia, just to give B_S a chance...
"I hold that it is quite wrong for the soldier to want to exercise command over the striking forces. The handling of an Air Force is a life study, and therefore the air part must be kept under Air Force command."
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MM ... I'd love to help, but at present I have no picture editing software available. I'll try to get something installed this evening [I have gathered a few treats during my searches for answers to your challenges!
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- 24-10-2007, 14:56 #16939Senior Member
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Not quite a random guess but...Fokker CII
- 24-10-2007, 15:38 #16940
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Avoiding the temptation of making an offensive play on words...no. Are you sure you mean Fokker CII?
"I hold that it is quite wrong for the soldier to want to exercise command over the striking forces. The handling of an Air Force is a life study, and therefore the air part must be kept under Air Force command."
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