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The Ongoing Mystery Aircraft Thread Part Deux.

I have an airliner...

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Took me awhile to track down your floater. Its a C.M.A.S.A. MF.6.


Pretty sure on the Italian job, so will keep it moving as I will be away until tomorrow afternoon. Please press on if you know your pushers!

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Those tweedy chaps look soooo British, they must be American - looks like it has a Briggs & Stratton motor - homebuild ? Can't find it in you-know-where...
 
Initially I thought of the Schweizer SAU 1-30 but there are enough differences that I'm off to search some more
 
well,I found a couple of references to a 2-31 but no photos or substantive data so that would only be a fluke.

Other than that, my digging had come up empty
 
Thanks! (although, with 10cm of fluffy white stuff laying on the ground, hot chocolate may be a safer choice :icon_eek: )

And on a liquid note, a floater from days-gone-by
 
As it is a floater, I feel obliged to respond ! This is based on the Curtiss 'F' design, and is, I think, the White & Thompson No 3 Boat.


Incidentally, I have always been intrigued by those vertical surfaces above the Curtiss boats' upper wings. Originally, it looks as though they were just filling in the space between the bracing posts projecting from the wing, but in this case they seem to be there for aerodynamic reasons. Anyone know about these ?
 
lefty said:
As it is a floater, I feel obliged to respond ! This is based on the Curtiss 'F' design, and is, I think, the White & Thompson No 3 Boat.
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BINGO! Also listed as the NT2 but indeed the No.3 boat


lefty said:
Incidentally, I have always been intrigued by those vertical surfaces above the Curtiss boats' upper wings. Originally, it looks as though they were just filling in the space between the bracing posts projecting from the wing, but in this case they seem to be there for aerodynamic reasons. Anyone know about these ?
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I haven't found anything definitive but a couple of "thoughts" that Curtiss and a couple of others understood or anticipated the need for additional lateral stability. It seems only done with flying boats so perhaps it has more to do with directional stability on the water during the critical slow speed periods.
 
Thanks Rob - maybe when they became 'unstuck' they tended to wobble about a bit !

Anyway, something different - how about a nice easy twin ?
 
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