I Need An Aspirin
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WOW Jim, extremely quick this week.
Well done it is indeed.
LINK - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawker_Horsley
& thr prize of course.
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Not Romanian?
Was designed to use several different engines, if required??
LOL Romanian what a complicated word.
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Well done mate it is indeed.
LINK - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nakajima_Ki-115
And the prize of course.
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2 weeks running
Well done it is indeed, what a futuristic aircraft.
LINK - lots of photo's http://www.airminded.net/gud4/gud4.html
In response to a requirement by the U.S. Navy for light floatplanes capable of being launched off catapults by ships underway, the Gallaudet Aircraft company began development of the "D-4", based on the earlier Gallaudet D-1. The D-1 was powered by a Duesenberg engine and first flown on 17 July 1916. Despite numerous mechanical difficulties the Army bought four of the improved D-2 version.
In an effort to produce an aircraft with the best possible forward visibility for the observer, Gallaudet developed the D-2 into the unconventional D-4, which placed the observer in the nose, followed by the pilot, with the propeller attached to a ring that circled the fuselage behind the wings. The four blades spun around the fuselage just behind the pilot.
Power for the D-4 was supplied by a 360-hp Liberty engine buried within the fuselage just behind the pilot. A large pontoon was mounted below the fuselage, and small outboard floats were mounted near the tips of the swept-back wings.
Operational history
Two D-4s were built. The prototype crashed during flight testing on 19 July 1918, but the second was accepted by the U.S. Navy. No further aircraft were built, as Gallaudet turned their attention to constructing Curtiss HS-2L flying boats.
And the prize, a first
not sure how long P-bcket will allow this ??
But well deserved
