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Old 5th Jun 2011, 09:38
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but something stubby like delta wings above the L/G.
The stub is not a wing. Think 3d
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Old 5th Jun 2011, 09:39
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See my edit on previous page.

Seen a funny Me 262 imaginary derivative looking a bit like that. Are you fooling us?
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Is it this Lippisch?

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Well, cable controlled models were tested, a full-scale mock up was built, it has been wind-tunnel tested, its base principles are still valid and have found concrete application.

water running
I only hear "woooosh!", but I'm unsure if that's what you're thinking or if it's the faucet...
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Old 5th Jun 2011, 09:44
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You are biased HP, you give us challenges that can only be solved by hot shot fighter pilots, hand-picked for their ability to see three-dimensional.
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Called an Aerodyne I believe.
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Lippisch Aerodyne research model, or "Fluid Sustained and Fluid Propelled Aircraft", patented in 1959.
Tests resumed by Dornier in 1967
Over to you, LM
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You are biased HP
Weren't you the one into German stuff?
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Old 5th Jun 2011, 09:47
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You are biased HP, you give us challenges that can only be solved by hot shot fighter pilots, hand-picked for their ability to see three-dimensional.

I only hear "woooosh!"
Well, our bathroom is a bathroom in a continental sense, with a bathtub, not an euphemism for <type here something>.
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Old 5th Jun 2011, 09:51
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<type here something>.
Yankspeak for lavatory - as in "I gotta go to the bathroom".

Standby please....
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That wasn't a flush, but a continuous stream of fluid.
It was a clue, btw.
I like continental bathrooms!
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Old 5th Jun 2011, 09:52
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Thanks HP - and good morning Reg.

I have checked Mels' list:

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Old 5th Jun 2011, 11:37
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LSA, Microlight, and/or kitplane?
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Sorry, typo and cannot edit. Repost

LSA/Microlight, and/or kitplane?
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Old 5th Jun 2011, 11:42
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Sorry mate, none of the above.
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Old 5th Jun 2011, 11:56
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Would this be better known as a tricycle?
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Old 5th Jun 2011, 11:58
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Clues are available - just ask.
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Old 5th Jun 2011, 12:04
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Would this be better known as a tricycle?
No - it's usually known as a taildragger.
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Old 5th Jun 2011, 12:19
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Reg,

About 170 degrees true from you, range about 900 km.
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Old 5th Jun 2011, 12:39
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That puts me to Slovenia….

Not a Pipistrel….
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