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| | one more feather ......!
Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Scottish Highlands Real Name: Duncan My Models: HMS Invincible Visit duncan's Gallery
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| How about the "Goblin" parasite , not quite cute, just on the ugly side. | 
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| Comes under that 'cute guppy shape' category I think ? have you noticed that modern aircraft are beginning to all look the same these days especially airliners,a metal tube for the fuselage with sweptback wings,with engines grafted to them,no character whatsoever. Quote: |
Originally Posted by duncan How about the "Goblin" parasite , not quite cute, just on the ugly side. |
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Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Halifax, Yorks: Nassau, Bahama's:Port Canaveral, USA: and all points in between. Real Name: Richard My Models: Robbe U-47, Deans Marine Cossack, Steam Coaster, Revell U-Boat, Motorcycles. Visit Bunkerbarge's Gallery
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Originally Posted by wonwinglo Comes under that 'cute guppy shape' category I think ? have you noticed that modern aircraft are beginning to all look the same these days especially airliners,a metal tube for the fuselage with sweptback wings,with engines grafted to them,no character whatsoever. | Isn't that the same as cars though? When you think about it there can only be one perfectly aerodynamic shape that all manufacturers must strive to achieve in the pursuit of economy and efficiency.
Consequently all modern cars have to tend towards the same boring shape, just like aircraft I guess.
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04-10-2006
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| what about this.....anyone know more about it.... ( barry)
and do surfaceeffect vessels count as aircraft ? http://www.basair.com.au/slipstream/.../lun_ekran.jpg
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| lunn ? | |
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Originally Posted by new to trains | Never saw that one before, but is sure is ugly. That thing has a nose even a mother couldn't love. | |
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Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Scottish Highlands Real Name: Duncan My Models: HMS Invincible Visit duncan's Gallery
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| Finally found a pic of the Goblin and if we include models I submit the Mud Duck, a foam-board monstrosity ( sorry Sandy but it IS ugly)
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Reason: ..added another Goblin pic.
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| I love the Mud Duck! have the plans somewhere to build one day,this is built from foamboard,she flies like a dream.
A farmer actually used one to spray his crops with.
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| | All Round Modeller | In answer to NTT'S post, Yes that most certainly is a Lunn, a very ugly but Capable machine in it's day.
Interestingly these surface machines are neither classified as aircraft or ships even today. Despite this, Machines like the Lunn and the Orljonok A-90 actually operate like normal aircraft once airbourne as the normal aircraft controls come into play and some of them can actually rise out of the surface effect into normal flight.
That Bartini I posted earlier was more than capable of normal flight as the pics on the link I posted show.
Ps........That Mud Duck in Duncan's post looks like a lot of fun !!!
Regards.........Mark.
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Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Scottish Highlands Real Name: Duncan My Models: HMS Invincible Visit duncan's Gallery
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| Ugly Duck
More Mud Duck, told you it was ugly, and it is big too. Details on www.mudduckaviation.com includes the crop-duster version.
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