Simviation Forum - That was too easy...

Mar 12^th, 2005 at 5:44pm

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Let's see if Felix can get this one...

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Reply #1 - Mar 12^th, 2005 at 8:21pm

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We're talking flying aeroplanes, not CONTRAPTIONS!

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Reply #2 - Mar 12^th, 2005 at 9:27pm

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Bet that one didn't fly. Grin

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Reply #3 - Mar 12^th, 2005 at 11:56pm

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Okay, okay... fair enough; airplanes only.
But I just have to present pictures of things like that French Aeraptere of 1910, for the sheer entertainment value! It used a bag-like contraption to produce lift. The aerodynamics of it must have been like a box-airfoil canopy or something like that. No idea if it ever actually became airborne, and I'd bet that rudder didn't help much with the probable pendulum action. It probably flew just high and fast enough to hurl its occupants through a first-floor window.
Hmmm... what next?

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Reply #4 - Mar 13^th, 2005 at 12:00am

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One of those things I wouldn't volunteer for.

'less there was a parachute, then it would be a kickass ride!

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Reply #5 - Mar 20^th, 2005 at 11:49am

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Hey! A flying mailbox!!!

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Reply #6 - Mar 20^th, 2005 at 12:33pm

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Hey! A flying mailbox!!!

Eh, somethign to that effect! Wink

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Reply #7 - Mar 20^th, 2005 at 1:42pm

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Still puzzling over this one, eh? Why not just right-click on it...? Grin

Anyway, it's the Domingo "Aeraptere" of 1910. That structure is technically a wing- probably worked like a modern parafoil.
If it worked at all, which is very unlikely.

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Reply #8 - Mar 20^th, 2005 at 2:20pm

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Ya, if it worked as you said. Not a bad idea though, just not a successful one.

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Reply #9 - Mar 23^rd, 2005 at 8:59am

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I can't believe nobody got that one, the name of the aircraft was in the file name Roll Eyes

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Reply #10 - Mar 23^rd, 2005 at 9:08am

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I can't believe nobody got that one, the name of the aircraft was in the file name Roll Eyes

LOL - most posters of the "quizzes" wised up quickly to that that easiest way now to hide the name of a "quiz" plane is to put it right there in the open!

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Reply #11 - Mar 23^rd, 2005 at 8:38pm

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But who has the last laugh, eh? Without that cheat, you guys won't even touch my latest one. Gotta admit, though, I sure as hell couldn't guess it either.

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Reply #12 - Mar 23^rd, 2005 at 8:47pm

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RottyDaddy - I find that even with the "cheat" your posts are entertaining and even better, educational! Sure we all know that there have been incredible inventions/ contraptions, etc., but finding these are special windows into the minds of people!

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Reply #13 - Mar 25^th, 2005 at 1:34pm

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I can see it now wind or turbulance comes along and those guys are gonna get rocked like thier on a swing.

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Reply #14 - Mar 27^th, 2005 at 6:06pm

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Ya not the most stable bird in the air. Well it might have been at that time....

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