The Ongoing Mystery Aircraft Thread Part Deux.

[lefty]

Thank you Mike. Well if this one has been here before, I can't find it either !

 

[cthornburg]

While looking up info on the Mann & Grimmer M.1 found out that in 1914 the Edward brothers had patented a synchronizing gear to enable guns to be fired through the revolving airscrew of a tractor airplane, their Patent was No.23790 A.D. 1914. For some reason best known to the War Office, whence a working model of the gear was sent, no more was heard of the device.
Interesting you just hear about the Germans doing it.

Chris

 

[lefty]

I've been reading up about interrupter gears in the splendid 2-volume 'British Aircraft Armament' by R Wallace Clarke. Apparently the first of the Allies to come up with a system were Morane-Saulnier. Personally, I liked the idea of the triangular metal deflectors bolted to the inside of the prop. Must have been fun !

Anyway, my mystery is not British, although it is European. Here's a pic of the unarmed version -

 

[fabulousfour]

Looks Russian and there seem to be some Polikarpov genes inside but can't find anything similar.

 

[cthornburg]

Since I'm on a mini vacation while home get minor remodel. I'm in Sun Valley looking out for bad winter storm coming in. Anyway it's the
Caproni Ca.113/ CBSA KB-2 Chuchuliga

Chris

 

[lefty]

It is the KB-2UT from Bulgaria. Over to Chris -

 

[cthornburg]

Should be a easy one.

Chris

 

[fabulousfour]

Methinks this is the Kawasaki KAT-1.

 

[cthornburg]

That's the one over to Germany

Chris

 

[fabulousfour]

Let's go on with a parasol.

 

[pomme homme]

It looks remarkably like a member of the Morane Saulnier MS.340 series - but I don't think that it is because of the straight wing and the V (rather than N or parallel) shape lift struts.

 

[fabulousfour]

This is not a Morane, Mike.

 

[giruXX]

I think it's a Tachikawa R-53

 

[fabulousfour]

Edit:
It is the Tachikawa R-53, Uli
One of the first planes built in Japan after the war.

Over to the Black Forest.

 

[giruXX]

on with this

 

[lefty]

Uli, I think that is the Mignet HM.390 (possibly F-PJDY ?)

 

[giruXX]

No Mignet according to my source

 

[lefty]

Could it be under Croses ? We are in the perilous waters of French designations, mind !

 

[lefty]

Having checked again, the gear is different, Uli. I await with interest. Surely the other Mike is the authority here ??

 

[giruXX]

I learned that there is a more than fortuitous link to Mignet but it’s not French