The Ongoing Mystery Aircraft Thread Part Deux.

[lefty]

All clues are helpful, ff ! Here's another radial job - not much Italian design flair here, I fear......

 

[Moses03]

Mike has gone Brit on us with the Folland 43/37 testbed fitted with the Centarus engine.

https://www.scalemates.com/products/img/7/2/2/139722-11200-pristine.jpg

 

[lefty]

That's the one - - also described as the Fo. 108 - over to the Wild West....

 

[Moses03]

Thanks. Here is an overly braced monoplane that I don't think has appeared before.

 

[Baragouin]

Hello everybody!
She looks like an overly modified McDonnell "Doodlebug"...
Cheers
Carlo (BG)

 

[Moses03]

Nothing related to McDonnell. This was a late 1930's design.

 

[Moses03]

From a small design team. There are a couple of photos that can be found on the web.

 

[lefty]

It's an awfy big web, Kevin ! Can't find this in the usual places - it looks a flimsy effort indeed - wouldn't fancy a heavy landing on that gear - and very dated for late 30's......is that a Kinner up front ?

 

[Moses03]

Velie up front Mike. First flown in late 1938 I believe.

Here is an earlier photo of it. Looks like an open cockpit at first.

 

[giruXX]

Could it be the Shepard Krum SC-1 Sportcraft ?

 

[Moses03]

You got it Uli. A lot going on in Oregon about that time.

 

[giruXX]

Thank you Kevin! What I like most in this thread is that so many shape-less (aerofiles, etc.) entries now become a face.

Hélas, I couldn't find any visual proof of the Shepard Krum on the web.

Here is another but better documented exotic.

 

[wout]

hi giruXX
The Farnham FC-1 Fly-Cycle N201A. She had a control bar like that used on a motorbike and the pilot rode the FC-1 astride (is that the proper word?).

 

[giruXX]

Right on the bike, wout

Would be nice to have one on a hot summer day

 

[lefty]

'hot summer day '

What are those, please ??

 

[wout]

This one is also fit for that one hot summer day, when it occurs
The wheel u/c was only for ground handling, so she was a pure flying boat

 

[fabulousfour]

Since we had the Mitchell Kitalina already, could this be the Kemper Nazgul?

Couldn't find any photo of it.

 

[Moses03]

Here is a photo I have of it.

 

[fabulousfour]

Thanks for the photo, Kevin!
The similarity is striking. Let's see what wout thinks about my proposal.

 

[wout]

hi fabulousfour
Your proposal has been accepted and as a result you now have the immense task to make all possible efforts to surprise us (again, I trust).