Marklo Posted July 18, 2022 Share Posted July 18, 2022 (edited) From 1915 one of the many odd designs predating workable interrupter gear to allow forward firing of a machine gun. The observer could stand up to fire the gun. In some ways ahead if it’s time but only one prototype was built. Edited July 18, 2022 by Marklo 25 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maginot Posted July 18, 2022 Share Posted July 18, 2022 Goodness! I thought it was a what if or something out of a children's book. Thanks for bringing this one-off to these pages. Good scratching. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEXANTOMCAT Posted July 18, 2022 Share Posted July 18, 2022 very terrific! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bandsaw Steve Posted July 19, 2022 Share Posted July 19, 2022 Well… that’s new to me! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marklo Posted July 20, 2022 Author Share Posted July 20, 2022 All three volumes are scratch building gold and can usually be found on secondhand book sellers sites for less than a tenner. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bangseat Posted July 22, 2022 Share Posted July 22, 2022 Looks like a nice ride, you can have a cup of tea in the conservatory before the fokkers arrive. Well scratched, Marklo! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertie McBoatface Posted July 22, 2022 Share Posted July 22, 2022 Excellent scratchbuilding. Actually to me all scratchbuilding is excellent and worthy of my respect. And what a strange looking thing! I'd have loved a flight in the back of that, standing up in the back (but without the shooting please.) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invidia Posted July 22, 2022 Share Posted July 22, 2022 Great looking model, really odd looking plane, the wings don't look long enough, and bailing out would have been 'fun'. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marklo Posted July 22, 2022 Author Share Posted July 22, 2022 2 hours ago, invidia said: the wings don't look long enough, and bailing If you compare it to say a Sopwith Camel it has comparable surface area as the chord length is very long. Must take a comparison shot or two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marklo Posted July 22, 2022 Author Share Posted July 22, 2022 Next to a Camel ( well technically it’s a Sopwith TF1 but it’s very close) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marklo Posted July 22, 2022 Author Share Posted July 22, 2022 (edited) 5 hours ago, invidia said: bailing out would have been 'fun'. Yes but at the time (1915) parachutes were not issued to flying corps. On a related note the book ‘no parachute’ is a very account of aviation in that era. And on a semi related note this is why a lot of German late war designs had twin tails or butterfly tails as there were serious concerns that owing to the speed of the planes the if the pilot were to bail out they would be hit by the rudder in a conventional design. Edited July 22, 2022 by Marklo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEXANTOMCAT Posted July 22, 2022 Share Posted July 22, 2022 If you ever fancy displaying this in a Museum - Sywell Aviation Museum is the only one we know of that has a display on Sage Aircraft! TT 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invidia Posted July 22, 2022 Share Posted July 22, 2022 10 hours ago, Marklo said: Next to a Camel ( well technically it’s a Sopwith TF1 but it’s very close) On its own it doesn't look a big aircraft, but next to the TF1 its big and chunky. Advanced for its time. Found it in putnams, the British fighter. Interesting history. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bandsaw Steve Posted July 25, 2022 Share Posted July 25, 2022 ‘Only one prototype was built’… All things considered, I think that may have been a sage decision. 🤔 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busnproplinerfan Posted July 25, 2022 Share Posted July 25, 2022 Quite something. Never heard of it before, only one real one made and only one model made. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wellsprop Posted July 25, 2022 Share Posted July 25, 2022 How unusual and excellent in equal amounts! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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